Much of the long life of these high mileage vehicles is a matter of luck and willingness to replace worn out parts. No matter how good the vehicle, parts will wear out.

Anyone saying they’ve put 200k miles or more and claiming they did nothing but change the oil is full of ****. Pure and simple.

All these high mileage Mercedes, Toyotas, Chevys, Volvos, whatever, all had parts break and wear out and need replacement. Nobody makes a machine impervious to wear.

Anyway, I wonder if the engine in this truck is a gas or diesel? The old 6.2L GM/Detroit mechanical injected diesels are known to go 600k+ with ease.

I think it was good for a lot more (I only did 8k myself!)

There is an Mercedes-Benz 240 D in thessaloniki (greece) that has 4.6 million km ~ 2.86 million miles on it’s clock!

I left an Aerostar parked outside for a winter here a few years back. Didn’t pay any attention to it for about 6 months. When I finally opened the door sometime in April there was so much mold over everything you could have started your own penicillin farm.

I’ll take a more temperate climate any day.

If he’s doing 85000 miles a year the end result is that he would have made his million mile announcement next Friday instead of making this bizarre announcement today.

I wonder what brand of oil and oil filter this guy used?? Anybody know??

56oval, just wait a few more years, my 2000 Sierra is well on it’s way with 150K miles on it. I’ve only replaced the shock absorbers once along with a right-front hub assembly. It might need axle seals soon but, that’s it. It still has the original differential fluid but I plan to change it within the next few weeks and the trans has been serviced once at 100K.

This really isnt news, and not impresive with the amount of things he had to change.

here: http://www.knfilters.com/news/news.aspx?ID=157

and another chevy that hit over 1 million that guy delivered flyers throughout 3 states. He DID recieve a new truck from GM when they heard about it.

Oh and my 93 Grand prix hit 293 000 KM before needing a new tranny.

When a Big 3 vehicle hits 1,000,000 miles its big news. You dont hear about the foreign cars hitting big miles because it commonplace.

It has been so common for Mercedes they’ve been giving out badges to attach to the grill to show off the milestones for 45 years. Currently Mercedes offers badges for the verifiable milestones of 250,000, 500,000, 750,000, 1,000,000-kilometer and 1,000,000-mile marks.

A Greek taxi driver holds record of more than 2.8 million miles in a Benz.

I’m sure Chevy will milk this milestone for everything they can since it wont happen again for a long time. No doubt they will make a commercial about it since its so rare.

It looks like he had to replace Tranny’s about every 200k. If one were to buy a *new* truck every 200k he would have spent between $25k and $45k. If he purchased a used truck with only about 40k miles on it, every 200k miles, he would have spent $8k->$15k. He would have probably had some overhead to equip each truck with a freezer for Seafood delivery.

Now, 4L60 trannys are not that expensive, so I would gess if you had to factor in the fuel pump , gas tank, and water pump every 200k miles, you are looking at $3500 per cycle.

So, Every 200k miles, he could have spent $25K+ , $8k+, or $3500 . Since the truck obviously was in satifactory shape at each interval, and there was no new car insurance penalty, I personally would have save a lot of money and kept the original truck

On another note, I used to drive for a currior company. I drove a 1987 Chevy Turbo Sprint, made by suzuki. I put over 400k on this car, and the engine was in good shape. I watched Ford Vans, Toyota Trucks, and other vehicles hit 500k miles regularly. If this guy had a standard tranny, he would have only had to replace three clutches, tops.

I also saw the 4 cyl from GM in a 1993 Buick Skylark hit 300k miles with no issues ( no new tranny’s etc ) .

Soooo… for all of those that are cutting this guy down, you need to get off the computer, and into your cars and drive. I would suggest a few trips up and down either the Lincoln highway, or Route 66.

Max.

The guy lives in the rust belt. He drove 85k a year.

How many vehicles THIS NEW are even close to this mileage?

85k per year is a LOT of stress on a vehicle. Plus hauling heavy loads all the while.

My guess as to why the fuel tanks needed to be replaced comes down to rust. I’ll bet those things would get packed with salt after 85,000 yearly miles.

I’d like to see that Volvo P1800 drive 85k/year hauling heavy loads. Or a Mercedes taxicab.

Seriously…a million miles in a work truck in 12 years is a massive achievement.

STANDING ARROW STRAIGHT!

LIKE A ****!!!

IT’S TIME TO MASTURBATE,

OOOOH LIKE A ****!

I bought a brand new 1993 Mustang GT 5.0 and drove it for 12 years, hoping towards the end that the wheels would fall off so I’d have an excuse to get a new car. After getting into two accidents in a year while in college and not being able to afford to have it fixed, the car looked horrible and so, I treated it as such.

I would maybe change the oil twice a year, if it was lucky. Screw servicing the tranny, that never happened. The Jiffy Lube would be amazed every time they changed the oil and I’d forgo changing out the horribly dirty transmission fluid. Got to 170,000 miles and sold it to a guy for $2,500.

The only part I had replaced on that damn engine over 12 years was the alternator, on my grandmothers eyes I swear. Left me on the side of the road once, and that was it. She was a good car and I still miss her.

LIKE A ROCK!!!

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