How many miles have you chalked up?

[fuzzis]

On another board that I post on, they're talking about the number of miles on your car and when to get rid of a car because it has too many miles.

Most of them are saying that right around 100,000 is when it's time for a new car, which makes me laugh. I was taught you take care of the car, the car takes care of you.

I currently have a Honda Accord with 85,000 miles on it. When I bought it a little over two years ago, it had 23,000 miles on it. I fully intend to keep it until it dies...which will hopefully be around 300,000. The Sner drives a 1992 Jeep Cherokee with 200,000 miles on it and while it doesn't pull the mountains like it once did, it's still going strong.

:smt038

fuzzis

[carsalesguy]

93 honda civic- 146k
01 honda accord - 110k
05 jeep gr. cherokee- 37k
87 honda prelude- 168k
90 mitsubishi precis - 66k
87 mazda rx-7 110k

[nooskye]

We have a 95 GMC Xtended cab truck that has close to 300,000 on it ... and it still pulls its own weight ... makes long, out of state trips ... and is still capable of pulling a load ... now, granted it sounds like an old work truck ... but a tune up every now works wonders ... the hubby says this will be the one that's sitting in the back yard as a fixer up when he's 50 :) Gotta love American made!

[Southern_Belle]

i had a '98 pontiac sunfire until Sept of this year. i "sold" it to my little sister with a little over 60,000 miles on it.

now i have an '06 ford escape which i got in Sept and it has a little over 3000 miles on it.

[Astra]

My grandfather still has his first car - a 1957 Chevy Bel Aire hardtop. I don't know the exact mileage, but it's WAY over 100k.

[58ford]

My grandmother had a '72 dodge Coronet with 300,000+ on it. She gave it to me & I put another 100,000 on it & gave it to my little brother & he drove it for a few of years, (don't know the mileage) It went to the great junk yard in the sky on Halloween night 1989 when a drunk driver skidded into my mom's lawn where it was parked & T-boned it.

[nooskye]

i had a '98 pontiac sunfire until Sept of this year. i "sold" it to my little sister with a little over 60,000 miles on it.

now i have an '06 ford escape which i got in Sept and it has a little over 3000 miles on it.

I've had two sunfires ... a 99 and an 03 ... totaled my 99 out in July of 03 with a lil over 100K on it and had to "get out from under" the 03 ... $500 a month to maintain it was a little much :smt102 ... now I have a 96 Intrepid ... not sure of the mileage ... but IMO it's well over 100K ??? And I LOVE it ... I'd really like a Durango ... but I know that's way out of our price range :smt086 Oh Well ...

[Hermione]

My grandfather still has his first car - a 1957 Chevy Bel Aire hardtop. I don't know the exact mileage, but it's WAY over 100k.

Those were great cars!! Rode many a mile in one when I was little.
On the other side of this discussion, I sold a 1978 Mustang in 1990, with 71,000 miles on it. Buyer couldn't believe the odometer hadn't been, ah, adjusted, but I had my paperwork from tire replacement and other work to back it up. My present 2003 Honda has 12,000. Expect to drive this one a lonnnnnng time too!

[carsalesguy]

93 honda civic- 146k
01 honda accord - 110k
05 jeep gr. cherokee- 37k
87 honda prelude- 168k
90 mitsubishi precis - 66k
87 mazda rx-7 110k

no wonder my yard looks like a used car lot.......after looking at that list it is scaring me........

btw....the 01 accord is on it's 5th tranny and the civic has a new(er) motor.....should i subtract that milage?

[Hermione]

Oh, btw Carsalesguy, I got 12 years out of a Protege! What a good little car that was.

[fuzzis]

no wonder my yard looks like a used car lot.......after looking at that list it is scaring me........

btw....the 01 accord is on it's 5th tranny and the civic has a new(er) motor.....should i subtract that milage?

01? As in 2001 and its 5th tranny? :smt100 What the hell have you done to the thing?

fuzzis

[carsalesguy]

the 01-02 accord, odyssey, cr-v and one more have recalls on the transmission.....

the first one started making a banging noise, the second and third slipping, the fourth wouldn't move, and #5 is in it now......

[Astra]

Those were great cars!! Rode many a mile in one when I was little.
On the other side of this discussion, I sold a 1978 Mustang in 1990, with 71,000 miles on it. Buyer couldn't believe the odometer hadn't been, ah, adjusted, but I had my paperwork from tire replacement and other work to back it up. My present 2003 Honda has 12,000. Expect to drive this one a lonnnnnng time too!
It's still running, too. Probably about 10 years ago it was rear-ended by an 18-wheeler and most of my family might have been dead had we been riding in a different vehicle. The thing is like a tank. After that accident, Grandpa found replacement parts and today you can't tell the car was so much as dinged, much less had the entire trunk crushed in.

[fuzzis]

the 01-02 accord, odyssey, cr-v and one more have recalls on the transmission.....

the first one started making a banging noise, the second and third slipping, the fourth wouldn't move, and #5 is in it now......

