My DOMESTIC car just passed 200k miles!

[Viperoni]

322,826.7km = 200,595.2 miles

1986 Pontiac Parisienne, 5.0l chevy, etc etc etc.
All it needs is a new EGR valve, and it'll idle smooth again

Pic of the car
Pic of the odometer

BTW: Metric rules, eh?

Viper <-- awaits the domestic haters to tell him he tampered with the odometer

 

[CraigRT]

Nice man... domestic cars definitely can go for a while!
my friend had an 88 Sundance 2.2 turbo and it had 330+ KMs on it and running great..... he couldn't sell it for beans though, he had to sell it to the wreckers cause of the amount of KMs He was getting a new car.

My LeBaron GTS had 255,000 kms and I swear it was just getting broken in.. ran MINT.

 

[Cooltech2k]

So How Many miles is that?

 

[The Stigenator]

i got to go 73000 miles to catch up with you... though its not a domestic..

 

[MajesticMoose]

my dad has a 91 ford explorer with over 210 thousand miles on it. Nothing major done to it yet.

m00se

 

[Viperoni]

<< So How Many miles is that? >>





<< 322,826.7km = 200,595.2 miles >>



Eh?

 

[Shaka]

I have an 1990 Ford Bronco 2 which has been running great. 210,000 miles. No major work done.

 

[ohtwell]

My 91 Chevy Cavalier had appx. 223,000 miles when I traded it in last year.

 

[Viperoni]

<< Nice man... domestic cars definitely can go for a while!
my friend had an 88 Sundance 2.2 turbo and it had 330+ KMs on it and running great..... he couldn't sell it for beans though, he had to sell it to the wreckers cause of the amount of KMs He was getting a new car.

My LeBaron GTS had 255,000 kms and I swear it was just getting broken in.. ran MINT. >>



I hope to take it to 400k.....but with my driving habits (abuse....errr...did I say that :Q) that might be a bit of a stretch. The tranny's doing ok, and it doesn't really let the engine rev to high (probably 4500rpm tops), so if anything goes in the driveline, I think it would be the tranny.

I heard those 2.2's go FOREVER. Yeah, once rust hits hard, that's it. Either I get the boat painted this spring (nice jet black ), or it goes to the scrapper in a couple years. With a paint job it should last another 6-7 years.



<< i got to go 73000 miles to catch up with you... though its not a domestic.. >>



When I hit 400k kilometers



<< my dad has a 91 ford explorer with over 210 thousand miles on it. Nothing major done to it yet. >>



21k a year, that's a fair bit of driving!

 

[Zenmervolt]

Those old 302cid (5.0 litre) V8s are great engines. When you consider that the 302 goes back as far as the 1960's, it's not surprising that the newer verions do so well, after all, by 1986 the engine had about 20 years of development in it. Car looks very nice. Body seems to be in great condition.

ZV

EDIT: I'm ahead of you (barely) with 205,850 miles, but it's on an Accord, and the tranny went at 204,905 miles. It was rebuilt so it's not technically on its second tranny, but it might as well be. I only put about 10,000-11,000 miles on my car in a year so you'll probably overtake me shortly.

 

[thedarkwolf]

My dad's 96 t-bird 4.6l is at around 275k miles

Still doing fine but he is planning on getting a mustang gt here soon.

Just to add to the indestructible 2.2ls. He also had an 81ish dodge rampage 2.2l 5 speed that must have had atleast 300k on it when he sold it. The odometer quit working for the the last 3 or 4 years we had it.

 

[NetworkDad]

I sold a 1986 Subaru with 225,000 on it 2 years ago for $500...still worked great

 

[RSI]

Friend has an Accord with 300+k on it. Had a '91 Civic with 270k on it... Then had a Subaru, had 230k on it. Then we had a 2000 Civic SE which only had 20-30k on it, we sold it. My dad's been driving a gmc van and it's the biggest POS he's ever driven (he used to have a mustang 'back in the day', and he's driven a dodge colt, a jeep, and the above cars). Always has problems, costs tons to maintain.. Wants to get rid of it. My mom has a 96 Civic coupe now which is pretty sweet. 2-door 5spd manual, nice red paint which is now filthy thanks to the weather/condition here. Runs like new though, so it's pretty nice. My favorite is still the '91 Si we had, though.

Glad to hear you made 200+k miles on that old domestic! Congrats.

-RSI

 

[fastz28]

<< My dad's 96 t-bird 4.6l is at around 275k miles >>



Wow, that's a lot of driving. :Q

 

[thedarkwolf]

He only puts 55k a year on it . He is in sales and has to travel a lot. I think the only car he didn't put atleast 200k miles on including cars he bought used was an 81 toyota celica gt. I also think thats about the only import he has had since the mid 70s.

Opps did my math wrong he bought Jan of 97.

 

[Viperoni]

<< Those old 302cid (5.0 litre) V8s are great engines. When you consider that the 302 goes back as far as the 1960's, it's not surprising that the newer verions do so well, after all, by 1986 the engine had about 20 years of development in it. Car looks very nice. Body seems to be in great condition.

ZV

EDIT: I'm ahead of you (barely) with 205,850 miles, but it's on an Accord, and the tranny went at 204,905 miles. It was rebuilt so it's not technically on its second tranny, but it might as well be. I only put about 10,000-11,000 miles on my car in a year so you'll probably overtake me shortly. >>



305cid The oldmobile version was a 307...you're talking about a Ford 302 aren't you?

