High Mileage Friday

"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
08/07/2015 at 11:07 • Filed to: Mileage

I have a 2012 smart fortwo, just crossed 80,000 miles this morning. My current average is 96 miles per day. The odometer reading when I first bought it was 10 miles.

Who else has young cars with tons of miles? :)

DISCUSSION (37)

CalzoneGolem > Mercedes Streeter
08/07/2015 at 11:10

My car isn’t young but it is approaching 200k I’ve put over 20k a year on it since I’ve had it.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Mercedes Streeter
08/07/2015 at 11:12

I’ll hit 6 digits in November on my Milan, it’s an 07 but I’ve put 50k on it in 2.5 years (time I’ve owned it) I’m at 97k

Cherry_man1 > Mercedes Streeter
08/07/2015 at 11:12

My Mustang GT has 60K mi on it.

Hermann > Mercedes Streeter
08/07/2015 at 11:13

Kinja'd!!!

Memes on a tach? You weren’t joking on the 2012 part of your Smart!

jkm7680 > Mercedes Streeter
08/07/2015 at 11:13

My A4 isn’t young either, but it’s coming up on nearly 150,000 miles. The only issues that it’s had the entire life of the car have been wear items.

traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn > Mercedes Streeter
08/07/2015 at 11:15

From March 28 until July 30, I did an average of 54 miles per day. Since then, I’ve reduced it to just 3 per day. My average from March 28 until now is about 51.

Kinja'd!!!

Ash78, voting early and often > jkm7680
08/07/2015 at 11:16

VAG products do really well with high mileage in short timeframes (from my experience and observation). Not enough time for the plastic and rubber to get brittle and start failing :D

georgechristensen > Hermann
08/07/2015 at 11:16

These le funny maymays XDDDDDDD were already stale in 2012.

jkm7680 > Ash78, voting early and often
08/07/2015 at 11:18

Mine is a 1997 model built in 1996........

Mercedes Streeter > Hermann
08/07/2015 at 11:18

Muahahaha I installed them in 2014 or so. And that’s even worse, it’s actually a speedometer! :D

Alex B > Mercedes Streeter
08/07/2015 at 11:19

Wow! Our 08 Odyssey has yet to hit 75K as far as I know... The LEAF might have just hit above 20K... Not sure though.

HammerheadFistpunch > Mercedes Streeter
08/07/2015 at 11:19

I just turned over to 264,000. I’ve owned the car for just over 2 years and anything over 222,000 is mine.

Ash78, voting early and often > jkm7680
08/07/2015 at 11:20

Wow, congrats! My ‘98 B5 only had 155k when I donated it a few months ago. The 2.8 was still going really strong, too, but the rest of the car was starting to fall apart.

Every maintenance to me became a nightmare because something else would break in the process. I just didn’t have whole afternoons to work on window regulators anymore...

Alex B > Mercedes Streeter
08/07/2015 at 11:20

How do you know what speed you’re actually going? Do you just keep up with traffic and hope it’s right?

RazoE > Mercedes Streeter
08/07/2015 at 11:20

my 08 Mazdaspeed 3 has 139,459 miles. Is that a lot?

jkm7680 > Ash78, voting early and often
08/07/2015 at 11:23

Not bad! I’ve got the 12v 2.8 which is a bit on the slow side, but it’s much more reliable than the 1.8t. It’s a good car, no real issues, good enough gas mileage, five speed, no rust. Good car for the money, knock on wood no window regulator issues.

All I need is an alignment and a new speed sensor :P

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Mercedes Streeter
08/07/2015 at 11:25

We bought the Kia on April 2, 2013 and it had seven miles when we drove it off the lot. Now it’s just a hair under 48k. The commute for me to take my wife to work and then go to my work is just about 72 miles a day. Sometimes I have to run home, 23 miles from work, and then head back to pick her up, 28 miles out.

All the while, averaging about 30 mpg.

Hermann > Mercedes Streeter
08/07/2015 at 11:26

Ahahahah. So it’s a period appropriate part, except installed 2 years later.

