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If everything is running fine I don't see why you would have any problem. I drove my Chevy Suburban towing a HEAVY trailer from the tip-top of Maine to the middle of Michigan (almost 1600 miles) when it had 280,000 miles on it. Yours is just getting broke in .
I agree with most here - no particular reason to think the car won't make the trip. People who don't know cars think of a long trip as harder on the car than local driving, but this is not true. If a guy bought a new car and drove it on the freeway all day every day like it was an 18-wheeler, it would take an amazing amount of driving to wear the engine/trans/etc. appreciably.
That said, unless you really like to drone down the super slab, consider flying instead - if you get 14 day advance fare, considering the gas, motels, and meals you will avoid, flying costs little more and may be less, and it's a good sight faster. I hate flying anymore, but as a means to get from coast to coast, it's hard to beat.
We did a 13,000 mile, 2 month Road Trip this past summer...our 9 1/2 yr old VetteVert had only ~50k miles, but it ran like a fookin top. Our odo pales compared to the OP's, but we drove every great two lane in the 'west', hammered some interstates, cruised at triple digits for hours, and never gave it a 2nd thought, even with non-RFT tires. We got an oil/filter, air filter change, along the way, and put gas in it...avg'd 29.8 for the trip, loaded to the gunwales.
Great trip; get in your car and go do it, with a poz mental attitude.
GL, mD
What year and model is your Toyota, if you don't mind me asking?
If you feel like you really know your car and it's in good shape, I'd say go for it. I have an 05 Impreza with about 190K miles that I'm putting on the road from Cincinnati to New Orleans in about a month.
I used to think mileage was everything on a car, until I had trouble with a couple of rental cars. I had a Ford Fusion rental with about 34,000 miles that had a really bad slipping transmission and a Chevy Malibu with 9,000 miles that left me stranded on I-90 during my trip to Boston, due to a faulty fuel pump.
I'm more inclined to take my car on trips now instead of trying to "save" miles since I've been the only owner of my car and I pretty much know the car like the back of my hand. The engine of my car runs just like new, and I know the minor quirks of the clutch.
It sounds like your car is pretty solid. I would probably take it in to the dealer though and tell them about your planned trip, and have them inspect the car, just for a little piece of mind.
Good luck on the trip. Must be nice to be able to travel for 4 weeks.
What year and model is your Toyota, if you don't mind me asking?
I used to think mileage was everything on a car, until I had trouble with a couple of rental cars. I had a Ford Fusion rental with about 34,000 miles that had a really bad slipping transmission and a Chevy Malibu with 9,000 miles that left me stranded on I-90 during my trip to Boston, due to a faulty fuel pump.
Rentals get beaten worse that Rodney King during an L.A. Traffic stop!
I'd just make sure basic maintenance was done ahead of time. Make sure all belts and hoses have been changed within the last 30k or so. Maybe do a tuneup (plugs/wires) if it's due. Check brakes and tires. Maybe have a mechanic give it a once over and check out the suspension/u-joints/cv joints. Other than that, no worries. With reasonable care there isn't a reason most vehicles shouldn't go 200k easy. My last Chevy pickup was used hard, hauled fully loaded trailers cross country a couple times...and burned a quart in maybe 4000 miles when I sold it at 225k.
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