200,000 Mi on my 97 camry so far!

[Robscamry]

Just rolled over 200,000 miles on the 4 cylinder Camry. super reliable car with only a couple minor problems. been using Pennzoil high mileage oil since 60,000 miles(had startup smoke problem)
and Purolator filters. Uses just a bit between changes every 4000 miles. I had the valve cover removed when I changed the gasket, still looked great under there, no sludge. I expect this one
will go to 300,000 miles.

 

[Korean_redneck]

dude.. how about 450,000 miles. My friend has a 1993 Camry. it has 450,000 miles. it burn oil like a bum ,, but its rolling. hes been using the cheapest brand oil he can find ever since he bought it.. i wonder if he knows about Auto-rx..

 

[T-Keith]

That's a lot of miles in 8 years, it took my Lesabre 16 years to get to that. Good luck.

-T

 

[Robscamry]

well, it used to be so cheap and fun to drive it I racked up a lot of miles quick. Its always been maintained well since new. I do the oil changes, my mechanic does the rest. He is a toyota master tech that has his own shop now. 450,000 thats a good number to shoot for. A freinds Volvo went that far but it got totalled. He wanted to drive it 1,000,000 miles.

 

[kenw]

drive on! I have 2 Camrys, a 97 v6 at 176k and a 93 i4 at 180k. 450k sounds nice, it should allow me to get my wife's Highlander paid off before I have to replace my 97.....I'm currently averaging 100mi per day on the 97, so I won't catch you too soon.

my mechanic buys Camrys for his mom, he won't buy her anything else, and she won't drive anything else.

tonight i bought a re-mfg alternator for the 97, it's the first factory part i recall replacing other than normal maintenance.

 

[427Z06]

Interesting...this is one of those alleged sludgemonster vehicles, correct? 4K changes on dino and NO sludge. Did you use regular dino 5-10w/30 Pennzoil the first 60K miles?

 

[vicmackey]

Congrats on the mileage. My 1994 Ford Crown Victoria has 263K (original motor and trans) with just a few part replacements. If the auto trans holds up this car will see another 100K at least.

Then again any car sold in the last 10-12 years in the US should see at least 200K miles with even moderate care.

My 1994 crown vic has 263K with so few repairs that it makes a honda or toyota look like junk.

 

[427Z06]

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Originally posted by vicmackey:
My 1994 crown vic has 263K with so few repairs that it makes a honda or toyota look like junk.

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I'm a Chevy, Toyota, Honda man myself. I avoid Fix Or Repair Daily vehicles like the plague. j/k

 

[mechtech]

Anyone remember when 100,000 miles was the Holy Grail?

 

[427Z06]

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Originally posted by mechtech:
Anyone remember when 100,000 miles was the Holy Grail?

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Shush...how are you going to pick up young chicks when you give away your age like that.

 

[XS650]

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Originally posted by 427Z06:
I'm a Chevy, Toyota, Honda man myself. I avoid Fix Or Repair Daily vehicles like the plague. j/k

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I thought it was Found On Road Dead

Or was it

F***** On Race Day

 

[Pick]

Remember when everyone tried to trade in at under 50K to get the best trade in value?

We used to have a used car dealer, up in Painesville, Ohio,that had a lot full of used cars that all had between 45-49K on them.

I got suckered into buying one, that a year later showed scratches across the odometer numbers.

 

[ToyotaNSaturn]

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Originally posted by 427Z06:
Interesting...this is one of those alleged sludgemonster vehicles, correct? 4K changes on dino and NO sludge.

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Yes, but he did mention he had a smoking at startup problem at 60K. That HM probably cleaned things up in the last 140K.

 

[Triple_Se7en]

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Originally posted by ToyotaNSaturn:

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Originally posted by 427Z06:
Interesting...this is one of those alleged sludgemonster vehicles, correct? 4K changes on dino and NO sludge.

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Yes, but he did mention he had a smoking at startup problem at 60K. That HM probably cleaned things up in the last 140K.

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I read alot of positive remarks about Castrol & Pennzoil HM oils. They seem to do the best job offering relief to neglected or aging engines.

 

[vicmackey]

Fords of the pre-1994'ish are junk IMO but these newer v8 fords witht the modular engines are almost bullet proof.

I never had any luck with a Ford until they dumped the 302 v8 for the 4.6 modular engine.

In reference to trucks I like newer Fords and older Chevy's. I just find it very stupid to latch on to one brand because over time things change.

 

[Buick92]

The 4.6 is one of the smartest things Ford ever did, it's without a doubt one of the better V8 American made engines. As far as Camry's go yes they are extremely reliable but I don't know if I'd even want to keep a car for 300,000 miles, especially with all of the unique designs manufacturers are coming out with every year. The Camry is a reliable boring looking sedan.

 

[Gurkha]

Nothing surprising with Toyota, wait till you see the mileage on the Toyota Land Cruiser diesels which are built by HINO, 500,000 miles with ease. My 94 Accord V6 is still running, now with 500,000+ miles, all on M-I from day one with 6000 mile changes.

The only other legendary long life engines are from Mercedes, the OM616/617 are bullet proof and can take abuse like no other, I have seen them limp home with damaged camshaft, take 5 tons of load and still keep running, pity, MB doesn't make anything close to these engines no more.

 

[brianl703]

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Originally posted by vicmackey:
I never had any luck with a Ford until they dumped the 302 v8 for the 4.6 modular engine.

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The 302 v8 is considered one of the better V8 engines around, although they are not all the same..I think the most durable one (mainly due to the usage of a better timing chain and gears) is the HO version as found in the 87-up Mustang.

 

[Triple_Se7en]

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Originally posted by Gurkha:
My 94 Accord V6 is still running, now with 500,000+ miles, all on M-I from day one with 6000 mile changes.

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That's 50K per year! You must live in that thing.

 

[vad]

Sorry, 200K mi doesn't really sound like any kind of an achievement. For a Toyota sludge monster, maybe.
But that's about it.
Daily long freeway trips put very little stress on the oil and the engine.
Especially combined with 4K oil changes.

And it's not a Toyota thing either.
Take a look at the delivery vehicles. A lot of them accumulate up to 70K a year without any engine related problems while burning little or no oil.
I've had a "hands on" experience with a couple of such vehicles. Both of them experience daily multiple WOT on the freeway on-ramp merges and some stop and go traffic.
A Chevy Express delivery van with 140K miles on the clock in a little more than 2 years was running like a champ without burning any significant oil between 5k oil changes.
A 2 year old Dodge Caravan with 100K on the odo burn's NO oil in between 7K oil changes and has never experienced any powertrain problems.