I had an 88 Peterbilt with 1.7 million on it. It was on it's second engine. I know of trucks, in the trucking industry, with well over that on them. One guy called my Pete' "A baby" with 1.7 on it.
To get that out of a passenger car of any sort however, is astonishing..

Nick

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I am willing to bet that you can take ANY vehicle that has been reasonably well designed and manufactured and take it to 500K. Its all about maintenance. Scheduled PM as well as replacing anything that needs replacing as soon as possible. Most people care for a vehicle up to 100K or so, then its on borrowed time and driven into the ground. Disposable society. RT

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84' Mercedes Benz 300D Anthracite/black, 171K
03' Volkswagen Jetta TDI blue/black, 93K
93' Chevrolet C2500HD ExCab 6.5TD, Two-tone blue, 252K

It seems that we are seeing more and more cars reach very high mileages. Remember when 75000 was considered a lot?

I routinely got 200+ out of my GM cars. The only exceptions were the Impala SS 70k and the '57 which has 69k when I sold them. The Suburban now has something like 150k on it. I wonder if I can get a sticker and do the whole mileage badge thing or if that is only for pickups. I usually keep a car until it just cannot be repaired any longer. Usually its the bodies that give out long before the GM engines.

I have had great luck with the Chevy 350 in the Suburban (except for the freaking computers) the 350 in the Impala SS, the third year issue 283 in the '57 and even the 305 in my 1977 Impala lasted over 230k and 15 years. My Pontiac 389 was a demon and the Buick 455 was a torque monster. Even the little aluminum flat six in the Corvair was a good engine. It did not leak oil (they all do) but it did throw fan belts.

Not so much luck in Ford engines. 85 Escort laster 50100 miles! 89 Taurus lasted for about 98000 miles before one of the heads went.

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Current
Monika '74 450 SL
BrownHilda '79 280SL
FoxyCleopatra '99 Chevy Suburban
Scarlett 2014 Jeep Cherokee
Krystal 2004 Volvo S60
Gone
'74 Jeep CJ5
'97 Jeep ZJ Laredo
Rudolf ‘86 300SDL
Bruno '81 300SD
Fritzi '84 BMW
'92 Subaru
'96 Impala SS
'71 Buick GS conv
'67 GTO conv
'63 Corvair conv
'57 Nomad

I want to see GM, Ford and Chrysler, and any native traditional American Automobile Manufacturer, begin to offer Mileage Badges, to owners of their cars. It would offer an owner a way to tell others of his fine, durable, American Iron. It is a good way to advertise the quality and longevity of your Company's Engineering. There are many out there.

It says a lot.

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