'99 hits 250K miles
Racer
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From: Pleasantville NJ
Re: '99 hits 250K miles (duosy)
Dammmmmm Now lets hear the real Stats. How many smiles & waves did you get from Hot Looking Babes while driving all those miles??? :jester :jester :jester :cool: :cheers: :flag
[Modified by DaWiz2000HT, 2:58 PM 11/17/2002]
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From: ann arbor michigan
Re: '99 hits 250K miles (CliffB-99)
Pewter with a tan interior. Paint seems to be holding up pretty good. The few nose chips are expected. The worst time of year is winter when you pass a salt truck and get saltblasted!!!! Since I live on a dirt road, the car is normally dusty or coverd in mud during the wet days. The back end is a magnet for dirt - you almost have to scrape it off after a weeks worth of mud. Car gets waxed the day of Ann Arbor's "ROLLING SCULPURE" car show - where it is shown every year. The rest of the year it might get a quick $1 spray wash if it is really, really, really dirty.
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From: ann arbor michigan
Re: '99 hits 250K miles (DaWiz2000HT)
Actually - none. Since I was a kid during WWII, I tend to be on the older side. However, my 17 year old son just smiles when I let him drive it (never will comment on girls waves). At the Ann Arbor car show, he will stand next to it as it tends to be a "babe magnet".
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Re: '99 hits 250K miles (duosy)
Very kewl!!! I hope BBDWOLF can do the same as your car. I think everything is fixed. If he will hold up we will make a run at that kind of mileage. BTW 21k in on the odometer now.
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From: jax FL
Re: '99 hits 250K miles (duosy)
Duosy,
AWESOME!!
If you started out in the proper direction you'd be here now...... :flag
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AWESOME!!
If you started out in the proper direction you'd be here now...... :flag
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From: Swansea IL
Re: '99 hits 250K miles (duosy)
Great news. The C5 will motor on for many years. Your real world experiences tell me GM must be telling the truth on their recommended service interval's for oil, filters, plugs and other fluids. You averaged 4800 miles between oil changes. I've always felt that with routine maintenance and Mobile 1 oil changing it at 3000 miles is a waste of resources. I average 8000 miles a year and I change my oil twice a year, but I don't see the harm is extended interval's.
Good news, thanks for sharing.
Tom
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Good news, thanks for sharing.
Tom
USAF Retired
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From: Dallas TX
Re: '99 hits 250K miles (John Shiels)
Does anyone live close with a digital camera? I'd LOVE to see a picture of the odometer. I'd make it my wallpaper! My '01 has almost 29k miles on it and sometimes I wonder how long it's going to hold up as I drive it fairly hard most of the time. Obviously, Duosy, doesn't drive that hard, but it's still neat to see that many miles on a C5. A '99 at that!! :cheers:
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From: ann arbor michigan
Re: '99 hits 250K miles (QUIKAG)
Woundn't mid someone with a digital camera taking a picture of the odometer. Would also need someone who could get the picture on this web page.
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Re: '99 hits 250K miles (Tuan Le)
Very impressive. Goes to show what a lot of highway driving and regular maintenance will do for you.
For everyone else, as for the million mile thing. Don't count on it. A guy racked up a million miles on a 95 Chevy pickup running a paper route. The truck was spotless and looked better than most trucks with 1/100 the mileage.
GM was asked if they were interested and expressed no interest in the vehicle. He had his oil changed at a local express lube place. They happened to use Penzoil as the "house brand". Penzoil got wind of it and bought the vehicle from the owner, they then brought the truck to Houston to take it apart and analyze the motor. They then donated the car to the local art car parade and made it into a piece of automotive "art" :U .
For everyone else, as for the million mile thing. Don't count on it. A guy racked up a million miles on a 95 Chevy pickup running a paper route. The truck was spotless and looked better than most trucks with 1/100 the mileage.
GM was asked if they were interested and expressed no interest in the vehicle. He had his oil changed at a local express lube place. They happened to use Penzoil as the "house brand". Penzoil got wind of it and bought the vehicle from the owner, they then brought the truck to Houston to take it apart and analyze the motor. They then donated the car to the local art car parade and made it into a piece of automotive "art" :U .