I have a friend who had a 67 galaxie when I met him. I believe his
parents bought it new. He got over 300 k with it. He replaces each
frod with another. Each one got over 300k. BTW he was an A&P when I
met him, working on a degree in Aero E. Since he gradgitated, he has
worked for a major aircraft mfgr. He takes fastidious car of each car,
as Manfred does.
We thought it was a big deal when the 65 chevey got to 250k back in 1972
or so. 300k on a domestic car was unheard of back then, but he did it.
Now the shovey was a used one. Most used cars had the odo rolled back
in those days. Who knows if this one did or didn't. But care and
type of driving make a bigger difference than brand, or name or engine.
Kinda majik how domestic cars that rarely made it to 200k routinely go
250k to 350k as soon as carfax and such made hiding the odo rollback
difficult. But the 6 cyl engines GM made in the mid 60s were crap, as
the bigwigs were trying to kill off the 6 cyl.
Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote on 10/15/19 5:52 PM:
Sounds more like "Manfred's cars last a long time" than "Toyota pickups last a long
time".
But we can't read a lot into individual cars anyway, like "Manfred's Taco went 300k", or "the
transmission in Byron's Taco didn't make 150k", or even "the transmission in Mitch's W140 didn't make
150k", although with additional knowledge we can say "the connector that had an oil related failure in
Mitch's W140 trans at 145k is a common failure point for 722.6 and a cheap fix if caught early". For all I know, a
Toyota enthusiast would have fixed Byron's truck with a $15 part and 2 gallons of ATF, like my S420 trans.
Mitch.
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