Not bad for 11 years and 240,000 miles.
Still running the factory brakes. New fuel pump at 180,000. Miscellaneous items and regular maintenance. Doesn't use a drop of oil between oil changes and that's carrying the 4000 ...
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specta wrote:ktmrfs wrote:
Our 2004 duramax went to our son with 115K miles on it. It's now up to 260K miles, still on the original brake pads, still only uses 1qt of oil between changes, 7500 miles or so, a few maintenance repairs, but that's about it. Vehicles have gone a long way since the 60's when one was lucky to hit 100K before it was off to the junkyard.
I have a 1976 Ford and thank Heaven they don't build them like they used to.
Although I do love the truck. ;)
Totally agree. I had an 84 Chevy, 4X4, 3500 SRW with a 6.2L diesel. I put 250K on that pickup. Some years ago I contemplated buying one again, and put in a Duramax and Ali transmission. You know one of those projects that you put way more into than you could ever hope to get out of it. The Chevy dealer called me one day and said they just got an 85 3500 SRW gas truck in. The truck was in great shape, fully loaded Silverado. I test drove it 30 miles and brought it back. That cured my itch, it reminded me of driving a grain truck. So yeah, thankfully they don't build em like they used to.
