The End FOr GM Is NEAR........

[BanginJimmy]

my 96 civic had over 300k miles. i dogged the piss out of it for the most part everyday. never had any issues other than simple and basic maintenance. ran high 15's which is not bad for a ungutted 2 door civic with a d16y7, just ebay bolt ons. but anyways i got around 40-45 mpg. it would burn maybe a few drops of oil 2-3 months from constant high revs. but i mean hell what car wouldn't? either way you can't really beat most imports for reliability. yeah maybe not much power but enough for the road. i mean i only know of maybe a handful of people that drive their 10 second and below cars daily. IMO Ford, Chevy, etc. should of cleaned their act up years ago. time for them to learn from their mistakes. i don't think we should bail them out period. tuff shit let them taste fail. maybe next time they will do better.

There are always exceptions and I would imagine you take better care of your vehicles than the average american does also. My dad got nearly 900K miles out of his Ford E-350 that had the 351 in it. That was longer than I have ever heard of a non-deisel engine going. The only maintenance was regular maintenance and the only major repair was a second tranny at nearly 400K miles.

Now look at other cars. My sis had a 96 civic. It had 0 power from the factory and got good gas milage, but was dead after less than 120k miles. She wasnt religious about oil changes but she did keep good records and she never went more than 5k miles without an oil change. If I remember correctly she threw a rod and scored the cylinder wall pretty bad. The only way to fix it was to put a liner into the cylinder or replace the block.

My sis in law had a 04 Mazda 6. Less than 90k miles and the tranny was shot on it. Does doesnt drive crazy, but she does spend alot of time in traffic. They quoted her more than 3k to replace the tranny with a new one. She also had a brake issue and would go through a set of breaks in 30k miles.

[preferredduck]

There are always exceptions and I would imagine you take better care of your vehicles than the average american does also. My dad got nearly 900K miles out of his Ford E-350 that had the 351 in it. That was longer than I have ever heard of a non-deisel engine going. The only maintenance was regular maintenance and the only major repair was a second tranny at nearly 400K miles.

Now look at other cars. My sis had a 96 civic. It had 0 power from the factory and got good gas milage, but was dead after less than 120k miles. She wasnt religious about oil changes but she did keep good records and she never went more than 5k miles without an oil change. If I remember correctly she threw a rod and scored the cylinder wall pretty bad. The only way to fix it was to put a liner into the cylinder or replace the block.

My sis in law had a 04 Mazda 6. Less than 90k miles and the tranny was shot on it. Does doesnt drive crazy, but she does spend alot of time in traffic. They quoted her more than 3k to replace the tranny with a new one. She also had a brake issue and would go through a set of breaks in 30k miles.

ok 5k miles for an oil change is a little too long if running conventional oil. i have had several honda's, the first was a high mileage 94 civic ex, i might have ran with no oil for over 1500 miles(because i was 16 and ignorant) ans still ran fine, never left me on the side of the road. my ex-wife drove my 00 si with no oil from fla to ga and it did not miss a beat or throw a rod(thankfully). and yes the d-series 96-00 engines have a weakness and a lot of them throw rods for some reason or another. as far as mazda goes it is owned by ford motor company, so it is a ford really. going through brakes real fast sounds like most people(women) i see driving today. waiting to get to the stop sign and slamming them down etc. so brakes would be a driving habit more times than a brake problem. btw there is a gm non diesel truck that went over a million miles, the guy was given a new truck for advertising etc. and as for the german cars, they are good but the vw jetta sucked. several people i know(including me) had to have an $8,000 transmission replacememnt at 100k miles, and the electrical systems were always fritzing. my brother has a silverado truck, an 02 which has had 2 transmissions put in it thus far and he babies and maintains every car he owns.