Nice looking rig!
How to get to a million.
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How to get it to a million miles? Drive it more 
You need boutique oil to get to 400,000 miles and even a million, Mobil 1 wont do it. (Sarcasm)
Just keep up with the maintenance, stick to 5,000 mile oil change intervals, don't forget to service the transmission and differentials as well as the power steering and brake fluid, coolant as well.
Service everything that is serviceable, a lot of people tend to ignore basic maintenance and think oils changes is all that is needed which a lot of times they can get away with on Toyota's because they are the longest lasting vehicles and can take the abuse but if you really want to shoot for a million you got to keep it all well serviced.
Just keep up with the maintenance, stick to 5,000 mile oil change intervals, don't forget to service the transmission and differentials as well as the power steering and brake fluid, coolant as well.
Service everything that is serviceable, a lot of people tend to ignore basic maintenance and think oils changes is all that is needed which a lot of times they can get away with on Toyota's because they are the longest lasting vehicles and can take the abuse but if you really want to shoot for a million you got to keep it all well serviced.
How to get it to a million miles? Drive it more
Absolutely! They're meant to be driven, not be museum pieces!
I would even use it "as intended" from time to time, just nothing too extreme. All of that, followed by a thorough cleaning afterwards.
Yep, that’s why the “goal” is more aspirational than a goal. If this was a true goal I would focus on driving highway miles and getting hardcore about it. I have driven it to LA twice from northern California. But most of the driving is around rural county roads and towns. I appreciate the advice. Looks like I am on the right track simply by doing basic and regular maintenance.
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Brake fluid and gear oil, too. And grease the balljoints and u-joints.
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The ship of Theseus.
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Recommendation for reaching your goal: Don't get in an accident. That's the most likely thing to take it out of service.
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You've put 5000 miles on in 9 months. Only 1,063 months to go!
Great classic BTW.
Great classic BTW.
Good idea!If you want to cheat a bit, you can always "drive" it on jack stands or a dyno
Just remember, if you want to take miles "OFF", putting it in reverse on jackstands doesn't work. Most of us learned this from our good friend, Ferris Bueller.
I bought gas for 2.52 a gallon today. Gas Buddy shows it's 2.25 in Texas. I think all these electric cars on the road have created a surplus condition. They may be working in our favor!
Having gotten my Xterra well over 400K (daughter driving it now) and also helping customers keep old industrial equipment running, I'll give you my input.
1) fix everything now - including cosmetic. Get everything the way you want it - then maintain it to that condition. Don't let problems linger.
2) Continue to follow the proper severe duty schedule on all the fluids. Brand won't matter - just follow spec on the fluids and intervals. Fancy fluids are for people doing fancy things - longer OCI, track days, or maybe (although unlikely) they help with known mechanical deficiencies.
3) Most important - figure out what the failure prone parts are and stock up on them now - while there still available and people still have the software to program them. This is what the best manufacturing companies do when they know there running obsolete equipment - they figure out what's likely to break and source and stock parts for those - so they have them when needed.
Good luck. Nice rig.
1) fix everything now - including cosmetic. Get everything the way you want it - then maintain it to that condition. Don't let problems linger.
2) Continue to follow the proper severe duty schedule on all the fluids. Brand won't matter - just follow spec on the fluids and intervals. Fancy fluids are for people doing fancy things - longer OCI, track days, or maybe (although unlikely) they help with known mechanical deficiencies.
3) Most important - figure out what the failure prone parts are and stock up on them now - while there still available and people still have the software to program them. This is what the best manufacturing companies do when they know there running obsolete equipment - they figure out what's likely to break and source and stock parts for those - so they have them when needed.
Good luck. Nice rig.
He's not going to put an extra 500,000 miles on it driving it 5,000 miles per year in his lifetime.How to get it to a million miles? Drive it more
You mean like Mobil did with a BMW?If you want to cheat a bit, you can always "drive" it on jack stands or a dyno
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