Toyota's they are unstoppable at least at 299,999 miles

Oct 9, 1999
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My Coworkers 2003 Toyota Corolla has 299,999 miles and as of today has NOT rolled over to 300,000. She says it stopped at 299,999 and hasnt moved over. She was hoping to celebrate 300K of the car but now cant do it.

Apparently the speedo works. Any idea what caused it? She was SO looking forward to the celebration.
 

JulesMaximus

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My wife's best friend has a 2002 Lexus ES sedan with almost 300,000 miles on it. She's coming over for dinner tomorrow night, I'll ask her how close she is.
 

7window

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BAHHHH who cares. Those are freeway miles. Any cars can do 300000 freeway miles.
 

bryanW1995

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I know a guy who can set the odometer to any number you want...ooops, uh, never mind...
 

MovingTarget

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Plugers

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Had a 1977 Saab 99 with 398,000 mi until the wiring harness shorted and it wasn't worth fixing. My 1995 Caprice is pushing 230,000 at the moment also.
 

wirednuts

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BAHHHH who cares. Those are freeway miles. Any cars can do 300000 freeway miles.

i think this is very true. especially if its nice smooth highways that dont demolish your balljoints, bushings, bearings and suspension parts.

my 99 ranger has 211K on it, but ive replaced all the balljoints, both front bearings and the tranny. the tranny just broke the reverse gear band, so it was fixable and still in really good shape, but i found a used 30K mile one for $600 so i just slapped that in there. that was about 30K miles ago....

the motor though is still top notch. sounds like shit though, im getting tired of fixing my exhaust- i really just need to drop the ~$500 for a new cat and everything after that... lot of money though for a rusting old truck...
 

PlasmaBomb

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haha just checked google for it, turns out its a common problem..

http://www.google.com/search?q=coro...s=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

doesnt matter if its km or mi, it stops at 299999
This thread is now on the first page of results in that link. Holy recursion!

...and yes, it stopping at that mileage would seriously bum me out. When you have a car getting that many miles on it, it becomes a badge of honor.

Yup it's managed to hit 7th...

I hope my Toyota will do at least 299,999 miles...

But I probably won't keep it that long :)
 

PricklyPete

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Original motor and tranny?

My 1992 Camry made it to 290K on its original motor and trans before we gave it to a family in need (I gave it to my sister at I believe ~260K and she put the remainder of the 30K on). Last time my sister checked in with the family (several years ago), the car was still going strong...although I do not know what the mileage was. Every Toyota Powertrain that my family or I have dealt with has been rock solid (1986 Corrolla, 1990 Corrolla, 1993 Corrolla, 1992 Camry, 1994 Camry Wagon, 2005 Tacoma, 2006 Avalon). I can't say that for other makes we've owned...although my mom's old 1986 Crown Vic (Country Squire wagon) was pretty solid as was her 1979 Impala before that. It will be interesting how her GMC Acadia compares to her Impala/Crown Vic/Camry Wagon. So far it has been a peach...but we'll see.
 

HarryLui

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My Volvo has over 320k on its original motor.

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Atty

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Wow, I feel like my 1999 Camry is unused with its shameful 117k or so.
 

FeuerFrei

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Maybe the Corolla's afflicted with GM-syndrome where it's only built to last until some arbitrary cut-off point.

My '93 Corolla's only at 227,000 miles - which means it's years away from 300k. The transmission shop told me the transmission should last another 100k though. :eek: Here's hoping.
 

the DRIZZLE

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They probably saved $0.05 by not buying the numbers above 2 on the 100,000 column. The guy who made the decision probably figured he'd be retired by the time anyone noticed.