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Just curious what you folks have for mileage. I drive mine. 224,000 kilometers on the odometer. She's an 87' that I've had it since 1997 and it's been wonderful. Original engine which has of course been rebuilt and modded. The rebuild was at 145,000 kilometers back in 98, nothing wrong with it, just wanted to refresh it. This year I did aluminum heads and cam. Swapped the 700R4 to a T5 back in 2015. Interior redone in 2016. It's just a fun car to drive. Post a pic as well!
123,295 miles last time I filled the tank. A little over 2,000 of those miles were done by me. I haven't done anything to it in over a year except change the oil and check the tire pressure.
Back tires seem to be wearing out really fast, can't figure out why. 5.7 car problems I guess.
23.000 mls on my 88 GTA
53.000 mls on my 92 TA
??? mls on my 85 Iron Duke... it has a 5 digit odometer and only god knows how much it really has... it shows 25.000 mls but I bet it is minimum 125.000 mls.
23.000 mls on my 88 GTA
53.000 mls on my 92 TA
??? mls on my 85 Iron Duke... it has a 5 digit odometer and only god knows how much it really has... it shows 25.000 mls but I bet it is minimum 125.000 mls.
I see you're in Germany. Have you had any of them on the Autobahn?
156,000 inaccurate miles on the body. I was too lazy to get the right speedo gear for a little while when I was younger. the drivetrain is all brand new and I'll never sell the car so it doesn't really matter to me
That must be amazing. To be able to let loose and not worry about it. I don't think our cars are actually on the road anymore past 110 lol.
It is, but when you live here, you get used to it. Driving about 100-140 mph is absolutely normal when there is not much traffic. I love to drive an night when the autobahn is empty... I can let go and just put the pedal to the floor in my daily BMW. The highest I ever drove in my 88 was 120 mph and in my 92 it was about 110 mph... These cars are not made to go very fast on our crappy german roads.
34k
83 z28 cfi vert. Family owned. Just got her a month or so ago from my dad. Hasn't started for 20 years. Fluid changes, tune ups, and she fired up a week later.
My car isn't (wasn't, actually) nearly as nice as the ones posted here so far, but the numbers are interesting and might build confidence for DRIVING 'em.
I used my car for everything, DD to skool, college, work....road trips across country, (once drove from Mass to Telluride CO for a ski trip, 3 guys, skis, gear etc, and back -drove over Monarch pass in a blizzard!). Drove year around, towed an 18' boat with it regularly, drag tracked it at Epping many-a-time. It was very well used. I sold that car to a best friend right at 200,000 miles. Original engine, 700r4. Rear had given up at about 190k. He and his girl drove that car until it had 245,000 miles and then sold it to an acquaintance. That person drove it to an unknown number of miles and it blew a head gasket. That was the last I heard of that car. 245,000 miles on the original LG4 and 700R4. All I did to "deserve" that good service was change fluids and filters.
Current car is a '92 'Vette, I drive the wee out of that thing too. It's at ~212,000 right now? Fantastic cars, all of 'em, if you do PM's on them.
Let's see.
I purchased my 2nd 3rd gen, an 86 IROC, with 288,00 km/173,000 miles on the clock.
I modified it and raced for about 6 or 7 years and sent it off to the boneyard with 440,000 km / 265,000 miles on it. The sheet metal and interior was about all that wasn't replaced along the way. Total mileage accumulated was 152,000 km/ 92,000 miles.
The next model to stick around other than the parts cars and one for my college aged daughter's Camaro commuter was an 86 Coupe. This was bought as a roller and basically everything aside from the shiny painted parts were replaced.
I reset the odometer on that one (figuratively) and after 14 years, the last 4 or 5 being essentially parked, it has 67,000 km / 40,000 miles.
That includes: 3 or 4 different engines and/or engine revisions. two or three transmissions, the same number of torque converters, new rear axle, all the brakes and suspension points, several sets of tires, two sets of slicks.
The only piece to carry over from day one would be the intake manifold. It's been in play for 178,000 km / 107,000 miles.
10-26-2023, 12:30 PM
