250,000!!!
Today I rolled 250,000 miles on the odometer of my beloved 4Runner!
Still running strong!
Happened just as I was pulling in to park at the office for my new apartment up in the mountains! The rest of the day was frantically stressful but by this afternoon, once I picked up the van, all was much better.
So hee haw and shoot howdy!!
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Don't give it up, 2na! New cars are all junk with plastic gears & such nonsense.
This baby is all steel including the wheel rims. No rusty holes, it does need to get painted in the spring, but as old as that paint is, it's still shiny! I sold that BMW because this vehicle has far more value both in function and if I decide to sell it for whatever reason... like when I get too old to climb in anymore. The seat is about 8inches higher than my fanny so it's a climb-in situation, glad there are handles!
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They use a heavy brine on the roads, bad for cars but with the hills and sections of road that never see the sun in winter, I'm glad they do that. Knowing that, I had "the undercoat" applied a couple months ago, protects it from dying a rapid rusty death.
Great you had it undercoated.
If able to, just plan shoppung trips ahead of time & avoid driving in salty weather.
My dad used to constantly preach this, so it was always 2nd nature to me.
I have an 05 Civic & daughter bought an 04 used.
I told her repeatedly to do the underwash every time the salt cleared off the streets.
Did she? Of course not & the 04, which I bought & gifted to gs, has some major rust underneath.
My 05 is still in great shape. 👍
And no rubber band trans or plastic gears!
to have you around as our resident crank, Harker!
I go around the DU with one objective in mind:
So, I feel like I'm on the right track here.
some great advice! I'll order a larger spoon today!
I’m at 140,000 now
really meant a lot to you, eh underpants?
At 200K. It was a good day. I didn't have anything with me to do that today and I had a 90minute driveand then another two hours doing all the stuff I had to do today, so I decided to post it here so I wasn't celebrating alone.
Mine was cream colored... and I used it to camp and hike most of Colorado's 14K peaks.
I am really happy with this unit, We've been through some things together. I bought it on 2004 with 104K on it. I know I drove about 80K on dirt.
288K is quite a milestone! Congrats! I will probably see that in a couple years too.
We’re at 280,000 and still trucking.
With a number of those older models, they might look like hell, or like they've been through hell, but they're still good running utility vehicles.
after seeing the mileage I asked "Is that 78 thousand or 178 thousand?" His reply floored me
"Oh heavens no, that's been turned over twice maybe 3 times, I put a lot of miles on this everyday!"
Doubt if Honest John's Used Car Lot would ever hire him.
Posts, that is, not miles.
Posts, that is, not miles.
Happen to me too, though I don't take pictures.
Several years ago, before covid, I had a big repair bill on that Beemer and the day after I got the estimate I received an unexpected inheritance that was exactly what the bill came to, kind of inverted from your deal but a similar thing.
I have been 'lucky' with a number of vehicles, I guess the universe doesn't want me to be without transportation!