100,000 mile club

[captainm27]

Add me to the list! At the dealership, they replaced my spark plugs at the 100K service. So far the only major mechanical thing to go bad on the car was the water pump, but even then it was still working fine, just leaking. Was taken care of during the warranty period.

[twowheels]

I'm a bit late to this old, but recently revived thread.

2009 three door, base model (cruise control the only option), manual transmission, completely stock. Original owner.

111,000 and zero repairs. Tires, filters, oil, spark plugs once, wipers, two lost hubcaps, one headlight. Original brakes and clutch.

I did get a recall letter saying that they need to fix the seat rail springs, but mine is not showing the symptoms. I will get that fixed once they have the parts.

I'd say that this is been extremely reliable car, a great purchase.

Edit: oh, and accessory belts at the hundred thousand mile service.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[roxy1]

couldn't the title of this thread be changed....

...say to the 200,000 mile club. something of an accomplishment. Hondas/Toyotas at 100,000....no big deal, right? I considered it an accomplishment when my 1984 chevy citation hit 100k. that was a rare event. I expect most Toyotas and Hondas to hit 200,000 without to much owner costs incurred.

echo/yaris at 100,000. that's as common as an intern who got nailed by david letterman.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by roxy1

echo/yaris at 100,000. that's as common as an intern who got nailed by david letterman.

[yougojay]

Originally Posted by roxy1

I considered it an accomplishment when my 1984 chevy citation hit 100k. that was a rare event.

Wow, cool...memories! Drove MANY a Citation (& Citation II) They had their share of problems, but all the ones I drove were brand new or close to it.
Those 1985 X-11's with the 2.8 multi-port fuel injection V6's were good for about 130 HP - Gotta love Chevy doing a hot rod version of every model back in the day. I wonder what they would have put under the hood if they produced a Chevette SS

[roxy1]

Originally Posted by yougojay

Wow, cool...memories! Drove MANY a Citation (& Citation II) They had their share of problems, but all the ones I drove were brand new or close to it.
Those 1985 X-11's with the 2.8 multi-port fuel injection V6's were good for about 130 HP - Gotta love Chevy doing a hot rod version of every model back in the day. I wonder what they would have put under the hood if they produced a Chevette SS

the non x-11 v6 was the first car I drove once I got my license. my parents also had a matching 4 speed manual citation. by 80,000 miles, just about every interior knob/switch was either falling off or ill fitting. interior panels were getting more and more misaligned. the engine was using so much oil that it had to be checked every 200 miles.

I give chevy credit...they were consistent, as our 4 speed manual had the exact same problems. they were both nursed to a little over 100,000 miles, then bought by a salvage yard.

those citations were what drove my dad to Toyota.

my college car was a 1973 chevy Malibu given to me by my grandmother. that was a big, solid car. but again, the engine was shot by 125,000 miles.

first car I bought myself was a 1989 civic hatch. drove it 210,000 miles with little trouble and never looked at a domestic make for 3 decades.

all cars are decently reliable these days, so I will look at pretty much any make.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by yougojay

Chevette SS

For some reason this prompted me to think about one of the videos that Chevy dealers put in these huge, cumbersome video machines with screens in the early 70s. The one video I remember showed a VW Bug going around a corner on a forested mountain road. The Bug rolled over and off the road...out of sight. The video then showed a Vega executing the same corner with no problem at all. This was a promotional video for the Vega.....illustrating stability. Straightforward enough for a naive late tweener/early teenager to figure out.

[roxy1]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

For some reason this prompted me to think about one of the videos that Chevy dealers put in these huge, cumbersome video machines with screens in the early 70s. The one video I remember showed a VW Bug going around a corner on a forested mountain road. The Bug rolled over and off the road...out of sight. The video then showed a Vega executing the same corner with no problem at all. This was a promotional video for the Vega.....illustrating stability. Straightforward enough for a naive late tweener/early teenager to figure out.

well that does it....im going to pick this up. those blemishes will buff right out.

http://www.fossilcars.com/chevrolet/vega/576140

[Flipper_1938]

My 2010 sedan hit 100,000 miles last week

[UberSilver]

Me too. but mines an 08.

[twowheels]

I may have jinxed myself by posting here. Two safety recall letters in a week!!!


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by twowheels

I may have jinxed myself by posting here. Two safety recall letters in a week!!!


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Most of us have also recently received two recall letters .

[bad]

103K

[mryaris]

I have been informed that my 2010 hatchback just turned 100K miles! I bought it new in November 2009 to replace my 2009 Yaris hatchback that I rolled on my way to Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

The reason I was "informed" of this milestone is I essentially gave it to my dad about 3 years ago and he has been using it as his commuter car ever since.

In 100K miles all I/we have done to it is: keep the gas tank full, change the oil every 5K miles, changed out the trans oil once (about to do it again), changed the tires once and changed the wiper blades a few times. Oh yeah....we just installed a new windshield a couple of months ago.

Without a doubt, it has been the most reliable car I have ever owned. I plan on taking control of it again when dad retires next year....can't wait! :)

See you guys at 200K!!

[mryaris]

Originally Posted by mryaris

I have been informed that my 2010 hatchback just turned 100K miles! I bought it new in November 2009 to replace my 2009 Yaris hatchback that I rolled on my way to Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

The reason I was "informed" of this milestone is I essentially gave it to my dad about 3 years ago and he has been using it as his commuter car ever since.

In 100K miles all I/we have done to it is: keep the gas tank full, change the oil every 5K miles, changed out the trans oil once (about to do it again), changed the tires once and changed the wiper blades a few times. Oh yeah....we just installed a new windshield a couple of months ago.

Without a doubt, it has been the most reliable car I have ever owned. I plan on taking control of it again when dad retires next year....can't wait! :)

See you guys at 200K!!

So here I am checking in at 200K miles! This quote is from July 2014 and I still haven't done much to this car....just basic maintenance. It still has the original brakes! I am about to re-do the pads, rotors, drums & shoes, although I think I can go another 25K miles on the originals. Aside from spark plugs and a coolant flush & fill, the engine is 100% original (including the water pump & alternator!). Runs like a champ!


The worst thing about my car is the clear coat has completely failed on the roof, upper doors, hatch & rear quarter panels. That and a decade worth of door dings, parking lot mishaps and the occasional racoon strike. Mechanically it runs as well as it did when I bought her 10+ years ago.

I went several years without driving it much...about 5 years of to & from the airport (40 miles/week). Now I'm doing 900 miles a week, so 300K miles shouldn't take nearly as long as 100K or 200K did.

See you then.

[mark293]

^^^^This. No excuse for such poor quality paint in an otherwise indestructible car.

[trunkout]

Just turned 100k. Nothing but tires and synthetic oil. Runs perfect.

[Kar98]

113K and change. Bought it at 88K.