200,000 miles is in fact rare, only 1% of vehicles reach it

My 2006 Alaskan Silverado 1500 has 190K miles on her. No rust to speak of except for the beginnings on the frame. It's as trustworthy as ever.

This picture was taken last Thursday, during an 8-inch snow dump. Winter is NOT over in the Anchorage area (many inches expected in the days to come).
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The interior is still very very nice and she runs great. That requires maintenance.

The only item needing to be currently replaced is the factory radio. Thinking about making her a light plow truck in a year or so.
 
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My 2006 Alaskan Silverado 1500 has 190K miles on her. No rust to speak of except for the beginnings on the frame. It's as trustworthy as ever.

This picture was taken last Thursday, during an 8-inch snow dump. Winter is NOT over in the Anchorage area (many inches expected in the days to come).
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The interior is still very very nice and she runs great. That requires maintenance.

The only item needing to be currently replaced is the factory radio. Thinking about making her a light plow truck in a year or so.
Like the 4 door version of my truck. I thought I had a picture of the replacement radio but I can't find it. I went with a reasonably cheap pioneer double din, no touch screen. I like it because it's basic.
The pic of the inside of my box has that plastic there because I painted and oil sprayed it all before putting the box liner back in.
I'm making every effort to fight off that. Most trucks like mine around here are pretty rusty other than the odd person that oil treated every year (and not at the local Krown dealer since they miss half the underca).
 

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Like the 4 door version of my truck. I thought I had a picture of the replacement radio but I can't find it. I went with a reasonably cheap pioneer double din, no touch screen. I like it because it's basic.
The pic of the inside of my box has that plastic there because I painted and oil sprayed it all before putting the box liner back in.
I'm making every effort to fight off that. Most trucks like mine around here are pretty rusty other than the odd person that oil treated every year (and not at the local Krown dealer since they miss half the underca).
Long live our simplistic northern trucks! I like them that way as well. Less stuff to go wrong...
 
My 2006 Alaskan Silverado 1500 has 190K miles on her. No rust to speak of except for the beginnings on the frame. It's as trustworthy as ever.

This picture was taken last Thursday, during an 8-inch snow dump. Winter is NOT over in the Anchorage area (many inches expected in the days to come).
View attachment 51576

The interior is still very very nice and she runs great. That requires maintenance.

The only item needing to be currently replaced is the factory radio. Thinking about making her a light plow truck in a year or so.

What's it like living in Alaska? Sometimes I want to just move there... get the hell out of dodge.
 
When does the transfer case clunk? Mine clunked for years when pulling away from a stop, before and after changing the original fluid with fresh auto trak fluid.
This time I used Valvoline that was "recommended for autotrak 2 applications" and the clunking stopped. That was a couple months ago. Still no clunk (knock on wood).

There's a few things that make an NP246 clunk:
- Stretched chain (it can happen, but likely not)
- Fluid pump shifting (this is probably the most common)
- Clutch failure (they're slipping)
- Bearing failure (unlikely unless you didn't have fluid)

If you've ever taking one apart, we're not talking about precision engineering. You don't even have to press in major bearings.

And quite often its the front differential making a clunk either because it's internally defective or the driver side shaft is not seating properly.
 
dang... I personally only know of 3 vehicles in my circle with over 200k mi...2 of them still going...all Pontiac's (kind of) 2 of them 1 owner..

1995 Bonneville SSEi - My uncle bought new, drove to 320k, then cash for clunkers...

2003 Vibe* - friend bought used in 2010, with 120k mi. It's still technically road worthy, but hasn't been driven in close to a year. around 225k IIRC....

2004 Aztek - same Friend's mother bought new, still owns it, now it's her runabout when she's back here (Lives in AK) her friend she stays with when she's back here, has it the rest of the year, and keeps it "exercised" (old remote start install with no remaining remotes Drains the battery if it sits too long) had 195k mi last i worked on it in 2017...

* so the vibe is only Kinda a Pontiac... it's 95% Toyota matrix, with some token Gm parts thrown in so that something breaks....
 
My 2005 Chevy 5.3 has 219,678 miles. When I bought it from the original owner 7 years ago for $7,000, it had 162,000 miles. I’ve spent maybe $1,200 in 7 years and almost 58,000 miles on repairs. 2 driveshaft u joints, rear main oil seal leak, dash cluster stepper motors rebuild and a couple other small things. All things considered it has served me well and owes me nothing.
 
Even though the consensus seems to be more than 1% of vehicles go over 200k, I think you can
get a good picture of WHICH vehicles are most likely to go over 200k from the list. Toyotas do seem to dominate the list.
 
Even though the consensus seems to be more than 1% of vehicles go over 200k, I think you can
get a good picture of WHICH vehicles are most likely to go over 200k from the list. Toyotas do seem to dominate the list.
You cannot say that based on this article. These are traded in cars, not cars on the road.
 
Just turned 200k yesterday with my 2001 Accord V6 Coupe
 

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no one trades in cars with 200k miles because the dealers give you scrap value.
Next up only 1 percent of cardboard is recycled*




*in a town with no curbside recycling
 
Then I must be in the top 0.001% club! My first new car, a 1995 Saturn, reached 260K until I sold it last year. My wife's second new car, a 2007 Hyundai Santa Fe, just hit 200K a couple months ago. It is now the car our 17-year-old daughter drives.
 
even with maintenance?! and people say that volkswagen transmissions are junk.
E4ODs were hit or miss. They were based off the C6, which was generally very reliable, but there were some issues with early overdrive automatics in every light truck.

The 5R44E in my Ranger is supposed to be terrible, but has over 250k on it and has never been out of the truck. The pan has been off once, over 100k ago, to replace the filter. Aside from the filter and fluid, it is untouched. Every solenoid, and every bit of the valve body is original, not to mention the actual guts. When I dropped the pan, it looked like new inside. This truck has towed trailers, been rocked out of snow banks, floored through mud, shifted at 5500+ RPM, etc and still drives great. I've owned a total of four light duty Ford overdrive automatics, all with high miles, and I've had exactly 0 driveability problems from them. Replaced an output shaft seal and that's it, and it didn't even leak that much. A lot of family members have had these trucks too, I remember one 1993 Explorer needing a trans around 225k, and that's it.
 
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