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I'm only 22 (turning 23 on Dec. 25) and have driven for 3 1/2 years. So that would be my current car, bought with 41,589 miles on May 4, 2013 and now has about 81,100. So about 39,500 miles.
Location: East of Seattle since 1992, 615' Elevation, Zone 8b - originally from SF Bay Area
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I rarely go over about 140k, but I bought a 1997 Escort beater for $950 just to commute to the park & ride and avoid wear on the newer two, which already had 146k on it. It's now 5 years later, and it has 171,000. It's a 5 speed manual, though, I have never had an automatic go more than 150k without needing a rebuild.
For several years I worked in downtown Los Angeles, and commuted 87 miles each way from the Inland Empire working 6-7 days a week. I put nearly 160,000 miles on my BMW 325IS in a little over 3 years.
Right now I have a Jeep with almost 230k, and a BMW E39 5-Series that just turned 200k and is going strong. I'm a big believer in fixing what needs to be fixed and running cars as long as I can, versus the expense of new cars.
I have done 1 million+ miles in mostly brand new cars. Longest was 170K in 8 years in a diesel pickup. My theory is run them twice as long as it took to pay for them (make payments for 5 years, run them 5 years more for free type idea).
I like to run them as long as I can for free (no major repairs) and dump them before they need those repairs!
Just sold a lariat crew cab F150 in 51 months, 59K miles.....paid 30,900 as a new leftover and got 21k on a trade. Cost me 10K to drive it 4.3 years and I put a set of tires on it and a battery. I dumped it, really didn't love the truck.
I bought a 1989 Honda CRX in 1995 with 90,000 miles on it. I sold it earlier this year with 245,000 on it. I had it sitting non-operational the last couple of years. The guy who bought it, fixed it up, and is now using it for a long distance commute car. I’m pretty sure he will get another 100,000 on it.
180K on an '88 Saab 9000 Turbo. Bought it new and drove it for 12 years.
151K on a 2000 F250 Diesel. Bought it new and drove it for 15 years.
These were both a couple of my all-time favorite vehicles. Both ran/drove like new but were becoming maintenance hogs when I traded them away.
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