Guess maybe I should take mine in, huh?

fuzzis

[Mr. Bama]

I have a '98 accord with 156k on it. It drives as good as it were new. Honda makes some amazing engines. I plan on driving this until at least 200k, gonna try to make it to 225k. I'm trying oh so hard to resist not getting a new car.

[big john]

I love my 1988 f150 4wd,i get tune ups when needed,has well over 350,000 on it and i have never done anything to it but buy tires.its ugly,and my friends ask why dont you get a new one and i say why?
as long as it runs good i aint buying another one.

[Southern_Belle]

I've had two sunfires ... a 99 and an 03 ... totaled my 99 out in July of 03 with a lil over 100K on it and had to "get out from under" the 03 ... $500 a month to maintain it was a little much :smt102 ... now I have a 96 Intrepid ... not sure of the mileage ... but IMO it's well over 100K ??? And I LOVE it ... I'd really like a Durango ... but I know that's way out of our price range :smt086 Oh Well ...

nooskye - i looked at the durango's when i was buying. they are very nice. the one thing that held me back was so many people telling me that they just drink gas! you would probably spend as much in gas as you would on your monthly payment.

[justme]

I have never had a car long enough to put 100k on it. I will probably keep the one I have now to see it happen. I have a 04 Prius with 47 K on it.

[tempatv]

i've got a 94 gmc sierra i bought used in 98 with 74k miles on it. It now has 172k miles on it and only problem so far was had the transmission rebuilt last year. i'm looking at getting a new one pretty soon though, but its been really nice not having to pay a car not the last 4 years, haha.

[Conveyor Belt]

My last car, 95 merc tracer had 120K on it when it died
My current car, a '00 saturn lw2 has 141K on it. I think the transmission will go long before the engine. It runs without a hiccup, save for some transmission issues that only happen when I step on the gas or it gets hot... all I do is turn it off for 10 seconds and it resets... some sensor or something, but it costs $800 to replace, and it's really not worth all that... when the tranny goes, then I'll just repair that... or get a new car.

[carsalesguy]

i like the idea of a new car lol

[Bahlk]

2004 Dodge Grand Caravan 51,000 <-----Wife's
1995 Plymouth Grand Voyager 195,000. The interior needs some work. Had to have the tranny replaced at 70,000 but not a problem since then.

[iheartellisons]

i have a 2004 Pontiac Vibe and it has a little over 32,000 right now..i got it in august of '05 right before the hurricane and had to replace the back window after bc of the hurricane....but its been fine ever since.

[nooskye]

i've got a 94 gmc sierra ...

That's what ours is ... my dad bought it new in 95 with, I think, 10 miiles on it ... we've never had to replace anything on it excpet the tires and the fluids ... It has some minor body damage from my brother hitting a deer (or at least he says it was a deer ... never seen side damage from a deer though??) Anyway ... it's a great truck ... if ever we buy another one, it'll definately be a GMC ...

[Conveyor Belt]

never seen side damage from a deer though??)

My friend, who lived in Perry County, had a deer run into the side of his car when he was driving. Looked like he'd spun the car around and caught a telephone pole...

[just-Wynn]

Wynn's 91 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer edition has well over 300,000 to date. http://home.hawaii.rr.com/roxygurl/explorer.jpg

[No-Halo]

That can't be Wynn's ride, the rims are way too small and don't appear to spin.
Must be an imposter!! :smt118

[nooskye]

hahahahahah ... now that's just funny!!

[amanda]

After totaling out my second car in one year - I now own a 05 Jeep Liberty with 40,000 miles on it. My fav car - a 1981 Honda Accord I bought for 1,100 in 1986 with 85,000 on the odometer. I added another 100,000 to it and an additional 4 years then sold it for $1,000.00. Nice...real nice...

[carsalesguy]

jeeps are real nice cars....we have a grand cherokee laredo......but one mistake i will not make the next time around is to buy the 3.7 v6....MPG and acceleration sucks.....

next vehicle-----mazda CX-7 after the 1st of the year.......just a turboed SUV makes me want to drive and drive and drive.........

[amanda]

jeeps are real nice cars....we have a grand cherokee laredo......but one mistake i will not make the next time around is to buy the 3.7 v6....MPG and acceleration sucks.....

next vehicle-----mazda CX-7 after the 1st of the year.......just a turboed SUV makes me want to drive and drive and drive.........

I like my 3.7 V6, maybe it's because it's the smaller Liberty that gives it the get-up-and-go. Believe me - it get's up and leaves. However, if I had to do it all over again, I would buy a F150. I tow a camper and bought the Liberty because it made my weight requirement for towing, but it is really squirrely with pulling the camper.

[fuzzis]

My Sner is looking to replace her little car. They're thinking about either a Subaru Outback, a Honda CRV or another Jeep.

fuzzis