Mercedes Streeter > Alex B
08/07/2015 at 11:27

I put them on a year ago (at 42k lol). After driving the car so many miles, you just remember what each notch is. 50 mph is Obama, 100 mph is Cereal Guy. :)

Kinja'd!!!

Mercedes Streeter > RazoE
08/07/2015 at 11:29

Challenge Accepted :D

Hooray for daily drivers driven a lot!

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Mercedes Streeter
08/07/2015 at 11:31

currently my highest is 155,500 on my f350 truck. And thats barelly broken in for the motor. Can easily go 400,000

my old f150 had 187,000 on it when i sold it

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > Mercedes Streeter
08/07/2015 at 11:33

Nah it's the other way round for me, I’ve got a 15 year old car with 45k miles.

Ash78, voting early and often > jkm7680
08/07/2015 at 11:42

The 30V wasn’t much different in the power department, but the 5MT made it decent, especially for its time (0-60 in just over 7sec). I had an Eibach suspension, shortshifter, and a couple other minor mods. Loved the car for most of the years I drove it from 2001-2015.

And my newer DD is the wife’s old car...4motion wagon, 2001.5 (much slower, but nicer than the old one). I just can’t escape the B5, apparently :D

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Mercedes Streeter
08/07/2015 at 11:47

Your gauge is amazing. My car only has about 134,000 on it.

jkm7680 > Ash78, voting early and often
08/07/2015 at 11:48

Think it was 170 HP for the 12v and 190 for the 30v, not a huge difference but the 30v was more customization especially in the power and exhaust department. Mine is lowered on Raceland coilovers and I’ve got a few cosmetic mods going on. (Installing coilovers for the first time sucked the life out of me XD)

I’m going to upgrade to a B8 in about six months so I’ll just have to see how that goes.

Tohru > Mercedes Streeter
08/07/2015 at 11:50

I’ve seen a Smart with over 100k once. It was at the Smart dealer - they took it on trade and it was going to the auction because it had engine issues.

BReLp7dzHM3ytYsE > Mercedes Streeter
08/07/2015 at 11:53

My 04 F150 has 195200 problem-free miles on the 5.4 Triton.

Mercedes Streeter > Tohru
08/07/2015 at 11:53

On the smart forum, we have members with 2008s and 2009s with 200,000 miles and up. That’s amazing because these engines are rather fragiles. There are also a couple diesels up in Canada with 300,000 - 400,000+ miles on them.

Hermann > Alex B
08/07/2015 at 12:03

Kinja'd!!!

15 minute GIMP (Would be 5 minute Photoshop).

Van Man, rocks the Man Van > Mercedes Streeter
08/07/2015 at 12:17

My dad’s car is under three years old but has well over 60k.

Axial > Mercedes Streeter
08/07/2015 at 14:33

More miles in 3 years than my 65,000 mile car has put on in 25. Niceeeeeeeeee.

m-b-w loves his SUBAROO > Mercedes Streeter
08/07/2015 at 17:38

My 7 month old subaru just hit 14,000 miles today.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Mercedes Streeter
08/07/2015 at 21:22

my 12yo lancer has 575,000km

Mopar4life > Mercedes Streeter
08/21/2015 at 12:39

256k on my 93. Well over 285k on my 95.

The 93 is a built motor, stick swap. The 95 is all original.

Sold an 06 Stratus SXT with 297k (2.7L for the haters).

Mercedes Streeter > Mopar4life
08/21/2015 at 12:50

Mother of christ that’s a lot of mileage! :) I also wasn’t aware the Stratus was still around in 06’! I thought it died a number of years before that.

Mopar4life > Mercedes Streeter
08/21/2015 at 16:13

06 was the last year. It was replaced by the Avenger.

It was a great car. 2.7L V6 with intake, headers, full exhaust, and a tune. Made 219WHP, 212WTQ. Stock is 200/200 flywheel, so it was making a substantial amount more power. It was quick, got around 30mpg too.

Can’t find any of my old pics, had it lowered on B&G coilovers, upgraded the brakes, blacked everything out, carbon hood. Was a very sharp car.

Mopar4life > Mercedes Streeter
08/22/2015 at 07:40

Kinja'd!!!

Found them finally.