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Started by drobertson, April 06, 2013, 07:26:33 PM

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drobertson

We bought an 02' Cav, for our daughter during her reign in highshcool, since, we have bought it back, 32mpg, and 190000 and still kicking!  who has any good stories? 
only have a few chain saws I'm not suppose to use, but will at times, one dog Dolly, pretty good dog, just not sure what for yet,  working on getting the gardening back in order, and kinda thinking on maybe a small bbq bizz,  thinking about it,

sawguy21

Good for her, she obviously took care of it. Not so long ago, a vehicle was pretty much considered used up at 100,000.
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SwampDonkey

Depends on the winters to. My brother had a couple of'm and never got much past 100,000 miles. I had a Dodge Ram 1500 4x4 and it lasted about 100,000, everything went wrong with it you could imagine. My uncle had a couple Buick Le Sabres over the years and he put over 300,000 on them. The rear ends would go by that point.
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1 Thessalonians 5:21

2020 Polaris Ranger 570 to forward firewood, Husqvarna 555 XT Pro, Stihl FS560 clearing saw and continuously thinning my ground, on the side. Grow them trees. (((o)))

Roxie

My ride is a 1991 Buick Park Avenue with 245,000.  Routine maintenance, brakes and tires is all it ever needs. 
Say when

thecfarm

We have a '99 Outback Subrara,220,000. We brought it used. The dealer put another tranny in it and replaced all of the belts and bunches of other stuff. We have had some problems,nothing with the motor or tranny. $200-400 here and there for the last 5 years.
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Sonofman

'92 Camry 4 banger. 310,000 miles. Only problems are little things. When they pile up enough, I take time out to fix them. 34 mpg highway.
Located due west of Due West.

Ianab

Partial to Toyotas too  ;D I think they still have the edge for reliability.

Current ride is a 97 Corolla wagon. Before you think "Shopping basket", it's a Japanese market model, with the engine from their MR2 sports car in it.  ;) It's totally gutless at low revs, but once it's wound up it can fly. I think from the book it's peak torque is @6,400 rpm, so that gives you an idea of how it's tuned.

Ian

Weekend warrior, Peterson JP test pilot, Dolmar 7900 and Stihl MS310 saws and  the usual collection of power tools :)

scsmith42

We have an '03 Ford Excursion with a diesel, about 155K miles on it and still going strong.  Get's 20mpg on the highway too; not bad for a 7000 lb 4WD  truck!
Peterson 10" WPF with 65' of track
Smith - Gallagher dedicated slabber
Tom's 3638D Baker band mill
and a mix of log handling heavy equipment.

SwampDonkey

My vehicles do a lot of off highway driving, some of the worst logging roads known to man. My current car is a RAV4 and after this summer I will probably have over 100,000 miles on it in 7 years. I have replaced a wheel bearing, break pads, and flooded the charcoal filter in a beaver pond. ;D No surprises actually considering what it goes through. The types of roads, and climate you have to work in is the real measure of reliability. :)
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1 Thessalonians 5:21

2020 Polaris Ranger 570 to forward firewood, Husqvarna 555 XT Pro, Stihl FS560 clearing saw and continuously thinning my ground, on the side. Grow them trees. (((o)))

coxy

03 cav  130000 just put 750 bucks in the timeing chain and gears  always though thay had belts  its not been to bad of car   ( wouldnt buy another )  1/2 in of snow your stuck well wife is stuck ;D  after ten years of makeing her suffer its time to get 4 wheel sickum

Ernie

'98 Nissan Wingroad wagon 385000 kms runs like a top, cheap on gas, at $2.169/ litre, it needs to be.  Only problem, a couple of weeks ago a rat got into the heater, jammed up the fan and died.  Smell is gone now but I need to dig the bits out to get the fan turning again, it's handy now that winter is coming to have the fan going.
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celliott

Had a 2001 VW cabrio, put about 90K miles on it up to about 200K now, Vermont winters are starting to get to it though. That rig got 35MPG with studded winter tires and 40MPG with summers. Was real good in the snow actually, and we live on a dirt road that gets big drifts. Now I have a 2001 Nissan sentra SE. It's got a twin cam 16V compared to the VW single cam 8V. Lot more power, but mileage is worse. Still gets 35MPG with summer tires. People ask why I don't have a 4x4 truck. I'd love one, I tell them. But I can't afford the fuel cost to drive only myself back and forth to college, on the interstate. Hmmmm 10MPG for a 300 mile trip or 35MPG and one $40 fill up?
Chris Elliott

