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Sedans Toyota Corolla Who plans on keeping their Corolla for 200K+ miles?
156 messages, Last post on Jun 25, 2009 at 4:17 PM
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Replying to: duster497 (Sep 03, 2006 11:01 am) I love it! I am debating just putting a new engine, struts and clutch in in the coming months.
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Replying to: brazilusa (Oct 01, 2008 7:03 am) |
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My '99 with 160K miles has just started to need some maintenance this year, besides just the usual fluids and filter changes. Both electric cooling fans (on the radiator) needed to be replaced back in May ($400), I just had to put a new set of tires on a couple of weeks ago, and now I have to replace the front stablizer bar links as they're making a clunking sound when I ecounter bumps in the road. This is only going to cost me about $110 for parts and labor. The car is still costing me way less than I'd be paying if I were making car payments and it's still very reliable. The engine uses no more than 1/2 qt of oil between 6K mile changes which is excellent. I see this car easily sailing past 200K, and 300K is not out of the question. I guess I'll find out.
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Replying to: bottgers (Oct 01, 2008 11:55 am) Uses little to no oil, and I have just changed the coolant, PS fluid, brake fluid (ABS brakes), plugs, air filter, PCV, cleaned throttle body, and replaced thermostat (just because it is old, was not causing any problems). Nothing ever done that was not routine, except I had to replace the blower motor at around 70k miles - cost me $50 and about a half hour of my time. Good to hear yours is doing well also! |
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| Mine is a 5 speed manual, but if you have an auto, have you been getting the tranny flushed? This will greatly prolong the life of your tranny. Don't confuse flushing with draining because it's not the same thing. Draining only replaces about 1/3 to 1/2 of your tranny's fluid (the rest stays in your torque converter and can't be drained), while having it flushed replaces ALL the fluid. This should be done every 30K miles. | |
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Replying to: bottgers (Oct 02, 2008 7:54 am)
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Replying to: mcdawgg (Oct 02, 2008 8:03 am)
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Replying to: bottgers (Oct 02, 2008 10:24 am) The alloys still look good, as does the rest of the car - waxing 3x per year and washing at least 2x per month, or more if it gets road salt on it. |
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Replying to: bottgers (Oct 02, 2008 7:54 am)
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Replying to: terceltom (Oct 02, 2008 8:59 pm) |
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