The Car Mileage Thread

[Snyder81]

Originally Posted by 2dfx

Ya but I thought women aren't supposed to get used!

My '90 Sedan Deville has 143,000+ miles and it still runs strong. The interior is getting a little tired though...

[elwesso]

Thats good....... How many miles do you yhink you will take her to??

[Snyder81]

Originally Posted by elwesso

Thats good....... How many miles do you yhink you will take her to??

At this point she is mostly a highway commuter, ~40 miles/day. I would bet the car will last another 50,000 or so with some TLC before the tranny goes. At this point the engine runs like it will last forever.

On a side note, I went to college with a guy last year who drove an '85 Fleetwood with 315,000 ORIGINAL miles on it. It was still running strong!

[elwesso]

Origional engine and tranny???

If you are concerned about your trannys life, get the fluid flushed (at the first sign of slipping/something not right) and the filter changed..... That can really extend their life....

[elwesso]

The thing I LOVE to see most is a really high mileage car that runs good, and is almost perfect cosmetically!!!!!

[CaDiLlAc PiMpIn]

I have a 1994 fleetwood brougham with 185,000 mi i just had a used engine put in that has 60k on it. lt1's are usually indestructible but I had a bad fuel pump and it starved the engine for fuel and wore the crank gournals out it would probably still be truckin right now

[Katshot]

Originally Posted by CaDiLlAc PiMpIn

I have a 1994 fleetwood brougham with 185,000 mi i just had a used engine put in that has 60k on it. lt1's are usually indestructible but I had a bad fuel pump and it starved the engine for fuel and wore the crank gournals out it would probably still be truckin right now

A bad fuel pump starved the engine for fuel and wore the crank journals out???????
You sure you're not talking about an OILpump?

[elwesso]

Come on, close ENOUGH !!

[Devil_concours]

I'm nearing 110k. W/ new engine at 100k, and newly rebuilt transmission at 106k.
I'm thinking of selling the car and get something more exciting to drive (i'm still pretty young to be driving a cadillac)

[SoundAdvantage]

My 87' Sedan Deville has 144K+ on the original engine and tranny and still runs strong. I think because it was a "womans car" that was LADY Driven for most of it's life > and a one owner that was very well maintained, has preserved the longevity of the Ht4100 under the hood.

[CaDiLlAc PiMpIn]

Belive it or not it was the fuel pump not the OIL pump the only reason why I could not of pervented it from happening is beacuse the light on the dash wouldnt light up beacuse of a bad sensor on the left bank

[thu]

I have 248k miles on my '93 DeVille. Looks great in side and out and it runs great. Recently, I have been having some problems with surging/stumble that I can't figure out, though. Sometimes I can't go faster than 20 mph up hills when the car's been running for about 1/2 hr or more.

Cheers,
T

[blkchrry92dvl]

Originally Posted by thu

I have 248k miles on my '93 DeVille. Looks great in side and out and it runs great. Recently, I have been having some problems with surging/stumble that I can't figure out, though. Sometimes I can't go faster than 20 mph up hills when the car's been running for about 1/2 hr or more.

Cheers,
T

Just passed 140k mi this morning on my '92 deville (original engine & trans). Had a new paint job about 4yrs ago, so it looks nice outside and fairly good inside and people are shocked when I tell them the car's worth so little. Funny, I also have this sputtering/stumbling problem with my engine, but only with more than half-throttle and when hot outside ( > 85deg F) or have been driving for many hours on the freeway. Otherwise, it still runs strong and hopefully will last another 100k mi...

[thu]

Yeah, that describes my problem, too. It has to be warm outside. If it's colder, like 65*F, then it doesn't happen. A fella on another Caddy board said he had to replace the pickup screen in the tank and the fuel pump.

T

[70coupedeville]

'70 Coupe De Ville = 43,500 original

'99 Fleetwood = 33,000 and growing (daily driver)