Clark 666C cable skidder
Husqvarna and Jonsered pro saws
265rx clearing saw
Professional maple tubing installer and maple sugaring worker, part time logger

sumday

We have two 2000 Ford Excursions , one with 260,000 mi and one with 360,000 mi , both 7.3 diesel. Did 400 miles today on the higher mileage one and was happy to average 16ish mpg. Hope they last a looong time.

isawlogs

 I drive a 2002Dodge caravan and a 1999 F250 with the 7.3 power stroke, truck has just shy of 100,000 miles and the caravan has just over the 100k, wife has a 2012 Huyndai touring. I like that little car but of them all I prefer the F250.  :)
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gspren

  My everyday run around vehicle is a Subaru Forester, 4wd, easy in and out and about 26 mpg.
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chevytaHOE5674

My "driving" car that got stolen by my other half is an 07 chevy cobalt with approaching 90k miles on it. Set of wheel bearings at 75k and other than that nothing not even a set of brakes. With winter tires it gets 35mpg and with good summer tires will see close to 45mpg if driven just right.

She has an 03 jeep that she no longer drives because its just too expensive with her long commute so I end up driving that around town and to logging jobs. On a good summer day I can squeak 23mpg out of it.

Also have my diesel pickup that stays hooked to ether the flatbed or cattle trailer about 90% of the year, and a 1/2 ton chevy with a plow on it for the winter and for firewood in the summer. 

Hilltop366

She has a 07 Civic great little car except I hit my knee on the dash just about every time I get in and the seat is not comfortable on a long drive for me, (75000 kms) gets 50 mpg (imperial) highway last time I checked.

My truck is a 03 F150 4x4, way more comfortable for me but burns more than twice the fuel than the Civic.

I find my self looking at the Toyota Tacoma 4 door lately but I don't think I will get a whole lot better milage, so I also be looking at CRVs, Rav4s.

I also have a 1995 Dodge 1/2 ton for work, I won't bother to check the milage on it.

I like to have my vehicles not cost me more than $1000 to $1500 per year in deprecation (averaged out for the length of time I own it) so if I get a new one it will have to last a long time!

SwampDonkey

Hilltop, I would not get the 6 Cylinder Tacoma, look at the 4. Same with the Rav4. They are not the same 4 cylinder though. The Tacoma is 2.7L, the Rav4 is 2.3L. Always had around 32 mpg (imperial) with the 4's. At the marketing board they always ran the Tacomas well over 300,000 km and got around $6000 on trade. That's not all highway mileage, but trashy woods roads to.
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1 Thessalonians 5:21

2020 Polaris Ranger 570 to forward firewood, Husqvarna 555 XT Pro, Stihl FS560 clearing saw and continuously thinning my ground, on the side. Grow them trees. (((o)))

Hilltop366

Thanks for the tip SwampDonkey, unfortunately the 4 door Tacoma is only available with the v6, a 4 cylinder would be fine by me.

I'm in no hurry so I may keep my eye out for a decent used one or may go with something else altogether.

Chuck White

My '03 Chevy 1500, 4-wd, ext cab, now has 152,000 miles on it and is still in pretty good shape with the exception of rocker-panel rust!

Mileage is another issue, I would guess maybe 16-18mpg.

I like the way it handles my mill!  :)
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brendonv

My lil daily driver is a 99 f350 4x4 and 6 spd.  I get 20mpg in its stock form.  Looking to add a couple more MPGs, just gotta get it to breath and fart better.  It's a nice truck.
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muddstopper

Lets see, bought a new 85 ford escort, put 230k miles on it. Traded that for a new 95 ford secort, and another 250k miles. Traded that for a new 2001 ford escort and still driving it at 271k current miles. Next trade will probably be for the new Ford Focus, #1 saleing car in the world. Worst repair bill so far on any of the 3 previous Escorts has been one air conditioner compressor and one timing belt. 34-36mpg average on all three models. Ride does start to degrade after a couple 100k's, but I have never replaced a shock or strut.

John Mc

My wife has a Subaru Legacy Wagon.  The Legacy and Outback wagons seem to be just about the state car of Vermont. She gets in the low to mid 20's MPG.  She'd get a bit more if so much driving wasn't short runs on winding hilly roads.  Our only real problem with it is that the back end rusted out... a couple thousand $ of repairs, and it's doing fine now.  Corrosion seems to be a real problem for Subarus in our area... if it weren't for that, they'd be just about bomb-proof.
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rockman

My truck is a 2004 ford ranger 4x4, 4.0 v-6, currently has 176000 miles. I did have to replace the harmonic balancer a month ago, other than that just oil and filters. The wife has a 2006 Mazda 3, that has 156000 miles, just oil and filters so far and still gets over 30 miles per gallon. I sure like driving a vehicle 5 or 6 years after it's paid for, couldn't do that in the Adirondacks.

