Competitive friends drive trucks to 500k miles

[Rat407]

This was on our local news "The Tarheel Traveler"

A Chevy S-10 and a Ford Ranger.

Ford vs Chevy each hit 500k miles

 

[dlayman]

Being in a relatively snow-free locale helps a lot. Hope the Ranger driver can see well enough with those hazed headlights to avoid wildlife, etc.

 

[CT8]

The mainstream medias talking heads sharing the story is so annoying !

 

[Bgallagher]

Both vehicles are considered long lasting. I wish they both owned Chrysler sebrings. That is where it really is a competition

 

[SwampSurvivor]

Originally Posted By: Bgallagher
Both vehicles are considered long lasting. I wish they both owned Chrysler sebrings. That is where it really is a competition

I have no doubt that a Chrysler Sebring would make it 500K miles.

But after the 5th sludged engine and 10th failed transmission ... replacing major parts would probably get old

 

[AirgunSavant]

I liked the story.
Thanks for sharing.

 

[Virtus_Probi]

Originally Posted By: Bgallagher
Both vehicles are considered long lasting. I wish they both owned Chrysler sebrings. That is where it really is a competition

How about a Yugo vs. an Olds Delta 88 diesel??
;^)

 

[javacontour]

An original Chevy Vega with 500k KM would be impressive, let alone 500K miles.

 

[Mr Nice]

Two very basic trucks with low tech equipment.

 

[Bluestream]

Someone should tell the reporter the Ford has a German engine and a Japanese (Mazda) transmission...

 

[Donald]

An original Chevy Vega with 500k KM would be impressive, let alone 500K miles. [/quote

50k miles would be a lot for a Vega.

As trivia the Vega was designed for a Wankle engine, but that did not pan out so a 4 cylinder engine was stuffed in there.

 

[exranger06]

Originally Posted By: Bluestream
Someone should tell the reporter the Ford has a German engine and a Japanese (Mazda) transmission...

How do you know it has a German engine? IF it has the 4.0 V6, then yes it has a German engine. If it has the 3.0 V6 or the 2.3 4 cylinder, it's not a German engine. They never mentioned which engine the truck has.

 

[spackard]

Eddie has about 20 keys too many on his keychain.

 

[mjoekingz28]

 

[HM12460]

Very cool! That would never happen up here in the rust belt.

 

[01rangerxl]

Cool story. The Ranger is very similar to my 1994, but the paint on the one in the story looks a lot better. It would be interesting to know which engine it has, though all of them were excellent for reliability in 1993.

 

[jcwit]

I traded in my Vega years ago just shy of 100,000 miles.

Jayco the RV mfg. has trucks that push 1,000,000 miles.