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Old 11-17-2004, 02:59 PM
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I once worked with somone with an old Corolla and he always boasted to everyone that it had over 400k miles on it.
Sounds impressive until I drilled him with questions.
Turns out its front end was completely replaced twice and rebuilt once.
Over the life of the car it had 2 new engines and one rebuild.
MT was rebuilt twice.

I rode with him once but no more for the serious front end wobble.
I told him he should give it a final rest :huh:
 
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Old 11-17-2004, 05:48 PM
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___Not that this was a Hybrid but my local Acura dealership has/had an Acura Legend with > 1,000,000 miles on it. It used to sit in the dealerships showroom a few years ago and then they started letting it out as a loaner and parts pick up car. I don’t know if they still have it but I saw the odometer and it was pretty amazing if I do say so myself.

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___Hunt Club Farms Landscaping Ltd.
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Old 11-17-2004, 08:04 PM
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To add to the longevity reports, there was aparently a Honda Accord that traveled coast to coast w/ a government worker, it lasted 1 million miles w/ only a few clutch changes and normal mantenence. I dont have a link to the info, but it was a credible source i remember.
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Old 11-23-2004, 07:10 PM
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My 92 Honda Civic (Keeps on rollin') has 364,000 miles on it. It has had only one engine replacement (at 245,000 miles) and a 12V battery replacement (270,000 miles), but has its original clutch, transmission, front end, and shocks.
 
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Old 11-24-2004, 04:30 AM
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If you replaced the engine, it doesn't count imho. Replacing the engine essentially resets the odometer to zero (ditto rebuilding). Might as well buy a new car.

I had a Dodge Shadow that lasted 300,000 miles. It probably could have gone longer, but I already had 4 cars, so I just junked it. The reason it lasted so long is because it was mainly interstate miles which are very gentle to the engine (constant velocity).
 
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Old 11-26-2007, 04:08 PM
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Hi there, Jesse here from MA. Just got back from Florida with my 2002 prius. Just under 335,000 miles. Pic coming soon.

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Old 11-26-2007, 06:39 PM
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Hi Jesse,
Originally Posted by vortex57
Hi there, Jesse here from MA. Just got back from Florida with my 2002 prius. Just under 335,000 miles. Pic coming soon. . . .
Are you averaging about 214-257 miles/day, 5-6 days a week? I'm impressed. Fill-up every second day? Banking, legal or medical transport?

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Old 11-27-2007, 02:20 PM
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None of the above, I actually drive a tractor-trailer. Its more that I do not fly and there for everywhere I go I have to drive even to Alaska back in 2005.
 
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Old 11-27-2007, 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by vortex57
None of the above, I actually drive a tractor-trailer. Its more that I do not fly and there for everywhere I go I have to drive even to Alaska back in 2005.
It looks like that Prius is putting on almost 60,000 miles per year so I was trying to figure out how many miles per day that would run. I'm doing 18-20,000 miles per year so it is impressive to see someone doing that many miles. So I take it you're mostly doing long trips in the Prius?

In my case, I'm running about 25-30 miles per day, 6 days per week. Then last year, I had three, 1,500 mile trips and a couple of 250 mile trips. This year, a 1,000 mile (20 driving hours), 750 mile trip (14 driving hours) and two 250 mile trips.

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Old 10-05-2011, 12:27 PM
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I'm driving a 2006 Prius with 237,000 miles - original battery, not major repairs of any type, mainly breaks. Anyone heard of a Prius with more miles?

i'm the original owner.
 


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