Kevin
kioti ck-20 loader backhoe, box blade, disk, log arch
Husqvarna 455 rancher
Lincoln Ranger 10,000 welder

Fraxinus

A couple years ago, I stumbled onto a '98 Toyota T-100 with only 13XXX on it.  The first winter I had it, my first wife put it into a rock hard snowbank and staved in the driver's side door and rear quarter somewhat.  Great truck with a 4 banger and 5 speed stick.  I gave it an oil undercoat soon after I bought it.  It now has about 36K on it.
Other car is an '06 Saturn Ion.  Great car.  Which must be why GM in its ultimate wisdom quit making them.   :-[
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tyb525

'81 Volkswagen Rabbit, 1.6 diesel. 44 mpg last tank. Its not a racecar, but it's fast enough. It's not easy to get a speeding ticket ;)

I've done some work to it, mostly regular wear items like wheel bearings.

I wouldn't be driving it if I didn't  have a love for VW diesels though.
LT10G10, Stihl 038 Magnum, many woodworking tools. Currently a farm service applicator, trying to find time to saw!

Sonofman

Rockman, I know what you mean about the lack of rust. Back in the early 70's, my brother had just started out as an auto mechanic, and his employer sent him to Atlanta to a Ford assembly plant for a training class. There were people there from all over in the class. He commented to me that there was one guy there from 'Up North' that commented, Gosh, look at all the old cars, and not a speck of rust on any of them.  :D
Located due west of Due West.

alecs

I use a 2010 VW Golf TDI for work travel.  Six speed manual, two door.  Only got 35k miles on it so far, but I expect it to last at least long enough for my kids to learn to drive on.  (ages 10, 8, 4).  Easy to get 45+ mpg on a tank, esp in the summer.  Also, it's a hoot to drive and much smoother and less smoky than the old VW diesels. 

tyb525

Quote from: alecs on April 16, 2013, 11:00:46 PM
...much smoother and less smoky than the old VW diesels. 

But the rattle and smoke is half the fun of driving a diesel! :D And somehow the MPGs are just as good as the new TDIs!
LT10G10, Stihl 038 Magnum, many woodworking tools. Currently a farm service applicator, trying to find time to saw!

tempforce

my little truck is a '83' ford ranger. with the mazda built 2.2L perkins diesel in it.
it has 59hp and no turbo, so it's a bit on the slow side...     8)
i've gotten up to 40 mpg with it.. and as low as 24mpg loaded and pulling a utility trailer
(scales read over 6500 lbs total)... i was getting passed by loaded trucks going up the southern oregon mountains..  :-O
that trip (2800 miles), i averaged 27 mpg...
i think the odometer has zeroed out 3-4 times...
i'm on the third bench seat...and third transmission...
doesn't burn more than a cup of motor oil between changes..
cleaning up wildfire damage...
making lumber and siding out of wildfire damaged trees.

in10sity

Here is mine, don't see many of them out there anymore. 



1985 Toyota Corolla, 1.8 1C Diesel.  45 mpg.  189,000, previous owner rebuilt the engine and transmission.  Runs great and strong.

SwampDonkey

You haven't run it very much if it's still only 189,000 miles. Mom's uncle had an S10 for 20 years and never had 5000 miles on it. The car he had for 10 years and he never drove it, just the wife going for groceries. He was an old ......... he's where he belongs. :D
"No amount of belief makes something a fact." James Randi

1 Thessalonians 5:21

2020 Polaris Ranger 570 to forward firewood, Husqvarna 555 XT Pro, Stihl FS560 clearing saw and continuously thinning my ground, on the side. Grow them trees. (((o)))

tyb525

Quote from: in10sity on April 24, 2013, 07:15:47 PM
Here is mine, don't see many of them out there anymore. 



1985 Toyota Corolla, 1.8 1C Diesel.  45 mpg.  189,000, previous owner rebuilt the engine and transmission.  Runs great and strong.

Those toyota diesel's are neat. Looks like that's non-turbo? Doesn't look a lot different from a vw diesel
LT10G10, Stihl 038 Magnum, many woodworking tools. Currently a farm service applicator, trying to find time to saw!

in10sity

Non turbo on the Toyota diesel.  Not that familiar with the VW diesels, or the Toyota.  Was looking for a inexpensive high mpg car when I stumbled onto the Toyota by chance.

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