Most miles on car
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From: Whitesboro Texas
Most miles on car
I read through the forum and see a lot of issues some folks are having with their cars. I'm just curios how many high to very high milage cars are out there with little or no problems.
So here's my question. Who has the most miles on their car? Really I want to see how many are out there before I tell how many are on mine.....
So here's my question. Who has the most miles on their car? Really I want to see how many are out there before I tell how many are on mine.....
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That was my '99. I gave it away to forum member Nightdrv who happens to be my son. At this time, its at 329K miles. The current issue apparently the clutch pedal stuck to the floor so he's trying to figure that one out and I have no clue since it never happened to me. Suggested to him the clutch fluid first, then past that, the master/slave cylinders are probably worn out.
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St. Jude Donor '06-'07-'08-'09
That was my '99. I gave it away to forum member Nightdrv who happens to be my son. At this time, its at 329K miles. The current issue apparently the clutch pedal stuck to the floor so he's trying to figure that one out and I have no clue since it never happened to me. Suggested to him the clutch fluid first, then past that, the master/slave cylinders are probably worn out.
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I'm curious as to who has the most mileage on an automatic C5? I'm curious as to how long the 4L60E can last before needing to be rebuilt. I'm only at 103k on mine, and I am confident that the engine can last 300k but am not so confident the automatic trans would last that long.
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I read through the forum and see a lot of issues some folks are having with their cars. I'm just curios how many high to very high milage cars are out there with little or no problems.
So here's my question. Who has the most miles on their car? Really I want to see how many are out there before I tell how many are on mine.....
So here's my question. Who has the most miles on their car? Really I want to see how many are out there before I tell how many are on mine.....
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St. Jude Donor '06-'07-'08-'09
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Good to see the miles. My 99 automatic has over 200k on it. It had some electrical bugs that i have fixed. All in all it seems to be a solid car. I got the car fax on it and I'm the third owner. I do know the transmisson was rebuilt at about 160k. It goes to the alignment shop on Friday.
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I'm curious as to who has the most mileage on an automatic C5? I'm curious as to how long the 4L60E can last before needing to be rebuilt. I'm only at 103k on mine, and I am confident that the engine can last 300k but am not so confident the automatic trans would last that long.
So far, so good.
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I have a 98 A4 with 150,000 miles. Yank SY3500 TC since 50k too. I've tracked the car both at the strip and road course. Florida car....hot-hot-hot year round. No slippage as of yet. Still hits pretty hard. Change the tranny fluid every year. Ran the B&M supercooler, until last year when I replaced the radiator with a Dewitts(integrated cooler). Standard operating temp is never higher than 185. Hard runs will kick it up to 210, but will cool down pretty quickly. Car not always a DD.
So far, so good.
So far, so good.
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Here is a post from him back in Nov 2002, when he hit 250k on his 99:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...50k-miles.html
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St. Jude Donor '06-'07-'08-'09
Here is a post from him back in Nov 2002, when he hit 250k on his 99:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...50k-miles.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...50k-miles.html
