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Old 12-13-2002, 03:29 AM
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Originally posted by sixto
My father-in-law managed to rack up 160K miles in his Lumina minivan thus far doing the same thing -- get int he car, floor the pedal, turn the key. Just about everything in the car doesn't work except the motor and transmission. Go figure.

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Is it the GM 3.8L V-6? It's one damn tough engine. That said, come back when the engine has 350K on 'er. Our 190E 2.6 has 340,000 on it, and the engine burns little oil and is tight and strong. I figure another 150-200K at least left on the little six.
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