What's the highest mileage vehicle you've ever driven? 

"fhrblig" (fhrblig) 01/03/2015 at 11:29 • Filed to: None

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In my case, it's a 2008 Chevrolet Express. I've driven it pretty often when we've been short of drivers. I was even in an accident (not my fault) in it back when it only had a mere 170k on the clock. In case you were wondering, when a cargo van hits a 3rd-generation Honda Accord that suddenly tried to turn left in front of it, the Accord loses.

I took this picture when the engine was off or you would see the 'check engine' light illuminated, because of course you would.

Kanaric > fhrblig 01/03/2015 at 11:36

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A volvo semi tractor that had about double this. It was my dad's work vehicle and he wanted to show me how to drive it and I mostly failed but I moved so I guess that counts as driving lol

any actual car I never drove near this many miles though. Probably at most like around 200k.

Alex B > fhrblig 01/03/2015 at 11:37

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Since I can't legally drive yet, I'll just go with the highest mileage car I've been in. My grandparents 2000 Honda Accord Special edition. 160k.

Tohru > fhrblig 01/03/2015 at 11:39

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Highest mileage owned: 204k miles, 2000 Grand Am

Highest mileage driven: 536k miles, 2005 Dodge 1-ton cargo van. It was 6 years old at the time.

jkm7680 > fhrblig 01/03/2015 at 11:39

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I didn't drive it, But I rode in a n '02 Crown Vic taxi with over 500,000 miles on it.

and 100 more > fhrblig 01/03/2015 at 11:42

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That would be my 95 Accord. I got it with 70k, got up to 145k before the motor died, and ran it up 180k on the second engine, when it was stolen.

DoYouEvenShift > fhrblig 01/03/2015 at 11:44

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Ive seen a couple Cummins pickups in the 750k-1.2m range. Express vans with over 500k as well. A couple Trailblazers with 500k as well. I have some pics on my old phone but its packed up somewhere.

Autofixation > fhrblig 01/03/2015 at 11:50

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My current daily driver, a 2000 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport with 229,000 miles. It starts and runs just fine, all the electronics work and the interior is actually in great condition. It does need some rear differential bushings, but that is to be expected.

fhrblig > Tohru 01/03/2015 at 11:52

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This Chevy is supposed to be semi-retired, but we keep having to use it. We had 7-8 Ford Transit Connects and I don't think a single one made it to 150k. They were pieces of shit.

Justin Hughes > fhrblig 01/03/2015 at 11:54

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A 90s Mazda B2300 with 405k. My work truck when I was a courier. I hit a deer on the interstate one Christmas Eve day, and they decided not to fix it. They sold it to a friend of mine for $200. Being a body shop guy, he put $200 worth of parts into it and put it back on the road for even more miles.

fhrblig > DoYouEvenShift 01/03/2015 at 11:54

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Someone I know has a Nissan pickup with 750k. There's a red one that is in the Castle Rock area with similar mileage that the owner advertises in its rear window in huge white numbers.

Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig > fhrblig 01/03/2015 at 12:04

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The guy who gave me my current car said that the previous owner told him that it has 875,000 miles on it. It only has five digits on the odo, so it might be true.

Do I believe them? Not heavily. Will I say I have a million mile car if I put on another 125k? Absolutely.

BorkBorkBjork > fhrblig 01/03/2015 at 12:07

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That would have been my families 1996 GMC Suburban (remember when the Yukon XL didn't exist?) with 389,000 miles on it. It ran like a champ, until I wrecked it...

Jesse Shaffer > fhrblig 01/03/2015 at 12:10

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...I bought it off of a Lockheed Martin technician, who's other cars were a '76 911 and a '78 stringray.

This was his (bought new) DD:

It had 463k on it the last time that I saw it. Believe it or not, they'll pretty much run forever if you get the factory paper head gaskets from the 95-98's swapped out for a steel one.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > fhrblig 01/03/2015 at 12:13

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My current DD a Nissan D21 4x4 aka Hardbody pickup has 239k, but my FJ70 Land Cruiser I "acquired" in Afghanistan had over 600k showing.

