72,600 miles . 2015 M7.
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Who has more than 60k miles on their Vette; and how long do you plan on keeping it?
I have 64k, and plan on driving the **** out of it!
I have 64k, and plan on driving the **** out of it!
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Damn, I have some driving to do to catch up with you guys. Good to hear the cars are performing well with higher mileage.
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Not close to that on my 19 C7, but I put about 150K's on my C3 and about 90K's on my C5...sold both to new owners who were planning to continue enjoying them. Not an issue if it's looked after well.
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Nobody's ever reported more than "97,000." Nobody knows how many miles until the engines need overhauls.
All my work sedans have been good for 100, 000. One, 305K, never opened the engine. Running fine. One, 250,000, then needed a long block.
All my work sedans have been good for 100, 000. One, 305K, never opened the engine. Running fine. One, 250,000, then needed a long block.
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Our '00 FRC is over 295k miles. Only real engine work has been replacing front main seal and damper (wore a groove in the thing!), rear main seal when I changed out the clutch package due to a pressure plate failure, and intake manifold seals. I did replace the valve springs at 175k miles, but that was because I was autocrossing/DE'ing her at the time and was totally preventative. She's still leaking oil, I'm thinking from the oil pan seals and maybe the rear main again. Just not enough of a bother to drop the suspension and rear drivetrain to fix.
Have a good one,
Mike
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Waiting for the actual high miler C7s. 100K or even 150K aren't much.
Don't know what a '00 FRC is?
250K & Up, without opening the engine for anything, (even seals) now that's impressive. I've only had two cars that did it.
Don't know what a '00 FRC is?
250K & Up, without opening the engine for anything, (even seals) now that's impressive. I've only had two cars that did it.
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Have a good one,
Mike
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That's gotta be some sort of record. Wow! Not just the fact that the car has lasted that many miles, but that someone drove an average of over 60k miles per year in a sports car. I wonder what possessed him to sell it. I'm not sure I would be able to let go of a car if I put that much time behind the wheel.
Goes to show that these things don't have expiration dates like a carton of milk. In the other recent thread when someone said more than 3k/yr was high mileage for a Vette I was genuinely surprised.
Goes to show that these things don't have expiration dates like a carton of milk. In the other recent thread when someone said more than 3k/yr was high mileage for a Vette I was genuinely surprised.
Last edited by vbb; May 10, 2021 at 01:03 PM.