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Old Feb 28, 2008 | 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by fastSS_LS1
100k miles and you still have a lot more to go!




damn 187k is a lot of miles!
as long as it runs fine and doesn't have any problems then thats all that matters.
Yeah and its still got 175-180lbs of compression on all cylinders and doesnt use a drop of oil. Its more solid than my 98 z28 that only had 65,000 miles on it.
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Old Feb 28, 2008 | 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by redt/a2000
Yeah and its still got 175-180lbs of compression on all cylinders and doesnt use a drop of oil. Its more solid than my 98 z28 that only had 65,000 miles on it.
I guess its all about how its been taken care of. Mine Trans Am has been given everything it could possibly need and then some. It has as long as I've had it anyway. I've owned it since 76000 miles. I'm pretty sure the previous owner did a nice big burnout right before he traded it in because it had two brand new tires on it when I bought it. Oh well. It doesnt have any problems, and I take care of it.
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Old Feb 28, 2008 | 02:58 PM
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LOL, I didn't even do my H/C swap till mine had about 103k on the clock. Still had the factory cross hatching in the cylinders.
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Old Feb 28, 2008 | 03:07 PM
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Ah, no big deal. How does the car look? How does the car run? My 95 is going to turn over 100,000 this year. It sits at 99,4xx right now. It runs and looks like brand new. What am I supposed to do? Can't let the mileage not let you want to drive the car. I love the car so I'm going to use it and take care of it.
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Old Feb 28, 2008 | 04:22 PM
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Congrats! MicaelG589, what's your make/model/year?

I've got a 99 and have less then 1 tank of gas till I hit 100k. Although, it's no longer my daily driver for the past 2 years. The car is mint inside and out except for a single door ding in my passenger side quarter. Need a pdr guy for that.
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Originally Posted by Schnell
Congrats! MicaelG589, what's your make/model/year?

I've got a 99 and have less then 1 tank of gas till I hit 100k. Although, it's no longer my daily driver for the past 2 years. The car is mint inside and out except for a single door ding in my passenger side quarter. Need a pdr guy for that.
Well even though its in my sig....
Its a 2000 Trans Am, 6 speed. The only flaw is an indent in my frontend on the driver side. It was my own fault, I was being EXTREMELY stupid. I'm not going to explain. But other than that its in very good condition...IMO
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Old Feb 28, 2008 | 08:53 PM
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I agree with ZFURY i didnt buy it to stare at it, if that was the case it would have been cheaper to buy a picture enjoy the car thats why you bought it right?
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Old Feb 28, 2008 | 08:58 PM
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People give me crap all the time car has 82k on it and gets driven in ALL kinds of weather, but then again I bought it to drive, not drool on.
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Originally Posted by TLewis4095
176,000 on our 98....150,000 of it a 1/4 mile at a time. Road hard & put away wet far to many times. No room in the rig so we quite often drive it 1,000 or more miles to a big$ bracket race following the rig with the diggers in it, race, and drive it back. Freshening it now due to #7 ring land from spray or it would still be going.
so u went down the quarter 600,000 times?
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