How many miles are you rocking on your car?

[Soup DeVille]

Broke the big 5K two days ago.

Time to say "bye-bye" to that factory oil yet?

[Raza]

Time to say "bye-bye" to that factory oil yet?

I had my first service (basically an oil change and a visual inspection of hoses and stuff) last Friday, so the oil was changed at 4900.

It runs Mobil 1 5W-30 (fully synthetic, obviously), and that's what the dealer put in, so I see no reason to change from it, as I'd put in Mobil 1 anyway. 

I believe my next oil change is at 10K, and then every 10K after that.  Frankly that worries me, and I'll probably keep up changing every 5K miles unless I buy 15K mile oil. 

[Soup DeVille]

Well, then you can no longer say the car is "all original."

[Raza]

Well, then you can no longer say the car is "all original."

I think I threw that away when I got a new tire for my driver side rear because it blew out on construction debris.

[Madman]

Well, then you can no longer say the car is "all original."

When I used to work at a Honda/Volvo dealership, we had a lady who kept her Honda Passport in the sort of "all original" condition you describe.  Her salesman (It wasn't me.  Honest!) told her that her first major sevice was due at 30,000 miles.  This was true.  However, in her mind, "major service" meant an oil change!  I'm sure you can guess what happened?  Yep, at 28,000 miles, in comes this lady's Honda Passport on the back of a tow truck.  She said it had quit running.  Service writer pulls up the VIN on the computer and there's no service history to be found.  The tech puts it on the lift and, sure enough, the engine is locked up tighter than Fort Knox!  It was pretty obvious the oil had NEVER been changed!  It was only after questioning the owner that we discovered she misunderstood her salesman.

I never did find out if Honda gave her a new engine ot not?


Cheers,
Madman of the People

[Soup DeVille]

I think I threw that away when I got a new tire for my driver side rear because it blew out on construction debris.

Don't tell the concourse peoples!

[Secret Chimp]

Your odometer actually rolls over?

Who the fuck had digital odos in 1997?

[Soup DeVille]

Who the fuck had digital odos in 1997?

Quite a few cars that I can think of: I think. I know my wife's '96 Grand Am did.

[Secret Chimp]

Quite a few cars that I can think of: I think. I know my wife's '96 Grand Am did.

I prefer my mechanical one. My trip odo goes zzt when I reset it.

[Soup DeVille]

I prefer my mechanical one. My trip odo goes zzt when I reset it.

Oh, I do too. I think GM went to them when they stopped using cable driven speedometers.

[dazzleman]

Who the fuck had digital odos in 1997?

My friend had a 1986 Dodge Daytona with a digital speedometer and odometer.  They've been around a while.

[Secret Chimp]

My friend had a 1986 Dodge Daytona with a digital speedometer and odometer.  They've been around a while.

Bah, US automakers were all "electricity! neon! lasers! It's the 80s! pew pew pew!"

[Soup DeVille]

Bah, US automakers were all "electricity! neon! lasers! It's the 80s! pew pew pew!"

Aston Martin Lagonda. 'nuff said.

[Laconian]

My old Camry (now being driven by a second cousin once removed) just rolled past 210k with no issues. That car is utterly devoid of excitement - both good and bad kinds.

[dazzleman]

My old Camry (now being driven by a second cousin once removed) just rolled past 210k with no issues. That car is utterly devoid of excitement - both good and bad kinds.

...and that's what has made it so popular.  It offers no surprises.  For people who don't enjoy driving, and for whom a car is a utilitarian means to get from point A to point B, that's nirvana.

As we all pretty much know by now, excitement comes at a price. 

[Eye of the Tiger]

Accent just passed 61K.

[J86]

185,8xx on the ML.

No clue what the Mazda has anymore.  I just recharged the battery, need to sell that thing.

[Madman]

Zombie thread alert!!!!! 

Anyway, the Passat just turned 100,000 miles last week.  Time to get the damn timing belt changed. 

[hotrodalex]

26,185

[Cookie Monster]

Got a bit under 69k on the Miata () and around 156k on the 4Runner.

[Byteme]

74,500 on the 07 Mazda6

103,000 on the 97 F150

104,500 on the 03 MB CLK

[dazzleman]

Almost 7,000 miles on my car.

[Laconian]

34.5k

[68_427]

Almost 78k miles

[Rupert]

Something like 150 kmiles on the Esploder and not too sure on the Porsche, but probably in the range of 110 kmiles. Alfa was 250 kmiles.

[Speed_Racer]

26,100 miles on the four-wheel Suzuki, 19,600 miles on the the two-wheel Suzuki.

[hotrodalex]

26,185

But I might end up needing a new speedo gauge soon, putting me back down to 0.

[MrH]

26k on the BRZ
72k on the Element

[CALL_911]

I have like 37.5k on the GTI. Got it in June 2011 with 5700 mi on the odometer.

[Soup DeVille]

The car i got the gauge cluster out of had 20,000 some miles on it. Probably 220,000. I'm guessing the car itself has about 70,000.