Posted 2005-07-23 3:51 PM (#1375 - in reply to #1374) Subject: RE: high mileage on gas truck?
Posts: 190
Location: Lockport, ILLINOIS
I had a 90 Suburban that had 275,000 miles on when I sold it. changed oil every 3,000 miles and the motor was never touched. When I sold it, it had not run for over a year, charged the battery up, and it started right away. Just a little puff of smoke, then it stopped. Preventive maintance is the key.
Posted 2005-07-23 9:08 PM (#1378 - in reply to #1374) Subject: RE: high mileage on gas truck?
Posts: 84
Location: Middle Tennessee
And I thought my 97 GMC HD was over the hill with 100,000 miles. My husband faithfully changes the oil every 3000 miles, so maybe it has a great ,many years left in it. It beats buying a new truck. I've looked around for fun, and you can't find a new or even a lightly used heavy Duty truck for less then $30,000.00. Some of those brand new trucks are up in the $40,000 to $45,000 range. Who can afford that when your horse poor.
Posted 2005-07-24 7:53 PM (#1379 - in reply to #1374) Subject: RE: high mileage on gas truck?
Posts: 18
Location: Verona, KY
Regular oil changes are the key.
I had a 96 Suburban with the 350 bought new. Traded it in last year on my Dodge PU. The Suburban had 140,000 miles on it, never used a drop of oil and ran like a champ. Finally got tired of electrical problems on it though, sometimes it would sit for a week, no problems. Other times it sat overnight and had a dead battery the next morning. That's the kind of thing that will end a car's life if it's properly maintained, not engine or tranny problems.
Posted 2005-07-24 8:48 PM (#1380 - in reply to #1374) Subject: RE: high mileage on gas truck?
Posts: 727
Location: sc
Originally written by LazyDayHorseFarm. TN on 2005-07-23 10:08 PM
And I thought my 97 GMC HD was over the hill with 100,000 miles. My husband faithfully changes the oil every 3000 miles, so maybe it has a great ,many years left in it. It beats buying a new truck. I've looked around for fun, and you can't find a new or even a lightly used heavy Duty truck for less then $30,000.00. Some of those brand new trucks are up in the $40,000 to $45,000 range. Who can afford that when your horse poor.
$45000????
maybe you should look a little harder if you really want a new one, just looked at a brand new chevy duramax out the door for $35000. and there are plenty of good deals on the used ones due to the "employee pricing" causing everyone to buy a new one.
Posted 2005-07-25 6:48 AM (#1381 - in reply to #1374) Subject: RE: high mileage on gas truck?
Posts: 211
Location: Kansas City
Granted 93s don't have today's technology. But high mileage is becomming more common. Many newer vehichles don't call for tune-up (spark plug changes) till 100,000 miles. I think if you live in an area of the country that salts the roads in the winter you will have "body" rust out before engine failure. We've got 205,000 on a 95 Nissan Quest and for the past 55,000 miles I've been waiting for something to go wrong. It's never had anything done except brakes! I cringe every time I buy tires because I wonder that as soon as I get them the motor will go . . .
I run AMSOIL synthetic on 12,000 miles oil changes. Do the same in my Ram towing full time.
Posted 2005-07-25 8:24 AM (#1382 - in reply to #1374) Subject: RE: high mileage on gas truck?
Posts: 2621
Not THAT unusual.
I have a '94 Dodge Intrepid that has just about 175,000 on it now and is showing no signs of having reached even the "middle" of it's useful life.
OK, so it blew a trannie at about 132,000 and maybe is going to blow the (recycled) one it now has within the next 3 or 4 months, but the body and engine are still good and it hasn't needed an exhaust or shocks yet.
I think longevity in gas motors has MUCH more to do with unleaded gas than overly zealous oil changing. Correction: I absolutely KNOW it has much more to do with unleaded gas (-:
Posted 2005-07-25 9:26 PM (#1383 - in reply to #1374) Subject: RE: high mileage on gas truck?
Posts: 12
Location: Shawnee, OK
We have a 1983 F250 with 107,000. and it's still running great. Bought a 2002 F250 Diesel for better gas mileage and security on my long trips but kept the old truck for my husband to use. Also have a 1991 Cougar with 197,000. and sold two other cars with over 200,000. still running good. My husband is a big believer in preventive maintenance and also changes the oil every 3,000. miles. and anything else you'd need to maintain on a regular basis. Maintain them right and they'll run for almost forever.
high mileage on gas truck?
