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How many miles on your car?

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150-200k
1 (14.3%)
200-250k
0 (0%)
250-300k
0 (0%)
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0 (0%)
We don't use miles, get with the program.
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How many miles on your car?
« on: February 10, 2016, 01:31:06 pm »
Commercial on the way in claiming anything over 100k mileage is 'borrowed time'. 

Personally had a 350+ car and 2 die around 150k, but both of those had been in accidents which probably played a part in their demise.  (one ran fine prior to the accident and probably should have been totaled.) Presently at ~70k on mine and Kyle's, hEt's would be under 50. 

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Re: How many miles on your car?
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2016, 08:18:01 pm »
152k on our 02 Dodge Caravan. She's a little leaky but still going strong.
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Re: How many miles on your car?
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2016, 11:28:57 pm »
I was living in Utah for 12 years, and had 4 cars over there. My first was Mercury Sable, which I was using for 4 years. When I bought it, it had already 100k, and during 4 years I had to pay $2,000 for repairs. And that was not so expensive as now I think about it, since with the cost of its purchase, I spent around $1,200 per year.
It failed (automatic transmission) after 141k.
Two other lasted till 140-150k, as I recall. One was Volkswagen Jetta, made in West Germany and with manual transmission. The other one was Chevy Corsica. The Corsica was fun, once I lent it to my friends, they were afraid for their lives when driving on highway... automatic transmission.

On junkyard I got $70 for Jetta. Several years later, due to China investing in metals, I got $240 for Corsica. I was a bit surprised then, when suddenly I got these two hundred bucks more.

Offline Lorizael

Re: How many miles on your car?
« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2016, 02:13:32 am »
My current car, which I've had for 7 years, has a little over 80,000 miles on it. My previous car I bought used, and it had something like 120,000 miles, which I put a few more thousand on before it became too expensive to maintain.

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Re: How many miles on your car?
« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2016, 01:56:14 pm »
I was living in Utah for 12 years,

Congrats on escaping. 

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Re: How many miles on your car?
« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2016, 12:44:58 am »
I was living in Utah for 12 years,

Congrats on escaping. 
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