200,000 Miles

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Evan0801
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200,000 Miles

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ORIGINAL

- Motor
- Transmission
- Entire suspension
- Injectors
- Exhaust
- Throttle body
- Spark plug wires/battery wires
- Wheel bearings
- radiator
- Paint
- Interior
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Re: 200,000 Miles

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Wow. You're doing much better than I am. Keep up the good work!
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200k? You've got at least another 100k left in that drivetrain, keep it going!! :beerchug:
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Re: 200,000 Miles

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Congratulations on the milestone!

I have a longway to go before I get there. I am close-ish to 200,000 kilometres though.
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Very cool! Maybe we can use your thread for the 200k club? Which I will be joining in about 15k.
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Re: 200,000 Miles

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Congrats!
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Re: 200,000 Miles

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The one I just bought is at 230K :) good to see many are up there in miles and still going strong!
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That thing is crazy clean!!!
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I'm impressed. Watch the throttle body. It and a mechanic were the downfall of my '92 SSE. It has 305K miles and I think a sticking intake valve. Please post more photos. The car looks like you just detailed it. - BC
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Re: 200,000 Miles

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Evan0801 wrote:ORIGINAL

- Entire suspension
- Exhaust
- Spark plug wires/battery wires
- Wheel bearings
- radiator
The above are especially impressive to me for a car of this age and mileage. I'm both amazed and encouraged by this.

I have replaced at least one or two components from all of the above list on mine (shock absorber, 1 wheel hub, spark plug wires, most of the the exhaust, radiator), but mine is a long way from 200,000 miles.
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Re: 200,000 Miles

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Going to have to get a new CAT one of these days.. It has rusted out on the weld and tin foil is getting expensive. :pooper:
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Re: 200,000 Miles

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Re: 200,000 Miles

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Still going strong at 220k. (not far off your 232k)
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Re: 200,000 Miles

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so, you have had the same plugs for 200,000 miles, can you pull one and post a pic? - they must be in need of proper gap or have you done that regular like?
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Re: 200,000 Miles

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200k on spark plugs?? no way lol. I just haven't changed the wires for the spark plugs to the coil packs because they go bad/get corroded. However, I did run a set of spark plugs for 100k miles or so and they really didn't look too bad.
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