I am really surprised how many have over 125,000 to even 250,000!!! I guess I’m stuck in the 60s or 70s in those days you would hardly ever go over 100,000 miles, the odometers were not even calibrated to six digits. Are cars that much better in the past 20 years?
Move to Chicago. I go to work every weekday and we go all over the place on weekends, all without driving. I buy probably one tank of gas a month.
I’m lucky if I can stretch a tank to last a week.
It’s a trade-off, though. I live out in the boonies and couldn’t live anywhere else so I have to suffer with the disadvantages that go along with that.
Most of my driving has to do with my kid: dental/doctor/eye appointments and church activities (for him…not me) during the summer; cross country, pep band, and more church during the school months. Once he’s out on his own (three years), I figure I can do all my own crap in one trip a week, maybe every other week.
I remember those days, too. I don’t remember cars lasting very long. I know my first car (1964 Rambler) sure didn’t. 
Yeah, they are. I grew up in the late 70’s and the 80’s, and when I was driving age, bought cars from that era. They really were junk if they lived to 100,000 miles. I fully expect to get at least 200,000 out of both of my cars with very little repairs, assuming I don’t retire them in favor of something else. My “top of the line” 2001 Lincoln has fewer bells and whistles than a base-model Fiesta! And although I love my older Expedition, the 2009 (not 2010 as I mentioned above, it turns out) that I’m using is by far the best vehicle in any class that I have ever driven in my life. So the question becomes, keep what I have until they’re in the ground, or get a new Fiesta or Expedition?
1997 Saturn SL2, I just hit 122,000 miles. I bought it in either late '99 or early '00 and it had about 45,000 at that point.
I’m surprised I haven’t put more on it, really, but since moving here especially, I don’t need to go very far except for the rare trip to a big town or an actual city.
240,000 on a 99 Saab.
Pah, shouldn’t even mention that pitiful number… that’s like 10 miles in normal car scale. Those things can do a million miles, literally.
2008 Hyundai Elantra; 29,000. My previous car was a 2002 Elantra that I got rid of at 106,000.
Cool - my '92 (above) has plenty of life left in it then. Do you have a clutch and how long did it last? I expect mine to go any time now.
2000 VW Jetta, purchased new in April 2000 – 57k
2007 Audi A6, purchased new in June 2007 – I think around 26k, but I’m too lazy to go look
I’m starting to think about replacing the Jetta, not for miles (obviously) or age but for boredom (but it’s been a great car – no serious issues whatsoever).
88 Chevy Blazer, 220K miles (about 100K miles on its second engine).
1998 Mazda Protege with almost 112,000 miles. I’ve been using it since about mile 70,000 or so. The last couple years I’ve only been driving about 4000m a year. I plan to keep this car until it either falls apart or I move somewhere where I need AC or more power going up hills. It can be pretty sluggish.
My 79 Impala got around 250,000 miles, and the aforementioned 84 Olds got nearly 400,000, and most folks I knew driving big steel from the late 1970s and early 1980s have little trouble keeping their cars going. Parts are sturdy, cheap, and relatively easy to install; I did have to repair both cars quite often, but it never cost much nor took much time. I had worse luck with late 80s/early 90s models; an 89 Ford Probe, a 92 Chevy Cavalier, and some early-90s Mercury Sable all died around 60,000 miles.
My Kia is the most trouble-free car I’ve ever had; it’s 10 years old and still hasn’t needed major repairs.
Purchased with ~48,000 last summer. Currently has ~60,000 miles on it.
One car has 151K+. The odometer stopped at that. So it doesn’t age.
The other car has 92K.
Both are Saturns – 1993 and 1999.
1994 Chevy Blazer. Purchased new from the showroom.
It came with - get this - a keychain-button-thingy what unlocks the doors remotely! Whoa!
251,848 this morning, running strong.
2008 Mazdaspeed3 has 38,000 on it
1995 F-150 has 125,000 on it
2001 Isuzu Rodeo (My wife was pregnant and really wanted this one, OK?) has 126,000 miles on it.
2008 Nissan Versa: 40k miles.
Wow, this is embarrassing. My car has so few miles on it, the service people always ask me if I’ve replaced the odometer.
Honda Civic, bought new 2000 - currently at about 118K miles.
Not bad considering that 36K of that was driven in the first year.