200,000 Mi on my 97 camry so far!

[Gurkha]

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Originally posted by 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.

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You can say that, had to commute to my work at IBM in upstate NY which was around 90 miles from Staten Island, also had to go to my univeristy in NJ which was around 45 miles as well as plenty of cross country trips.

 

[Triple_Se7en]

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Originally posted by 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.

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What oil & weight Vad?

 

[427Z06]

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Originally posted by vicmackey:
I just find it very stupid to latch on to one brand because over time things change.

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Yes, I agree...but I was just having some fun.

They all build good ones and bad ones in different percentages. Count your lucky stars when you get a good one from anybody nowadays.

 

[MIAMI-DADE]

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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.

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My last car was a 88 Town Car with the 302.I put on 250k with no major engine issues.OCI every 3k using 10w30&10w40 dino.When i sold it everything worked including the a/c.Plus the other owner kept it another 4 years that i knew about.

I now have a 99 Grand Marquis with the 4.6 with 104k.Doing OCI every 3k with semi/synthic using 5w30 and sometimes 5w20.Every 3k due to 100 degree heat/heavy traffic everyday and a/c on all the time all year.