Post those >100,000mi vehicles
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I wouldn't be too quick to jump to conclusions.
I had a 67 Cougar with a 289 in it that developed a bearing knock at 89,000 miles.
And a 1971? pinto that the overhead cam went at 60,000 miles.
Planned obsolescence.
If he average mileage on a car is 15,000 miles a year, then it takes 10 years to make 150,000 miles. Was there a lot of modern-day tech back then? I don't know, my 1990 Bronco had a computer controlled engine.
Just about every car I've ever had was over 100k miles at some point.
1979 Mercedes 240D. Sold it with 186,000 miles on it. Little did I know that car would turn 1,000,000 miles. I've lost track of where it is now. It got about 35 MPG which for a 1979 car is amazing. Slower than frozen snot, but once you got to speed it'd stay there all day until you ran out of fuel. AC ran cold, but took up quite a bit of oomph from the underpowered engine. Very simple to repair. NO electronics on it whatsoever. This car also refused to turn off at times, which was amusing. It was a stick, so you'd just stall it out until you bothered to fix the vacuum leaks. Sometimes I'd just lock the door and let it run with the aircon keeping the car nice and cold while I went in the store.
2004 Infiniti M45 (Nissan Gloria). Bought it new, sold it with 225,000 miles 10 years later to the mechanic at the dealership who always worked on it. I sold it fearing that 10 years of Florida sun and putting it through hell would mean it'd become unreliable. On the last night I had it, I had an emergency call overnight and had to drive 2+ hours to get there. Even doing triple digits, at 224,000 miles, the car was still solid. I had the car modified with extra mufflers to make it near-silent and had twin ACs on it. Even when an AC failed, I still had aircon that was on-par with most rental cars. I also had a fridge and 110v inverter in there. VERY expensive to keep on the road though, more expensive than a Bentley of the same era.
I had a 1994 Q45 which made it to 183,000 miles before I bought the 2004 M45. By the time I traded it in, it definitely needed some work. Antilock brake system failed, SRS/airbag systems failed, and it was on its 3rd(!) transmission and needed a 4th. I absolutely loved the interior, with real leather everywhere...but I was not about to put a 4th transmission in there.
At one point I had a Mercedes 6.9 with >125,000 miles on it. Truly a bank vault on wheels. This is what happens when engineers are allowed to do whatever they want and the bean counters are locked out of the party. Absolutely wonderful. Mine had the "illegal" hydraulic ride adjustment knob. That Q45 felt somewhat like this, but was nowhere near as athletic. These sold for ~$53k in 1979. In today's American pesos, that'd be ~$221,000. Cadillacs were selling from $12k-$18k at the time. This is another car I should have held onto, as they were cheap at the time I got it, but are selling for good money now.
1979 Mercedes 240D. Sold it with 186,000 miles on it. Little did I know that car would turn 1,000,000 miles. I've lost track of where it is now. It got about 35 MPG which for a 1979 car is amazing. Slower than frozen snot, but once you got to speed it'd stay there all day until you ran out of fuel. AC ran cold, but took up quite a bit of oomph from the underpowered engine. Very simple to repair. NO electronics on it whatsoever. This car also refused to turn off at times, which was amusing. It was a stick, so you'd just stall it out until you bothered to fix the vacuum leaks. Sometimes I'd just lock the door and let it run with the aircon keeping the car nice and cold while I went in the store.
2004 Infiniti M45 (Nissan Gloria). Bought it new, sold it with 225,000 miles 10 years later to the mechanic at the dealership who always worked on it. I sold it fearing that 10 years of Florida sun and putting it through hell would mean it'd become unreliable. On the last night I had it, I had an emergency call overnight and had to drive 2+ hours to get there. Even doing triple digits, at 224,000 miles, the car was still solid. I had the car modified with extra mufflers to make it near-silent and had twin ACs on it. Even when an AC failed, I still had aircon that was on-par with most rental cars. I also had a fridge and 110v inverter in there. VERY expensive to keep on the road though, more expensive than a Bentley of the same era.
I had a 1994 Q45 which made it to 183,000 miles before I bought the 2004 M45. By the time I traded it in, it definitely needed some work. Antilock brake system failed, SRS/airbag systems failed, and it was on its 3rd(!) transmission and needed a 4th. I absolutely loved the interior, with real leather everywhere...but I was not about to put a 4th transmission in there.
At one point I had a Mercedes 6.9 with >125,000 miles on it. Truly a bank vault on wheels. This is what happens when engineers are allowed to do whatever they want and the bean counters are locked out of the party. Absolutely wonderful. Mine had the "illegal" hydraulic ride adjustment knob. That Q45 felt somewhat like this, but was nowhere near as athletic. These sold for ~$53k in 1979. In today's American pesos, that'd be ~$221,000. Cadillacs were selling from $12k-$18k at the time. This is another car I should have held onto, as they were cheap at the time I got it, but are selling for good money now.
Well, it's a Honda.
So with some care and maintenance it'll likely last you for the rest of your Life. (Not even joking.) Just avoid Honda lawn-mowers. For some odd reason those are terrible!
GMT2330
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I have a 2005 Toyota Aygo. I bought it in 2017 with 59,000 miles on the clock. It's on 163,000 now 😁 🚗
For those not familiar: The Aygo is a small 1.0 litre hatchback. Achieving 69-70mpg at the moment. That's UK mpg though. I know US mpg is slightly different.
For those not familiar: The Aygo is a small 1.0 litre hatchback. Achieving 69-70mpg at the moment. That's UK mpg though. I know US mpg is slightly different.
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raggie33
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thats the kind of car i want if its a manual
Sadly Raggie, not available in the U.S.
Gene43
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I have a 1996 Toyota Tacoma with 247,000 miles.
GMT2330
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Nearly at the 1/4 million! The moon is "only" 238,000 miles away.
Christian Bale is another fan of the Tacoma. He loves his 2003 model.
Christian Bale is another fan of the Tacoma. He loves his 2003 model.
Gee, if they built a bridge, with nearly 300,000 miles on my Grand Marquis, I'd be able to drive to the dark side of the moon.
You're not entirely wrong on that.
Mercedes tried updating their W212 E-Class in 2013 with a new engine, stop-start, new transmission, and a bunch of other electronics bolted onto the circa-2010 platform. That platform began development in 2004. Grafting all of this onto that platform meant the car had 3(!) separate batteries: Engine Start, Cabin, Safety. Making matters more fun, for fuel efficiency it wouldn't charge the batteries fully while on the highway, preferring to try to charge them in city traffic when de-accelerating. I think you can see the problem with this design. I went through 9 batteries in 3 years. Constant problems. And it wasn't isolated to my car, as I had two loaner cars which had the same problems, including one which died in the dealer's own service drive.
They learned the errors of their ways and the 2017+ models went through extensive testing and only has ONE battery and some nice voltage regulation and better design and algorithms when the electrical system is less than ideal.
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