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Almost any car can go 200,000 miles these days and exceptions (Hyundai/Kia engines, Nissan transmissions) are well known and excoriated. Pre OBD2 cars just did

Almost any car can go 200,000 miles these days and exceptions (Hyundai/Kia engines, Nissan transmissions) are well known and excoriated. Pre OBD2 cars just didn’t do that. 100k was a significant milestone for the life of the car. Today, it’s a preventative maintenance milestone. Shitty plastic parts aren’t a feature of modern cars, just lousy companies. I had a 1991 Dodge Spirit in college and high school that had a little plastic part in the distributor that broke when it got hot. When it did, the car would just stop if you hit a puddle or turned right quickly. It did so enough that I kept two spares in the trunk. One time the car died on the ramp from the GW Bridge to the West Side Drive. I just stopped on the ramp and fixed it, pissing off hundreds of people in the process.

NullPrefix 2y ago
>Almost any car can go 200,000 miles these days and exceptions Doubt that >Pre OBD2 cars just didn’t do that In Eastern Europe, if the car has 200k-300k km on the odomoter, it only means one thing - the odometer is turned back. Pre OBD2 doing 500k and up is pretty normal here. >little plastic part in the distributor Distributor was always plastic, afaik. I'm talking about plastic water pumps on the new BMWs
- WrongAssumption 2y ago
  "How Many Miles Does a Car Last? The Bureau of Transportation indicates that the average age across the board for vehicles still on the road is just over 11 years according to Autotrader, and the average may be approaching 12 years. Standard cars in this day and age are expected to keep running up to 200,000 miles, while cars with electric engines are expected to last for up to 300,000 miles." https://www.caranddriver.com/research/a32758625/how-many-miles-does-a-car-last/# https://www.caranddriver.com/research/a32758625/how-many-mil...
- kube-system 2y ago
  Old BMWs have plastic water pumps. That’s hardly something new.
shermantanktop 2y ago
Great story. The GW bridge is one of the most stressful driving-in-city-you-don’t-know-well experiences I’ve ever had. We were literally shouting at google maps as it blithely delivered nonsense while we were surrounded by cars who wanted very much not to let us change lanes.

NullPrefix 2y ago

>Almost any car can go 200,000 miles these days and exceptions Doubt that >Pre OBD2 cars just didn’t do that In Eastern Europe, if the car has 200k-300k km on the odomoter, it only means one thing - the odometer is turned back. Pre OBD2 doing 500k and up is pretty normal here. >little plastic part in the distributor Distributor was always plastic, afaik. I'm talking about plastic water pumps on the new BMWs

WrongAssumption 2y ago
"How Many Miles Does a Car Last? The Bureau of Transportation indicates that the average age across the board for vehicles still on the road is just over 11 years according to Autotrader, and the average may be approaching 12 years. Standard cars in this day and age are expected to keep running up to 200,000 miles, while cars with electric engines are expected to last for up to 300,000 miles." https://www.caranddriver.com/research/a32758625/how-many-miles-does-a-car-last/# https://www.caranddriver.com/research/a32758625/how-many-mil...
kube-system 2y ago
Old BMWs have plastic water pumps. That’s hardly something new.

shermantanktop 2y ago

Great story. The GW bridge is one of the most stressful driving-in-city-you-don’t-know-well experiences I’ve ever had. We were literally shouting at google maps as it blithely delivered nonsense while we were surrounded by cars who wanted very much not to let us change lanes.