• Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world
    3·
    7 hours ago

    194k miles, but I got nothing on this guy with 3,260,257 miles:

    https://www.jalopnik.com/2094783/highest-mileage-car-ever-volvo-p1800/

    My current car is under 15k. I got it new in 2020 because I thought I would have to commute forever. Fate smiled on me and now I walk or take public transportation most places. It’s weird having something that’s been essential my whole life become more of a cost than a benefit. It would have bene way cheaper to use a mixture of rental cars and ride shares if I could have seen the future. As it is, it’s paid off, fuel efficient, and cheap to maintain. I’ll keep it, but it’s probably my last car.

  • Fondots@lemmy.world
    2·
    7 hours ago

    I’ve never owned a car personally with less than about 150,000 miles on it

    My parents did get a brand new Kia sportage during cash for clunkers so pretty close to 0 miles on it

    After that, the runner up is my dad’s truck. It’s a '93 forD ranger, and it just hit 100k within the last year (I’m proud to say I was driving when it happened)

    He’s the third owner, my grandfather had it until he lost his license and he basically never went anywhere, and I have no idea who had it before him.

    For a lot of the time after that my dad also worked less than a mile from home and other than that my mom does most of their driving. They also had 3 cars for much of that time so that further cut into how much use the truck got.

    Edit: did a dumb, read this as lowest for some reason

    I’m currently somewhere around 220,000 on my '07 4runner, and I believe that’s about the highest I’ve had.

  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    8 hours ago

    Milage wise? 120k miles, plus a little. But it was also 15 years old, so that ain’t too bad

    Bought it new, drove it until the wheels figuratively fell off lol

  • OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml
    2·
    8 hours ago

    Somewhere around 230k or so. It ran so good and everything worked so nicely that I’ve owned cars with 70 and 80k miles that had far more problems. With maintenance most cars can last and maintenance is one of the if not the number one cause of failure.

    It’s all about keeping it simple. No heated and cooled seats and heated steering wheels. Have a basic model car nothing top of the line. It’ll last.