buddyIam wrote:
Fordlover
A engine is just broke in at a hundred thousand miles these days. My f150 current engine is at over 150 thousand, burns no oil and runs 45 lbs of oil pressure. The Kia is at 120 thousand runs the same way just turned 10 years old and and not a squeak out of it.
If you want 200,000 miles out of a NA engine it is easy to do.
The 200,000 mile mark is the new bar that has been set.
Yes injector and carburetors can cause problems before then but there is a lot of additional things on the turbo engine. All those additional things are what bother me.
My two barrel carb on the f150 has a accelerator pump that has been changed but it has never been opened.
I do love simplicity. I don't even have electric windows on either car. I don't know if you can even buy them that way any more.
I'll say it in a better way.
The 3.5 intercooler had problems on a lot of trucks in areas where there was a lot precipitation.
Sometimes I wonder what My f150 would look like with 45 grand invested in it. I already know it is reliable. Haha
My father just retired his 2000 Mercury Cougar, due to an auto accident. It has right at 200K miles on it, still with the original clutch and engine. But most people buying new cars aren't concerned with the viability of their car at 200K. I know we weren't when we bought the Edge, I have no intentions of my wife driving it too much past 120K. Somebody else can grow old with it.
I bought my 2002 explorer brand new, it has typically been a third vehicle and is at 90K miles. I expect we will replace it before it's at 120K, or about another 3-4 years. Around these parts, seeing a car more than 18 years old (unless it's a restored classic) is VERY rare. I think most vehicles older than that end up in Mexico.
