# How many miles does your car have on it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 31, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-does-your-car-have-on-it/165466 "2003-03-31T16:10:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jeel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71e660/32.png) [@jeel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeel)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-does-your-car-have-on-it/165466/1 "2003-03-31T16:10:23Z")
I know this is not too impressive, but my 1990 Acura Integra has 141654 miles on it as of today…I hope I can get another 110k! So what kind of car do you have and how many miles? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-does-your-car-have-on-it/165466/2 "2003-03-31T16:12:39Z")
85 Chevy S-10. 215,000 and counting. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-does-your-car-have-on-it/165466/3 "2003-03-31T16:14:54Z")
1995 Nissan Sentra which I have owned for two years now, approximately 74,000 miles on it. It had 63,000 miles when I bought it. ---
**Author:** ![IDemandBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a88e57/32.png) [@IDemandBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IDemandBeer)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-does-your-car-have-on-it/165466/4 "2003-03-31T16:19:03Z")
83 Mazda RX7, 96k miles…not too bad. 🙂 –IDB ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-does-your-car-have-on-it/165466/5 "2003-03-31T16:20:11Z")
1994 Suzuki Swift GT (6901 miles on it when I bought it in 1996). 111,600 (or around there anyway). So (cause I want to know), about 14957 miles/year. ---
**Author:** ![evilskippy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@evilskippy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilskippy)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-does-your-car-have-on-it/165466/6 "2003-03-31T16:31:04Z")
I just got rid of a 92 Jeep Cherokee with 126000 miles on it and replaced it with a 03 Chevy Trialblazer that currently has 1200 (had 9 miles on it when I bought it and that included the test drive my wife and I took it on). This is the first new car I have bought myself. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-does-your-car-have-on-it/165466/7 "2003-03-31T16:46:45Z")
'97 Ford Aerostar with 120,5xx.x Last time I had it in for service, I asked the service guy how long I could reasonably expect it to last - he said to 200K easily, but I should start changing my oil every 3K vice every 5K. Since it’s paid for and since they don’t make Aerostars any longer, I’m going to do what I can to keep it as long as I can. I figure when repairs start topping what a car payment would be, that’ll be the time to let go. Or if I win the lottery… either way. ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-does-your-car-have-on-it/165466/8 "2003-03-31T16:48:01Z")
'95 Toyota Tercel, almost 93k ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-does-your-car-have-on-it/165466/9 "2003-03-31T16:48:46Z")
2003 Chevy Avalanche - 6,500 miles 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jweb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@jweb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jweb)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-does-your-car-have-on-it/165466/10 "2003-03-31T16:49:53Z")
My current car ('97 Buick LeSabre), just hit the 70k mark last weekend. My previous car ('82 Oldsmobile Delta 88) had 192k on it when I got rid of it. It still ran great, just needed about $400 worth of repairs, and I couldn’t justify spending $400 to fix a $300 car. So I traded it to my farmer uncle for a quarter of beef, he fixed up the car, and AFAIK still drives it to this day. ---
**Author:** ![Kat\_Lady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Kat\_Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat_Lady)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-does-your-car-have-on-it/165466/11 "2003-03-31T17:14:53Z")
The b/f’s car, a '88 Sunbird just crossed 200k about a month ago. He drove it off the showroom floor in '88. It has started to have a couple problems here lately, mainly hoses and stuff like that, but we are planning on keeping it, probably until it dies, and then he wants to have a memorial service for it. The other vechicle is a '86 Trooper with well over 200k on it, not sure since the odometer wasn’t working for a couple years while it made a trip to Mexico and a couple cross country trips. But alas it is currently in the shop getting a new engine. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-does-your-car-have-on-it/165466/12 "2003-03-31T17:17:21Z")
2003 Honda Civic–938 miles. ---
**Author:** ![Madame\_Zelda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Madame\_Zelda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madame_Zelda)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-does-your-car-have-on-it/165466/13 "2003-03-31T17:21:33Z")
'87 Jeep Cherokee with 237,897 miles on it. His name, BTW, is Wild Bill Hiccup - does this fancy little herky-jerky dance if you try to push him up to the speed limit too rapidly.