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carringb wrote:
dodge guy wrote:
I can tell you that to keep an import on the street for 200k miles will cost quite a bit more than a domestic car!
It all depends though. Toyota and Honda cars are very "repairable". Stuff is generally serviceable. Timing belts can be done in under 8 hours usually, and many of their 4-cylinders can take as little as 3-4 hours.
OTOH - Some domestics (especially Daimler era Chyslers) builds cars that can't be easily serviced, and jobs like timing belts can exceed the value of the car when it comes due, so many owners opt instead to "drive it 'till it dies". Then there's the European makes, who combine complex jobs with expensive parts, so its not wonder you can buy a 10 your old luxury sedan for way less than a 10 year old Camry.
Very true. I know when the European cars hit 70k they start puking almost every fluid in them! Domestic cats seem to need less upkeep in the last 7-10 years. I'm seeing more failures in the imports than I used to see. Lots of oil leaks, Honda and Toyota trannies giving out at 100k miles, etc. these are the things I used to see on domestics, not anymore though!dodge guy wrote:
I can tell you that to keep an import on the street for 200k miles will cost quite a bit more than a domestic car!
I have an import that's had a pretty hard life. Over 175,000 miles in Houston's stop and go traffic daily for 9 years. That's a real test. My repair and parts bill still have yet to reach the $500 mark. It's never been back to the dealership and all original except for a few emissions components and a neutral sensor. My car didn't make the list, but it's definitely a good one. Life's changing so I may have to trade up before I hit 200,000, but I'm confident that it would make it just fine.mileshuff wrote:
FishOnOne wrote:
Yeah me too.... They had so many soot clogged turbo's they even put a quick connect on the turbo to clean out the soot to help reduce the warranty costs. Head gaskets failure's and injectors that take out the complete engine. :W
The new emissions on the 2007.5's did have a ton of trouble. I had my turbo replaced twice, heater grids and EGR cleaned numerous times. But that was all during its first 1 1/2 years. After those fixes and various TSB's, reprogramming etc. mine has been trouble free for over 7 years now.
Have not heard many with gasket and injector failures. Know several with over 400K on theirs with no issues.
Miles, fishy just likes to quote things from a sisters, cousins, nephews, neighbors, pet groomers, hairstylists, husband who never maintained a thing in their life!- Only 400K on this one, looks like it's ready to fall apart at any time!
This one is a real POS also with only 345K.
Also a 99 Tahoe with 245K. mich800 wrote:
Me Again wrote:
http://www.cumminshighmileageclub.com/truck/search
Chris
What's the point? It's already been established in this thread it just takes cash. Mileage is not a barometer for reliability. :B
In addition you would expect the ram mafia to post information relating to the 6.7 cummins. I wonder how much it costs to perform a delete?Me Again wrote:
http://www.cumminshighmileageclub.com/truck/search
Chris
What's the point? It's already been established in this thread it just takes cash. Mileage is not a barometer for reliability. :Bdodge guy wrote:
I can tell you that to keep an import on the street for 200k miles will cost quite a bit more than a domestic car!
It all depends though. Toyota and Honda cars are very "repairable". Stuff is generally serviceable. Timing belts can be done in under 8 hours usually, and many of their 4-cylinders can take as little as 3-4 hours.
OTOH - Some domestics (especially Daimler era Chyslers) builds cars that can't be easily serviced, and jobs like timing belts can exceed the value of the car when it comes due, so many owners opt instead to "drive it 'till it dies". Then there's the European makes, who combine complex jobs with expensive parts, so its not wonder you can buy a 10 your old luxury sedan for way less than a 10 year old Camry.mileshuff wrote:
atreis wrote:
I'll stick with Consumer Reports. They actually ask people about repairs, not just whether or not they're happy enough with the car to keep sinking money into it.
CR is VERY biased. Often they rate one brand high and another that is the same vehicle just re-badged very very low for reasons that have nothing to do with the differences. CR lost me as a fan with their very flawed biased testing of the Suzuki Samurai and Isuzu Trooper. Tests done only on those vehicles and not on others in the same category. Tests modified repeatedly until these two failed. No thanks.
X2 on not being a CR fan. They rated the Toyota Matrix higher than the Pontiac Vibe. How could that be? Identical cars save for the badging. They lost me back in the '80s when they bashed Corvettes for not having enough cargo space and trucks for riding like, well, trucks. The rigged child car seat tests a few years back shows that they are still up to their usual shenanigans.
The reality is that today they are few truly "bad" vehicles you can buy. And every one of them will easily go well over 200k with regular maintenance and keeping up with repairs as they are needed.- My 2006 service truck finally passed the 200,000 mark. It only took a couple major engine tare downs and then a new long block to get it there. It's not hard to get them there now days just depends on how much money you want to spend to get it there.
