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Any car can go that long, very very very very few of them do it on all original parts. Whenever these conversations come up, I'm always reminded of the Allpar 200k+ mile club. It's a registry of thousands of Chrysler's that have made it to that milestone and well beyond. The most represented vehicles are the 1990's era minivans. I always find this amusing because Chrysler is generally lampooned (even by me) for their reliability.
I couldn't find a link, though I posted it before. Apparently among million mile plus cars, the 1990's Chrysler minivans are the most numerous group of vehicles out there, making up something like 50%+ of the total "million mile cars" on the road.
I cannot imagine a Caravan going a million miles. How many trnasmissions? It woudl have to be 18 - 20, maybe more. 300 window motors, 180 brake calipers. 6 wiring harnesses. And what on earth do they do when those strut towers disappear completely? In our experience with them pretty much every single part of the car disintegrates between 150,000 and 170,000 miles. I tried to make a list of the broken stuff on my daughters grand caravan (1997) and stopped after two pages. It had around 170K on it I think.
I cannot imagine a Caravan going a million miles. How many trnasmissions? It woudl have to be 18 - 20, maybe more. 300 window motors, 180 brake calipers. 6 wiring harnesses. And what on earth do they do when those strut towers disappear completely? In our experience with them pretty much every single part of the car disintegrates between 150,000 and 170,000 miles. I tried to make a list of the broken stuff on my daughters grand caravan (1997) and stopped after two pages. It had around 170K on it I think.
My mom had a grand caravan that she drove over 240k miles before she sold it, and all we ever replaced were the tires and oil and one window motor. Of course it wasn't in pristine shape when it was sold but it was definitely daily driveable.
Its not engineering neccesarily, at that point it depends on the owner.
Which goes on to the small pickup truck, when I see 300k+ it is almost always a small pickup, like an S10, tacoma, etc... Something that was built pretty durable, doesn't really see major things like towing boats, usually just one guy driving around throwing some stuff for projects in the back.
Its usually simple, and cheap to maintain, so the owner takes care and keeps it running.
I have seen more Camry and Corollas with 300+K on them than i care to talk about. Seems like they are just getting broke in around 100K. My Tacoma is nearing the 200K mark and still drives like new. Change the fluids and keep on driving.
I cannot imagine a Caravan going a million miles. How many trnasmissions? It woudl have to be 18 - 20, maybe more. 300 window motors, 180 brake calipers. 6 wiring harnesses. And what on earth do they do when those strut towers disappear completely? In our experience with them pretty much every single part of the car disintegrates between 150,000 and 170,000 miles. I tried to make a list of the broken stuff on my daughters grand caravan (1997) and stopped after two pages. It had around 170K on it I think.
Lol! You beat me to the punch..... Yeah, I can't see it either.
For those of you old enough to remember, IHC Scouts and pickups would easily survive that many miles on the origional engine and transmission. Would the body last that long before the rust moths consumed it? Well, that's another story entirely.....
What kind of vehicles last for 300,000+ miles? Well-maintained ones. I don't care what you drive, if you don't maintain it well, it won't last 300,000 miles.
Some types of vehicles are made to go a lot of miles. Over-the-road trucks are the best example as many last for a million miles or more. Motor coaches can go for a long, long way too. Pretty much any medium duty or heavy duty truck as well as some of the lighter-duty ones can last for a long time as well. They tend to do more stop-and-go driving and don't always rack up the huge mileage because they don't just roll along the highway for hours on end day in and day out to rack up miles like OTR trucks and motor coaches.
My guess is that passenger cars today are designed with a lifespan of 150k-200k miles with "average" maintenance. The mfr. wants them to easily get past the end of any warranty on anything, which can be as much as 100k miles or more. Service intervals in the manual generally stop at 150k miles.
Any 4.0 jeep should last that long, Transmission not so much though.
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