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No. If anything, I'm guilty of using the cruise control too much. It's more setting the cruise control at 82 and stopping for gas when the gas gauge gets near empty. Most trips were ~600 miles on the highway and then a couple of hours in the mountains with reasonable driving. Rinse...

Yes, I've been through a few of each. All of these had lots of highway & mountain miles and were dealer maintained while under warranty. '84 Toyota LE Van, OEM transmission stopped shifting at ~80K - traded in after Mr. Transmision rebuild that never worked properly. '87 Ford Aerostar, 1st...

My 2012 is consistently about 1 MPG optimistic, so it reports 15.9 when actual is 14.9. My '06 of the same vehicle was usually within a couple tenths of a MPG.

It is fairly difficult to get to the drain plug on my cars. Once I am there, the filter is right next to it, so I change it every time. If I was sucking the oil out from above, it might make sense to do every other change.

I installed blue silicone coolant hoses on my G35 a couple years ago - thinking that would be the first and last time I would ever have to touch a coolant hose, they wept slightly the entire length of the hoses. The hoses were blue and from a reputable company, after driving for a while, there...

You should change the oil for your girlfriend.

The risk is that there is a bigger speed mismatch that the synchros have to deal with to get into the higher gear, which will likely cause more wear to the higher gear synchros. If you shift a little more slowly there will be more time for them to easily match speeds. That being said, I...

I was trying to remember if it was paper towels or fabric towels that were not to be used due to fibers or threads getting in the works.

A coworker of mine said his Nissan Versa was the best car he ever had until he sold it and bought a new Prius. He said all he had to do with the Versa was add gas and change the fluids, tires, and brakes. He sold the Versa with just under 200K miles. He now says the Prius is the best car he's...

I've never had to replace a heater core (knock on wood). My current cars have 220K, 170K, and 70K miles. I usually keep them to around 200K. Maybe I've been lucky? I replace the coolant on schedule. It would be interesting to find out somehow if BITOG users have fewer heater core failures...

I don't know, I've run a number of vehicles from new to >200K miles, and a few to nearly 100K. And one 1989 V6 Plymouth Grand Voyager LE with the dreaded A604 Ultradrive to nearly 300K miles with one transmission repair and many, many repairs to everything else. Definitely over 1M miles in 4...

Old is relative. My car is clearly 'old' as an '06 w/ 220K miles, yet the only repairs required have been a cam position sensor and the expected oil leaks (valve cover gaskets, rear main seal, and a timing cover leak), and 200K worth of maintenance. All stuff I was able to fix myself. So...

My current Asian cars say to change at 100K miles and every 50K thereafter. The car in my signature I did at 90K, 140K, and 185K. I guess I'm almost due again. My 2012 I did at 100K and 150K, it's going to be due again in ~1.5 years.

My car with 220K consumes about 1Qt per 2K miles, unless I am spending a lot of time near the redline, in which case it will use a quart in ~ 800 miles. I bought this car new and the oil consumption was the same when purchased. I was offered a replacement engine under warranty, but everyone I...

I had a friend that worked in an auto body shop tell me that the white paint Nissan used on the ~95-~99 Maximas was indestructible. I don't remember what year he told me that, but I wonder if those are still holding up well. The early Lexus LS400 paint seemed to hold up pretty well.

I would be inclined to change them all. We had an Audi that had 3 coils fail within a couple months of each other under warranty. I replaced the others because I didn't want my wife to have to deal with limited power and potential damage in the future, but my takeaway was that they lead a...

I'm still driving my G35. I bought it new in '05 and I'm about to pass 220K. My daily route is about 50 miles with 2 drop offs, 2 pick ups and my office. I did a 3K mile trip last summer and a 5K mile trip this summer. I worry more about the tires wearing out than the car. I do a fair amount of...

My old FX45 is still on the road. I sold it with over 200K miles 4 or 5 years ago. The guy I sold it to drove it every day for a few years, I ran into him every so often. He sold it about 9 months ago, but I still see it running around. I had an '84 Mazda 626 that I sold when it was a couple...

FWIW, I had a 2000 Tundra V8 4x4 that I put ~220K miles on it before selling. I had zero transmission or engine issues over that time except for cracked exhaust manifolds, which were probably my fault. I put that thing through hell and back, usually with a trailer. I understood that the early...

Not to jump on the Toyota hate bandwagon, because most of my Toyota purchases were great, but... I bought a new '86 Toyota LE Van that was almost lemon quality. It was not horribly unreliable as far as leaving me stranded, but it had so many failures before 80K miles, it was insane. I bought it...