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What do you think? I'm glad that my Toyota Camry (200k) is on the list, although towards the bottom. When that one gives up the ghost, I might go for a Honda Accord or a Lexus (if my income increases enough by then!). I'll pick a lightly used car with 10-20k and hope I can drive it at least 280,000 more!
My buddy's '99 Malibu has way over 300K on it. He got it for nothing from a repair shop but had to be willing to pay for the transmission repair. $1200 it cost him. That was 150K miles ago. He's got like 350K on it.
Any car after, say 1990, should last 300,000 miles if accident-free and properly maintained. However, some will be economically infeasible to make it to 300,000 without expensive repairs. I've always thought Honda Civic's are one of the more economical cars to keep for an insane # of miles.. my Civic is a little over halfway there and I have yet to see an expensive repair bill for it.
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.
Question for ya. Have you sunk a lot of money into that Tacoma to get it to 200k? The only reason I ask is because I've been looking into a Tacoma as my next truck. They seem to have a great reputation and seem to last forever. But I don't want anything that's a maintenance nightmare like my current S-10 has been.
Which of the following is the question being asked?
1. What kind of car can be babied along by a diligent and car-savvy owner, and have 300,000 miles squeezed out of it? Or
2. What kind of car can a typical family buy new, with a reasonable expectation that it will, under normal use, still be providing reliable and economical transportation after 300,000 miles?
In my opinion, the answer to #1 is "nearly any car", and to #2, "There isn't one".
My buddy's '99 Malibu has way over 300K on it. He got it for nothing from a repair shop but had to be willing to pay for the transmission repair. $1200 it cost him. That was 150K miles ago. He's got like 350K on it.
GM transmissions I had one fail at 60K, the rebuild has gone 120K and still going.
My car hit was 271,000 miles and was still running strong, not burning ANY oil in between oil changes, and I PAINFULLY disposed of it. It was a GM mid-size from the 1990s. In 2008, I bought the updated version of the same car all over again.
I may be one of the biggest Europhiles on CDF, but if there's one thing I love about America, it's OUR cars. I've always had incredibly reliable GM cars, going back to when I learned to drive.
I have to agree. I myself went from a Toyota to a General Motors vehicle and I could definitely tell the difference between the quality of the two. And it was mainly just little things such as my rear view mirror falling off in my GM vehicle while I drove my Toyota until 279,000 and never had my mirror fall off. I also had my radio knob that turns the station break off in my GM vehicle, while I never had anything break off on the radio in my Toyota. I know these are just little things that in the grand scheme of things are no big deal, but to me it just seems like foreign vehicles are made from better quality materials than American vehicles.
Hi football45013--
Back in the day, my dad and I rented a brand-new Buick Lucerne and I was absolutely appalled when I pressed on the knob for the climate control and my finger went completely through.
Reminds me of what happened at 14:40 in this video.
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I had one fail at 60K, the rebuild has gone 120K and still going.
