Highest mileage Car u have seen?

i went to a Owner to Owner sale, and i saw a 1990 Honda Accord EX with 275,000 miles on it, and it was a RICED out Accord. Crazy stuff im seeing these days. wut is the highest mileage car u have seen? sori i couldnt get a pic of it, they thought i would be stealing some of the rice parts and stickers.

A few years ago I read an article of a guy who kept his early 90's Prelude for 500,000 miles. All he replaced were the wear-items (brake pads, spark plugs etc.) and kept up on scheduled maintenances... all on his stock engine. Honda caught wind of this and gave him a brand new Prelude type SH for free.

There's the Subaru High Mileage Club which documents high mileage subarus that have gone over 100,000 miles with no major repairs (That is nothing like engine rebuilds, new tranmissions, etc.) And I know that they have some cars listed at over 300,000 miles - but nobody has yet to reach 400,000.
And VW beetle used to hold the world record (but had gone through multiple engines obtaining this feat) at over a million miles I believe. I think a Volvo also passed the million mile mark. And if I'm not mistaken the latest record holder is a Plymouth Fury.

There is a guy that brings his car into where I work for regular maintenance, it's a 1989 Buick Park Avenue w/ a 3800 V6 and It has 289,000 miles on it. We only usually see him if he needs an oil change or brakes and other odds and ends.

That's amazing, one million miles... Semi's used to transport cross-country shipments usually average around that and they're beefed up diesels.

There has been a few articles on a Volvo that has over 1,000,000 miles and is still running fine.

http://www.cabinnaise.com/vpage/irv.htm

http://www.hillmanimages.com/912/081801_467.html

that Volvo P1800 is the highest one i've seen.

in person would be mine, at 215k and change.

Ive gotta 99 GMC Sonoma (2.2L L4) w/ 218,000 miles. I bought it new in febuary 99 and by august 99 it was out of warranty:eek: I had too replace the fuel pump and starter. but no other problems (knock on wood!!)

Saw a Volvo like the one pictured with over 600,000 Miles on it at a carshow a few weeks ago and its still in good condition, no rust what-so-ever and I guess the guy is like 2 in Canada for highest mileage and 4th or 5th in the world ranking.

My dad's chevy lumina has over 300k miles on the clock. No major repairs and he's owned it since 14k. That's nuts for a domestic!

my friend owner a 77 Hillman Hunter for 23 years and that car made 2 complete rounds of the clock. Everything original, except for the radiatord, the brakes and the dashboard (a tree falled in front of the car).

I know I know, a lot of old cars can get more...

but it was an open question, don´t ya?

:bananasmi

Theres a guy in Cali with a 3rd gen RX-7 with over 210,000 miles on it. And it's the stock engine!

Thats amazing for a 3rd gen.

I have an 87 ranger... it's odometer says 25,557.... oh yeah.. because Ford didn't put the extra number on there, it's rolled over a few times... 225,557 miles and still moving. :D My sol has 110,000 ish on it now. :( I drive too much. I got it at the end of January with 100,416 on it :(

went to Owner to Owner again, and saw a 92 Mustang GT, with Cobra SVT badge on. The car said 23000 on the mile on the thing, then the paper said 323,000 miles on it. thats topping the Accord i saw the other day. those Fords...always trying to LOOK better than Honda/Acura

I know its a different kind of mileage, but I like the GAS mileage of the Lambo's, 33litre/100km's. OUCH!!

:confused:

:werd:

My Dad has always used Mercedes vans for his business. He had one of them a few years ago with 660,000 miles on the clock! I'm not sure if that was on it's original engine, but it was one of the most reliable vans we've ever had ...

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/259118rcm_merc_1206.jpg

Originally posted by 2strokebloke
And if I'm not mistaken the latest record holder is a Plymouth Fury.

Must have a slant six. :biggrin:

There is a guy who works here at Ford with a Volvo 1800 with something like 2.1 MILLION miles on it. I think it might be the one that was in your article.

damn and i thought the 183k on my step-dad's lumina was insane...

i seen a ford escort pushing 300k

Ok, I am at around 109,000 on a 98 and was wondering, how far would you guys say is too far

Chevy pickup - 280,000+ miles and still running

My hatchie has around 250,000...it's smokes a little though...don't know when she plans on blowing...that just means b16a time!!! :bigthumb:

my uncle had an 80's dodge ram with a slant six that had 378,000 on it all it needed was a carb and it ran great

Originally posted by Polygon


Must have a slant six. :biggrin:

LOL! If you want to kill one of those engines, you have to try very hard.

On topic: A customer came into the shop where I work with an early 90's GMC S10 - 2.8L. I looked at the odo and it showed 614,338kms

I was talking to the trucks owner at the service desk, and he told me all he has ever done is basic maintence (oil changes, filters, plugs, etc.)

All he needed that day, was a new cap+ rotor.

FYI: 614,338kms is approx 381,732 miles.

1,600,000

My friend's 71 datsun pickup. Still running strong... a bit rusty but strong!!! :smile:

Originally posted by integra818
1,600,000

My friend's 71 datsun pickup. Still running strong... a bit rusty but strong!!! :smile:

Holy shit... is it all on the same engine or is that just the chassie?

Originally posted by trevolutionist


Holy shit... is it all on the same engine or is that just the chassie?

Engine never left the chassis :smile:

Originally posted by integra818


Engine never left the chassis :smile:


Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmmmmnnnnnnnnnnn

There is a 500,000 mile fiero out there somewhere. I saw it at a fiero show in Chicago last year. I dont remember where the guy was from though.