XJDano > fhrblig 01/03/2015 at 12:17

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My current daily, at 258,000 miles

fhrblig > BorkBorkBjork 01/03/2015 at 12:18

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I...wow. Looks like YOU were the crumple zone.

fhrblig > XJDano 01/03/2015 at 12:20

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A Chevy dealer in Aurora had a little red Metro sitting out front that had 550k on it. They said it wasn't for sale, they took it in on trade and just wanted to display it. They also said they had a surprising number of offers to buy it.

Michael Woyahn > BorkBorkBjork 01/03/2015 at 12:27

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Oh my God! How did you survive that?

DipodomysDeserti > fhrblig 01/03/2015 at 12:37

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I drove in a Crown Vic gypsy cab with over 500k miles on it. They guy offered to drive me from Yankee Stadium to southern Jersey. I declined, but he did illegally drop me off right in front of Grand Central Station.

DipodomysDeserti > and 100 more 01/03/2015 at 12:38

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What happened to tha engine that it only lasted 145k?

DipodomysDeserti > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 01/03/2015 at 12:42

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and those 600k miles would probably be the equivalent of 1 mil 1st world miles.

DipodomysDeserti > fhrblig 01/03/2015 at 12:43

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I have a 2010 transit connect with about 100k on it. We've been over loading it with paper and Mail since day one and it's still going strong. We got it for nothing during the cash for clunkers campaign.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > DipodomysDeserti 01/03/2015 at 12:57

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And add double weight for the armor we put on it to stop hostile weight savings.

Carl (@stuffcarlsays) > fhrblig 01/03/2015 at 12:59

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Rode in a Town Car from SFO airport into the city with 672k on it last year.

Highest mileage ever driven was a 1985 Saab 900 Turbo SPG with 340k.

fhrblig > DipodomysDeserti 01/03/2015 at 13:00

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Watch out for that transmission. It failed in more than half of ours. Two of them went around 60k. And we were religious about the service schedule with all of them.

WhiskeyGolf > fhrblig 01/03/2015 at 13:14

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My dad's '09 328i has about 250k+ km on it, and is likely the highest mileage '09 3 series in Ontario. For 3 years his commute was 200 km round trip, so it was 1000 km each week. He's done proper maintenance on it and the only things to fix were consumables like brakes and tires. Been a great car!

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > fhrblig 01/03/2015 at 14:22

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498,000 km on my Jeep Comanche. ~310,000 miles. It currently needs some engine surgery, though... it didn't appreciate the last time I took it up to 115 mph.

and 100 more > DipodomysDeserti 01/03/2015 at 14:23

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Head gasket leak, probably due to a warped head. Started making chocolate pudding in the radiator, and eventually siezed a piston and one of the rods snapped and punched a hole in the block. I nursed it as long as possible, but didnt get it fixed in time.

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > fhrblig 01/03/2015 at 14:37

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Mercedes-Benz OH1836. 440k miles on the clock, and it's only 1.5 years old.

Agrajag > fhrblig 01/03/2015 at 15:20

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A 1989 Caprice with some 250,000 some odd miles.

XJDano > fhrblig 01/03/2015 at 15:29

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That is amazing.

I doubt that mine will make it that far.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > fhrblig 01/03/2015 at 15:38

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I only drove it a few miles to deliver it to someone, but it counts, right?!

DipodomysDeserti > fhrblig 01/03/2015 at 16:21

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will do, thanks for the heads up

JDMatt > fhrblig 01/03/2015 at 19:07

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when I worked at Mercedes (for a week) I drove an ML class that had 278,000 miles...through a car wash. I was afraid the roof was gonna leak on me.

pip bip - choose Corrour > fhrblig 01/03/2015 at 20:24

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my '04 Mits Lancer just ticked over 550,000km

Coachrotte33 > fhrblig 01/03/2015 at 20:47

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Full size '03 Chevy panel van my dad bought from the express ship place he worked at. Had 594,xxx when it finally kicked the bucket last fall.

sdwarf36 > fhrblig 01/03/2015 at 20:55

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380 thou of slow and smokey goodness on my 92 Jetta diesel.