Highest mileage you've seen?
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From: Durant, OK (SOSU)
Highest mileage you've seen?
How high have you seen vehicles mileage get? My friend Patrick has a '94 Exploder with a tad over 427K on it. Guy who owned it before him nursed it like a baby and drove 100miles round trip to work every day for a while.
What other stories have you guys seen or heard of high mileage vehicles?
What other stories have you guys seen or heard of high mileage vehicles?
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I read somewhere a few years ago about a guy who logged over 1 million miles on a Toyota pickup. I don't know if it was true or not. I start thinking about a new one when I get around 100K... 
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A couple years ago I worked on an E-350 with 1.3M kms on it. That would be about 800,000 miles. It went non stop delivering supplies to railroad gangs. The driver said the engine had been replaced at 700K and he figured it would have to be done soon again. The van looked pretty bad but it still seemed to run ok.
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The highest I have seen was a Toyota T-100 with a million and seventy five thousand. The truck was used as a "hotshot" truck to haul oilfield equipment. Original engine, transmission and clutch.
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According to Guinness:
A 1966 Volvo P-1800S owned by Irvin Gordon of East Patchogue, New York, USA, had covered in excess of 3,572,342 km (2,219,751 miles) by March 2004. The car is still driven on a daily basis and covers over 160,000 km (100,000 miles) per year, thanks in part to being driven to numerous car shows and events in Europe and the USA
A Volvo.... that's Ford now, isn't it?
A 1966 Volvo P-1800S owned by Irvin Gordon of East Patchogue, New York, USA, had covered in excess of 3,572,342 km (2,219,751 miles) by March 2004. The car is still driven on a daily basis and covers over 160,000 km (100,000 miles) per year, thanks in part to being driven to numerous car shows and events in Europe and the USA
A Volvo.... that's Ford now, isn't it?
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Most I have seen was on an 87 Ford F-250 diesel......401k miles when the company I worked for sold it. There was never, ever a wrench turned on the engine or the rear end other than glow plugs replaced. The tranny was rebuilt 2 times but that was it.
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I think the most I have seen personally... some guy around here has his miles painted on the topper on the back of an old Toyota truck - I think it said 400 some thousand miles last I saw it sitting in the Wal-Mart parking lot. A guy my Dad knows has over 500,000 miles on a '96 Ford PSD - all over the road hauling....
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From: State of Misery (Missouri
I've seen lots of vehicles with from 300,000+ to over 500,000 locally. But to put in comparison, that Volvo, with over 2,000,000 miles on it. I have seen it, it really wouldn't take much to enter it in a Concours event.
The Original Rolls Royce Silver Ghost? has over 500,000 ORIGINAL miles (not been rebuilt).
One of the reasons I went with the Ranger, a guy I knew had 375,000 on his, the motor was going strong, but the trans gave out after a oil/lube joint replaced it with 80w gear oil. He was going to get a new transmission, and on the way (hadn't gone out yet) a deer hit him.
The Original Rolls Royce Silver Ghost? has over 500,000 ORIGINAL miles (not been rebuilt).
One of the reasons I went with the Ranger, a guy I knew had 375,000 on his, the motor was going strong, but the trans gave out after a oil/lube joint replaced it with 80w gear oil. He was going to get a new transmission, and on the way (hadn't gone out yet) a deer hit him.
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Most miles I've ever seen was a 1979 Mustang hatchback I had many years ago - 5.0, 4 speed, body rotted all over the place - 460,000 Km on it when the body finally gave up and it wasn't worth the money to repair/replace.
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I have owned a bunch and know of several.
I have been running routes for about 18 years.
I ran a F-700 for about 12 years and put 725K on it.
It still looked good and I sold it, it was still running around the last time I heard.
I have owned about a dozen Mazda B2000/2200s. I have sold them with as high as 450K on them, many are still going (the son in-law has the 450+ one).
They didn't have the orig motors, the oil rings are the only thing that wears out.
A bud of mine had a F150 4.2 V6 (96-98 I think). He had 650K+ on it when he decided to trade (second motor, the first went 400+). He took very good care of it and it looked new. If he had gave me notice I would have bought it, but I just bought one before he traded it.
There a bunch of Dodge cummins running routes around here with 700K to over a million on them.
The amazing part is they get run hard by various drivers.
Most of them look like they have a million on them.
I have been running routes for about 18 years.
I ran a F-700 for about 12 years and put 725K on it.
It still looked good and I sold it, it was still running around the last time I heard.
I have owned about a dozen Mazda B2000/2200s. I have sold them with as high as 450K on them, many are still going (the son in-law has the 450+ one).
They didn't have the orig motors, the oil rings are the only thing that wears out.
A bud of mine had a F150 4.2 V6 (96-98 I think). He had 650K+ on it when he decided to trade (second motor, the first went 400+). He took very good care of it and it looked new. If he had gave me notice I would have bought it, but I just bought one before he traded it.
There a bunch of Dodge cummins running routes around here with 700K to over a million on them.
The amazing part is they get run hard by various drivers.
Most of them look like they have a million on them.