cars with high mileage

Current fleet:

2002 Toyota Camry: 2.4 liter, 4-cyl; 325K miles
1995 Dodge Dakota; 3.9 liter, 6-cyl; 249K miles
2011 Toyota Highlander; 2.7 liter, 4-cyl; 202K miles
2010 Hyundai Sonata; 2.4 liter; 134K miles

All engines, transmissions, and final drives are original and un-rebuilt. The Camry and Dakota both burn some oil between 5K changes (Camry = 1qt./1K miles; Dakota uses less, but the use varies depending on what load/speeds it sees); the Highlander uses about 1qt/5K miles. The Sonata doesn't yet consume oil between 5K changes. Oils (always synthetic) and filters (always reputable brand or OEM) vary, depending on what's the best sale price/rebate.
 
I put my 02 Corolla at 230K and sold it
My 08 Mazda6i had 230K when I gave it to my dad
My dads 00 Camry got sold at 305K miles

I still plan to get few more cars well over 200K miles
 
Since my last post the Camry has 283,000 on it. My Escape is also racking mileage up too it turned 198,000 last week. Both are still daily drivers the Camry my dad daily drives also the weekend driver and then the Escape I drive daily 60 miles a day Monday thru Friday. I trust both of them just I really do want to get something else. I’m bored with the Escape 2 years and 33,000 miles later. It’s a 2008 we bought from my aunt for $800 with 165,000 on it because the sunroof drain was clogged and she thought it needed a new seal and didn’t want to fool with it. She said $800 for you or I list it for a minimum of $1500 we said sold when we heard $800. It’s a great car unfortunately a New York car in its previous life so the exhaust is about to fall off the thing and it also has light rust in the fender well on the back too. Thinking about seeing what my work will give me for it on trade for a Subaru or Mitsubishi or Ford or something.
 
My 2006 Subaru Outback 2.5i with the ej253 engine and 4eat transmission has 421,000 miles. Transmission and many other parts are original. I rebuilt the shortblock at 379k. Thrust bearing took a dump, everything else looked great except oil control rings on pistons were dirty
This is good news. I bought my first ever Subaru this year, which happens to have travelled further than any car I've ever owned. The EJ253 currently has 266k kms on it, I put it on the road at the end of January with 260k kms on it. The CVT failed just before I bought it.
 
Since my last post the Camry has 283,000 on it. My Escape is also racking mileage up too it turned 198,000 last week. Both are still daily drivers the Camry my dad daily drives also the weekend driver and then the Escape I drive daily 60 miles a day Monday thru Friday. I trust both of them just I really do want to get something else. I’m bored with the Escape 2 years and 33,000 miles later. It’s a 2008 we bought from my aunt for $800 with 165,000 on it because the sunroof drain was clogged and she thought it needed a new seal and didn’t want to fool with it. She said $800 for you or I list it for a minimum of $1500 we said sold when we heard $800. It’s a great car unfortunately a New York car in its previous life so the exhaust is about to fall off the thing and it also has light rust in the fender well on the back too. Thinking about seeing what my work will give me for it on trade for a Subaru or Mitsubishi or Ford or something.
get yourself Ford Maverick base model; it suits your personality and the job you do

its a great vehicle
 
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162,500 on my work commuter-beater G5. Runs good so far, just little things to be expected with a lot of driving. My goal is to get 180k miles (300k km) showing on it.
 
275,390 on my 2008 Honda CR-V. Bought it in 2011 with 52,000 on the odometer. I've put in mostly Pennzoil Platinum 5W-20 but right now it has the new Castrol GTX Full Synthetic 0W-20 in it. I usually go no more than a 5000 OCI with Fram or Wix filters. Been a great car. With the current prices of new or used cars, I'm hoping to keep it going for a while longer.
 
2006 Tacoma 4-cylinder automatic, 180,000 miles and runs perfect. I think it's finally broken in, maybe.
 
****, would have gladly bought that F150
I just traded a 215k miles 2000 F150 with 4.6 engine that is still performing well. Only issue was the rear differential bearings.
I also have a 250k miles 2003 Honda Accord with 2.4 engine that still performs well.
The secret to vehicle longevity is to diligently perform maintenance at or before recommended intervals and use quality products.
 
2005 Honda CR-V with 295,000km on the odometer.

Bought it in 2016 with 226,000km and it’s still going strong. No major work. It’s still clean and in good shape inside and rust isn’t a problem in our area so I’m hoping to get it to 400,000km. At the current rate that will take 7 years.
 
Took this image to compare with my maintenance records. Legend is ready for an oil/filter change. FWIW, the last top-up quart was added 3,889 miles ago (mostly due to seepage/leakage).
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