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Old 09-16-2009, 08:59 PM
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Unhappy Car just hit 100K

I know its not much to some but when i saw it click over i felt a little sadness. On the bright side for a 2000 i figure its not too bad for a DD and it runs like a champ. JW how others felt when theirs hit the big 100?
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Thing is new,son.... The LS1 can take that and more. Just have a good maintenance routine and you have a car for 20+ more years.
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. . . whiner. . . my 01' just hit 130K. . . . When mine hit 100K, literally to the block, I switched from regular to Amsoil. So far, so good
Old 09-16-2009, 09:08 PM
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*Waiting for MEZA TA to post up his miles!*
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sweet, yeah the only thing ive had to replace is starter and a window motor so its all good oh and yeah ive taken motors apart and you can def tell the diff between those who have used synthetic (well its not optional for ls1) and motors that ran on conventional so im sure the insides are still good
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You run synthetic oil?
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im fixin to roll over 150000 still runnin like a champ tho
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meza ta is about to hit 500,000
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I just crossed over 140K, too, and it's "GOING STRONG!"
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i hit 58000 yesterday
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I know how all you feel mine just went over 35000.
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man im at 63k now but i bought it last november at 46k and i hate myself for all that mileage so far
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Originally Posted by JeaneZ28
I know how all you feel mine just went over 35000.
....lol

i have driven mine ZERO miles in 2 years... that's bout to change here very shortly tho
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I just hit 145k last week...

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Yea mine is going up real fast, because of driving to school everyday.
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i feel bad for you. im about to hit 40k and it pisses me off just thinking about it. haha. i think my car still has the original battery from 2000. just put my stall in today, today was a big day for me too lol.
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i just hit 112k. still going strong i just need to buy new floor mats. my g/f just hit 60k miles on her t/a she was sad, but the more miles it has the happier it makes me that ive owned it that long
Old 09-17-2009, 01:28 AM
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lol i should hit 35 in the next few months
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i just clicked over 100k on my car but i bought it with 96k on it and I've always owned cars with over 100k miles on them I use to always use synthetic motor oils but these days after really breaking down and working on motors myself honestly i haven't seen much of a major difference. it all is in how you maintained the vehicle i switched over to a 10w40 mix and the motor responded WAYYYY better to that the synthetic motor oil the previous owner had in it. i usually change my motor oil every 2k miles though because i rarely drive the cars. honda daily ftw!
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10w40 castrol gtx ftw!



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