Jodi

Ironically enough I was reading a Top Gear article about the Volvo P1800 as I saw this thread (June 2001 issue) and it is amazing- the car has never had any major work! Volvo's are known for lasting forever- so it comes as no suprise:bigthumb:

my moms old explorer had around 800,000 miles on it when i last saw it, that was about 2 months ago. it has all original parts on it. engine/transmission are all original.

my friends integra has 225,000 miles on it and runs high 14s in the 1/4 mile still (i/h/e, ecu, msd ignition, straight pipe, short shifter) with no rebuild of engine/tranny.

i saw a civic on sale with 543k

saw a chevy truck on amsoil.com with over 520k (dont remember exact)

1978 ford f250 with 320,000

i used to own a honda sonata with 280 thousand + miles...key term is used...i only gave it 4 oil changes in 5 years...but that was back when i was younger...damn i used to be so damn stupid...someone shoot me LoL

hyndai? or however you spell it

personal rides

familys old ford bronco had 220,000 on it when we sold it ... know the guy we sold it to also and its still runnin good.

my cars got almost 170k on it ... but the previous owner blew the original engine at 100k so i got a sohc zc in it.

170K? I've got that much on my toyota(original engine, I'm the second owner), plan on keeping it till it gets to 200K then pulling the 63K Yugo out of retirement to use as my everyday car. (the '69 Subaru by the way has an amazingly low 20,400 miles on it, not bad after three decades)

i had a 1980 datsun 210 hatch with 286,000 miles with a flowmaster exhaust and baby that still put down a 18.5 with 56 hp to the rearwheel rev it up and never blow up

My dad has a 1987 Ford F150 with 487,700 miles on it, orig engine, and that thing has been worked hard. The engine is still going strong, but the rest of it is being held together by bungee cords and duct tape (I live in maine, that's normal) and my husbands 79 bronco is somewhere over 300,000... I'll have to check to get an exact figure

My buick century 3.3 v6 has 270,000 miles, still runs great same engine had to get a new transmission at 120,000 miles though

Welcome to AF. Here's a little tip....don't post in threads that are more than a couple of months old.

heh.. missed this thread.

00 SS-70K Miles. Its not much, but alot for its year..i think
94 T-Bird-121K Miles

damn and i thought the 183k on my step-dad's lumina was insane...


heh... heh... hey look it's "old school andrew" :evillol:

so who the fuck started this up again?

.....knew it was a noobie

There is a guy who works here at Ford with a Volvo 1800 with something like 2.1 MILLION miles on it. I think it might be the one that was in your article.

I read an article about this guy too and I thought it was 2 million also. He was the only owner of the car I believe.

My friend's Nissan Sentra has 329,000 miles on it. Still runs great.

Next door neighbor owns a 88' Accord with over 500,000 miles on it. He says the secret is to drive it every day so the parts wont have a chance to rest and corrode. Yeah, whatever works.

My friend's Nissan Sentra has 329,000 miles on it. Still runs great.

My buddy Bryan's Sentra had well over 400k on it, he drove between here in VA to Pittsburgh to see his dad about once or twice a month. Those things run.

220,300.....seen in person.

My ex-Sentra is over 200k now. Was 186k when I totaled it.
I know of a 93 G20 with 260k, and it's turboed..
and a 1999 G with 177,000....yes on a 99.

Once on Letterman I saw a guy roll over 1,000,000 on an old Civic. He was perturbed b/c Honda wouldn't buy the car back from him (for publicity or whatever) and he thought they should.

A couple years ago there was a guy with a million mile car here in Ohio for the Honda Open House. Funny thing.. it was his 2nd million mile car. The first one they traded him a brand new accord for. He came back years later with another 1,000,000 car they bought back too. He timed it so he could hit 1,000,000 in front of the factory... I believe he was a mailman or something.

The gents name is Irv Gordon and he drives a 60s era Volvo P1800 (1966?). I last saw it almost 4 years ago in Boston when it had less than 2 million miles on it. It's in great shape yet at the same time it was obvious that the guy practically lives in the thing (I recall a CB radio in it I think.)

I read an article about this guy too and I thought it was 2 million also. He was the only owner of the car I believe.

My 86 Mazda RX7 is 237,221 with original motor.
and still running good.

I've got a beater saab I am embarassed to say I own but it's got almost 300,000 mi on it and when I actually drove it :shudders:: i really beat the hell out of it

I'm surprised we haven't gotten any Toyota people reaching ungodly amounts of miles.

The highest mileage I've seen in person are my two co-worker's late 80's preludes, both hit around 250-260k miles. My friend's 90 Corolla is at 250k, his interior lighting isn't working at all but his headlights still work and so does his engine, good enough for him.

My bro plans to get over 400k in his Lexus SC400, dunno if that's goin to work out. I plan to get 300k mi in my KA24 engine, dunno if that's goin to work out either... If it blows I'm gettin either an RB25DET or SR20!!

My girlfriend's Toyota Camry 86' is at 230k, it's going to her sister real soon here, and then probably her little brother after that, I think it's needing some maintenance pretty bad, oh well, her dad will pay me to do it I'm hoping. $$$

my 'yota's milage isnt ungodly, but its up there. its at 230,000 a baby compared to some of these

my friends dad had a 98 f-150 xlt it had 448, 000 miles on the original motor and the entire chassis, it blew up the oil pump went bad on it, not one rsut spot