What kind of Frankenstein are you still keeping alive until COVID car pricing is over? 

Wife drives a 12 Venza that's in great condition with only 130k we'll probably give to our daughter in a year or two and replace hers with a hybrid or EV 

My personal science project is an 06 Tahoe that just rolled 276k on the way home.  Runs great, drives great, salt is starting to take it's toll but I plan to get one more winter and 300k+ out of it.  Then hopefully replace it in spring.  

 

Update 3/1/2022 

Frankenstein rolled 10,000 engine hours today on the way home from work... or 416.6666666666667 days.  

Onwards to 300K we go before summer. 

 

 

 

Edited March 2, 20223 yr by Crnr2Crnr

All I buy is high milers. For years no one wanted them at auctions. Many were more mechanically sound then lower mileage vehicles. I say were, because most auction vehicles are garbage these days. 

We have a 2012 Ram with 98K kms, a 2018 Ford Focus with 78K kms on it. No idea what's next for a vehicle as there's no rush to spend any money

2007 328i, 155k

2011 BMW X5 162k

2011 F-150 110k

2021 Tundra 5700

 237k on my company vehicle, 2011 Escape Limited, Honestly the thing runs so dang good I hope they don't get me anything anytime soon. Don't plan on replacement of my personal vehicle anytime soon either, 120k on that and it's flawless..

My work truck 

Rune em till they need to be hauld to the yard if they are not nickel and dime turds you know like a gm 

1993 Ford Ranger (lot truck) 298,xxx kms

1997 Subaru WRX (daily )239,xxx kms

2004 Subaru Forester (wife) 233,xxx kms

2006 Silverado 1500 (newest addition) 241,xxx kms

 

No intention of buying anything new. It is much cheaper to keep the old ones going than to make payments on new stuff.

Not concerned about pandemic prices…. They are here to stay and will only get more expensive with material costs, labor cost, demand and inflation increasesI have 2 vehicles on order.  Hopefully the first one comes in next month and hopefully the other comes in mid summer.  

130K miles  2015  4Runner for $30,000   NUTS!! 

 dang Canadians snuck in here with the metric system. 

http://www.worldwidemetric.com/measurements.html

 

just a 2012 silverAdo with 139k so far.   i have ZEro interest in replacing it so im hoping it holds together a while.... like 100k miles more while.

the bike is getting miled up some too with 43k but that will end up with a total engine overhaul before replacement also.  Ive always held on to veHIkles longer than i prolly should but shits just stupid money these days.

2018 f 150 32k

2015 f250  98 k

2011 f150 208k

2007 ranger  187k

Sold my pickups, Im down to just my 2002 Escalade about to hit 200k.  6.0 Awd and suspension all redone with heavy duty springs out back/deleted the air ride.....planned on getting a newer 3/4 ton pickup this year but with current used prices yeah no thanks ill wait and just drive the Caddy for the Winter.

Wife just got a brand new Civic Sport. Made absolutely no sense to buy used. 

Also got two project cars but they dont count lol. 

1 hour ago, Ez ryder said:

My work truck 

Rune em till they need to be hauld to the yard if they are not nickel and dime turds you know like a gm 

my old boss got 486k+ out of the original 6.0 in our company truck and that mf'r got worked hard.  

the irony being that domestic trucks in the last 20 yet have come leaps and bounds forward in power train longevity, but due to excessive road salt useage, the bodies go long before the drivetrain.

5 minutes ago, Crnr2Crnr said:

my old boss got 486k+ out of the original 6.0 in our company truck and that mf'r got worked hard.  

the irony being that domestic trucks in the last 20 yet have come leaps and bounds forward in power train longevity, but due to excessive road salt useage, the bodies go long before the drivetrain.

They dont even reach for sand here any more, its right to the calcium chloride to pre treat then over maintain with excessive amounts of salt.   

My daily Nissan I bought new in 12 has 240k and still going original engine/trans/clutch hasn’t let me down yet. I’ll drive it to 500k before I over pay for something.

Gave up on the new truck every 2-3 years deal, back when Covid first hit. 
 

2006 Silverado HD - 220,000

2006 Grand Prix - 190,000

2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee- 210,000

I don’t plan to replace either of mine soon and the wife won’t let that GC go for nothing. 

We have s civic at 265k. Salt is getting on the body now though. Bummer. 

2 hours ago, Crnr2Crnr said:

What kind of Frankenstein are you still keeping alive until COVID car pricing is over? 

Wife drives a 12 Venza that's in great condition with only 130k we'll probably give to our daughter in a year or two and replace hers with a hybrid or EV 

My science project is an 06 Tahoe that just rolled 276k on the way home.  Runs great, drives great, salt is starting to take it's toll but I plan to get one more winter and 300k+ out of it.  Then hopefully replace it in spring.  

 

 

 

Ever had any trans. issues.

My 09 rio..320000 kms 05 ram 352000kms. Ram has a heater core issue tho now.  But it owes me nothing 

What’s that in miles ? 170k ? Lol…jking

15 minutes ago, SayatodaU.P.eh? said:

Gave up on the new truck every 2-3 years deal, back when Covid first hit. 
 

2006 Silverado HD - 220,000

2006 Grand Prix - 190,000

2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee- 210,000

I don’t plan to replace either of mine soon and the wife won’t let that GC go for nothing. 

Every good tech I've ever known runs high milers. 

14 minutes ago, CFM said:

We have s civic at 265k. Salt is getting on the body now though. Bummer. 

Oh fuck you! You smarmy cunt,  I was winning the most miles competition, and then you come in all....I got a Honda civic..blah blah..You stole my thunder!..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 20, 20213 yr by Rigid1
Spell check changes cunt to can't

1 hour ago, Tomas. said:

1993 Ford Ranger (lot truck) 298,xxx kms

1997 Subaru WRX (daily )239,xxx kms

2004 Subaru Forester (wife) 233,xxx kms

2006 Silverado 1500 (newest addition) 241,xxx kms

 

No intention of buying anything new. It is much cheaper to keep the old ones going than to make payments on new stuff.

Subbies run forever. Just need to keep the coolant fresh to protect the head gaskets. 

1 minute ago, ActionfigureJoe said:

Every good tech I've ever known runs high milers. 

It’s because they have the know how to keep them running. Most people can’t change there freakin oil.

1 minute ago, Rigid1 said:

Oh fuck you! You smarmy can't,  I was winning the most miles competition, and then you come in all....I got a Honda civic..blah blah..You stole my thunder!..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I meant 236,900  lololol wink