Finally, got it broke in...

[MtnMan]

It's a diesel...

 

[dullard]

Congrats. I'm at 257k with gasoline hybrid (bought at roughly 12 miles). I'm pretty sure my car is on borrowed time. I'm hoping to get to 300k.

 

[BoomerD]

Sheee-it...my truck is about to turn 25,000 miles...and I'm thinking it's time for a new one.

 

[nakedfrog]

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It's a diesel...

I've got about another 200k to go on my diesel before I get there, at my current rate it's gonna take a couple decades.

 

[Red Squirrel]

That's crazy impressive to make it that far without it falling apart from rust, as that is usually the main issue with vehicles, they rust so fast with all the salt they put on roads. And that's in miles too, just did the conversion and it comes up to 402,336km. All the vehicles I owned were rust buckets before they hit 100k. Though I've always bought used, if I bought new I'd bring it straight to Line-X and have them Line-X the entire thing top to bottom while everything is still new and clean.

 

[brianmanahan]

i planned to get my old car up to 300k, but ended up scrapping it about 15k miles short

now my new car is almost to 200k but it'll be a decade before i get to 300k because of remote work

 

[MtnMan]

That's crazy impressive to make it that far without it falling apart from rust, as that is usually the main issue with vehicles, they rust so fast with all the salt they put on roads. And that's in miles too, just did the conversion and it comes up to 402,336km. All the vehicles I owned were rust buckets before they hit 100k. Though I've always bought used, if I bought new I'd bring it straight to Line-X and have them Line-X the entire thing top to bottom while everything is still new and clean.

The only thing that time has taken a toll on is the stupid foam they put on the blend doors to control heat and AC, and where it comes out. I just bit the bullet and fixed that by placing foil duct tape on the doors. About 2 days of tearing the consoles and lower dashboard out, and 2 days to get it all back together. A real PIA to do, but a shop would probably charge close to $2K to do it.
Otherwise, no rust on it anywhere. Our roads get salted two or three times a year, and it stays home simply because it is not 4WD or AWD. We also don't do silly things like have summer tires and winter tires.

 

[skyking]

I've got about another 200k to go on my diesel before I get there, at my current rate it's gonna take a couple decades.

it's nice when the only traffic jam on your commute is at the bathroom door.
My diesel truck made it to ~240K before it ate #6 rings completely.

Miles can be quite deceptive. In the case of a work truck it is hours that matter. Mine was a logging truck from new and spent a whole lot of time idling to provide a warm place on the mountain.
Idling is bad for common rail quiet engines. The early common rails have 3 injection events, a pre and a post and THE MAIN EVENT !!
When you are revved up and going down the road, the engine eats it all up yum yum.
At idle, the pre and post events are a little excess fuel that slowly builds carbon behind the rings until something gives. This was not a problem on the noisy simple engines.
Moral of the story is never buy a used rig from the oil sands in the Dakotas, they never shut it off in winter, and do not idle your common rail excessively.

 

[nakedfrog]

it's nice when the only traffic jam on your commute is at the bathroom door.
My diesel truck made it to ~240K before it ate #6 rings completely.

Miles can be quite deceptive. In the case of a work truck it is hours that matter. Mine was a logging truck from new and spent a whole lot of time idling to provide a warm place on the mountain.
Idling is bad for common rail quiet engines. The early common rails have 3 injection events, a pre and a post and THE MAIN EVENT !!
When you are revved up and going down the road, the engine eats it all up yum yum.
At idle, the pre and post events are a little excess fuel that slowly builds carbon behind the rings until something gives. This was not a problem on the noisy simple engines.
Moral of the story is never buy a used rig from the oil sands in the Dakotas, they never shut it off in winter, and do not idle your common rail excessively.

I'll try to keep that in mind next time I'm shopping for a rig
I do try to avoid driving mine if it's just going to be a few miles around town, unless I need more space than the Miata provides.

 

[JeepinEd]

Congrats. I'm at 257k with gasoline hybrid (bought at roughly 12 miles). I'm pretty sure my car is on borrowed time. I'm hoping to get to 300k.

My Hybrid went 320K miles before the traction battery gave out (bought brand new). I replaced it myself with a remanufactured battery & sold the car at around 375K miles. You still have a lot of life left in it.

 

[skyking]

I'll try to keep that in mind next time I'm shopping for a rig
I do try to avoid driving mine if it's just going to be a few miles around town, unless I need more space than the Miata provides.

Most computers store the engine hours, so you can do a little simple math. You want a used diesel that averages 30 MPH or more if possible. Some idlers like boom trucks might do an average of 5~10 MPH.