Hehe, I'm not in a race....especially after the 87 in a 65 (still hurts )
My tranny's still okay I suppose, just sometimes it downshifts from 4th to 3rd, but it forgets to dis-engage the lockup torque convertor. Not smart

The body's not bad, well waxed, but the 5 year old 5h!tty paint job is showing; it's bubbling/rusting around the wheel wells, and in a few other places. The back bumper bars/beams are also rusting. I'm probably gonna take them off...but I can't leave them off since there's a hole for where they screw through. DOH! The car would look a lot smoother with those off.



<< My dad's 96 t-bird 4.6l is at around 275k miles >>



:Q :Q 55k a year!!!!
MADNESS!!! Is you're dad a courier or something?
DAYMM!!



<< Just to add to the indestructible 2.2ls. He also had an 81ish dodge rampage 2.2l 5 speed that must have had atleast 300k on it when he sold it. The odometer quit working for the the last 3 or 4 years we had it. >>







<< I sold a 1986 Subaru with 225,000 on it 2 years ago for $500...still worked great >>



I think I could get that much for the boat...probably even a tad more.



<< Friend has an Accord with 300+k on it. Had a '91 Civic with 270k on it... Then had a Subaru, had 230k on it. Then we had a 2000 Civic SE which only had 20-30k on it, we sold it. My dad's been driving a gmc van and it's the biggest POS he's ever driven (he used to have a mustang 'back in the day', and he's driven a dodge colt, a jeep, and the above cars). Always has problems, costs tons to maintain.. Wants to get rid of it. My mom has a 96 Civic coupe now which is pretty sweet. 2-door 5spd manual, nice red paint which is now filthy thanks to the weather/condition here. Runs like new though, so it's pretty nice. My favorite is still the '91 Si we had, though.

Glad to hear you made 200+k miles on that old domestic! Congrats. >>



Hehe, that's a LOT of miles too!
I would NEVER want to fix a van, so hard to get at the engine
Thanks

 

[RSI]

Yeah, it's a pain in the ass. We definitely want to stick to imports though. We got our current 96 Civic for about $5.xK US (it was $8995 Canadian) and it only has 70 or 80,000 clicks on it I think.

-RSI

 

[Viperoni]

<< Yeah, it's a pain in the ass. We definitely want to stick to imports though. We got our current 96 Civic for about $5.xK US (it was $8995 Canadian) and it only has 70 or 80,000 clicks on it I think.

-RSI >>



My dad's gonna stick with domestics. He really likes torque, and cheaper parts (usually).
He's looking at a 94-96 Caprice, Roadmaster Sedan, or a pImpala SS

 

[4824guy]

I had a GM car with the same engine that had 175k miles on it before I had to get rid of it. The thing was running great but needed too much rust repairs to pass inspection.

1983 olds Delta 88 5L 4 barrel- run great for years and years. Just needed a carberator once, and a few other items that got worn out. I loved that car.

I bought another GM domestic to replace it with

 

[notfred]

my dad has a 73 ford explorer with about 400k miles on it.

It's on the second motor, though.

 

[Static911]

congrats. Hopefully, all the domestic car makers can produce more cars that last equally as long as imports.

I really want a truck in the future; however, I don't want to know that I am taking a chance on its reliability.

I drive a 185,000 mile LS400 and still going strong. The biggest cost ever for the car was its 180,000 mile checkup after taking it to college, driving it while at college and then driving home from college, without changing fluids at all. I went 5,000 miles ( x2 1,500 trip from so-cal to dallas ) without changing anything.

BTW, we needed a new EGR valve too! Guess we have to change it to pass smog test. HAHAHA.

static911

 

[Ornery]

What's domestic about it? It's built in Canada! Our best cars are all built in Canada, eh?

 

[TrueBlueLS]

Congrats. My dad had an '87 Chevy Celebrity with a 2.5L in it that lasted a little bit past 216,000 miles before he gave up on it. I would have liked to see my car hit the 200K mark, but I'm only at 137,xxx and I don't think it'll survive that long with the way I drive it.

 

[RU482]

I had a couple of Cutlass' and a Bonneville that were still running strong @ 140,000+ miles when I sold/wrecked them

I think every brand, with a few exceptions, makes cars that can go 150 to 200+ thousand miles without a major drivetrain breakdown. The important factor is who owns the car throughout it's lifespan.

Here's a theory...American cars(with the exception of the last 4-5 years) have traditionally had more power than the average joe's foreign car (i.e honda accord, toyota camry so on so forth). That said, who wants to beat on a higher priced, more expensive to repair foreign car with less power when they buy a chevy monte carlo, olds cutlass, pontiac bonneville ect, and drive it however they want to. Cheaper to repair, cheaper to own (assuming you don't buy it new and eat the first 2-3 years depreciation). So, to get to the point, I think that domestic cars, on average, get driven harder daily that foreign cars (personal experieince and observations skew my theory, of course) and thus breakdown more often.

For the record, I work for GM and own 2 Hondas and an Oldsmobile

 

[imported_BeeVo]

<< 1983 olds Delta 88 5L 4 barrel- run great for years and years. Just needed a carberator once, and a few other items that got worn out. I loved that car. >>



Nice. I have a 1978 Delta 88 and it is still running smooth at 175k with nothing major done to it at all. The only complaint I have is the gas milage which is around 9mpg.