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12-05-2006, 12:56 PM
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1,000,000 mile Saab, you guys will like this!
Not diesel related but a lot of people have these cars.
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=538098 1M and the engine was not even opened up! Not even one of our diesel's have done that! Notice he used Mobil 1, can one actualy wear an engine out on a good synthetic oil? 
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12-05-2006, 12:59 PM
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What about the taxi driver in greece with over 2 mil KM? or the one in germany with the original motor and trans that drove into the musem under its own power?
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12-05-2006, 01:01 PM
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12-05-2006, 01:02 PM
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John 1M miles is great, my Astro is at half that, with no opening of the motor... synthetic and regular oil changes = indefinite mileage. John
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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread "as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do! My drivers: 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!  1987 300TD 1987 300TD 1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!
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12-05-2006, 01:19 PM
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I wonder what caused the head gasket failures? coolant? WP? "constant heating and cooling"
 I wish my Astro had the extra digit on the odometer, it would be nice to have verified 500Kmiles and up...John
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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread "as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do! My drivers: 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!! 1987 300TD 1987 300TD 1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!
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12-05-2006, 01:40 PM
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12-05-2006, 02:17 PM
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would have been nice if saab did something for him.... its free advertisement for saab.... car companies spend millions of $$ on advertising... they could share some of that with this fella...
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12-05-2006, 02:19 PM
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From Worldcarfans.com
"During this time the owner was able to call upon the original engine and two spare units, deploying them on a rotational basis 11 times in total." That puts it an an avg of 400K KM per engine change.
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12-05-2006, 02:20 PM
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12-05-2006, 02:49 PM
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Lotta driving!
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12-05-2006, 03:36 PM
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12-05-2006, 08:12 PM
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12-05-2006, 08:21 PM
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" the frame had rusted to the point where it might not have been safe in a serious collision. "There was no point in driving the car any longer, "
That's why I wonder it's really worth spending the money on good synthetic oils. Especially where I live in the salt zone. Most vehicles I've had rusted out long before the engine gave up. Damn I hate rust. Makes me want to get one of those plastic Japanese cars.
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12-05-2006, 08:44 PM
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The trick is you have two cars, one to sacrifice to the salt, others to keep clean.
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