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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Downtown, San Diego, CA.
Drives: Green and Blue Line trolly
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It broke down and he's MAD!!!
Yep, my brother who practices law and does a lot of driving had his 1989 Corvette entered in a certain 300,000+ mile club among Vette enthusiasts. In any event, the idea was to brag about your Vette once it reached this mileage level.
The transmission in my brother's car finally had to be brought into dealership service for an overhaul at the 295,000 mile mark and he is stark-raving mad. Not at the Corvette--the transmission problem with the Vette was the first problem he had with it outside of routine maintinance, and he loves the car dearly--he's mad at the fact that he can't enter the Vette in this high-mileage group without saying the car has been completely trouble-free. |
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7.0 Liter LS7 V8
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: West Chester, OH
Drives: Chevrolet Malibu LS, GMC Envoy SLE, GMC Sonoma SLS
Posts: 5,419
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Re: It broke down and he's MAD!!!
Can't he just lie and say it never broke down??
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Proud to drive American. Proud to drive GM. Current Cars: 2007 Chevrolet Malibu LS: 2.2L ECOTEC I-4 2003 GMC Envoy SLE: 4.2L Vortec 4200 I-6 1998 GMC Sonoma SLS Ext. Cab: 4.3L Vortec 4300 V6 Former Cars: 1993 Saturn SW2 (1993-2006, 243,000 miles) 1989 GMC Safari SLT (1989-2003, 293,000 miles) Future Car: 2010 Chevrolet Camaro 2LT RS: 3.6L DI VVT V6
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5.3 Liter LS4 V8
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: NCR, Great White North
Posts: 3,491
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Re: It broke down and he's MAD!!!
Nah, that's reserved for folks who own foreign.
Like my brother-in-law the other day on his Mercedes: B-in-L: My Mercedes has never had a problem. B-in-L daughter: What about ... (rattles off a slew of issues such as brakes, stalling, etc.). B-in-L: They were no big deal. Sigh. |
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6.0 Liter Vortec V8
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Travis AFB, CA
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Re: It broke down and he's MAD!!!
Any jackass on the planet would be happy about getting 295k miles before a major breakdown.
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2.0 Liter Supercharged ECOTEC
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 184
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Re: It broke down and he's MAD!!!
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on highway everyday.Lots of cars and trucks that I know off that has made to the 300K miles club have had plenty of issue. None has been totally trouble free. |
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7.0 Liter LS7 V8
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: NC
Drives: 2006 Chevy Silverado Crew Cab Z-71
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Re: It broke down and he's MAD!!!
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Downtown, San Diego, CA.
Drives: Green and Blue Line trolly
Posts: 1,083
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Re: It broke down and he's MAD!!!
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This car has a digital speedometer. There was time when that display would flicker or not turn on altogether, but he alledgedy fixed it by slapping the top of the dasboard and said it worked fine after that. The car has GM's Chevy small block engine mated to an automatic transmission (turbo hydramatic). In light of the bulletproofness of that combo, I can easily see how he got so many miles out of the car. |
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6.0 Liter LS2 V8
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Dimondale, MI
Drives: '89 Buick Reatta
Posts: 4,529
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Re: It broke down and he's MAD!!!
bah! he could have just poured some Lucas Thickum into the trans and say it made it to 300k
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6.0 Liter Vortec V8
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 1,798
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Re: It broke down and he's MAD!!!
Good point. At 300k miles I guess any part or assembly on the car could be replaced and considered "normal maintenance." But there is maintenance and there are repairs. And we hear claims all the time of these high mileage cars/trucks going that long without repairs other than the routine fluids/belts/hoses/filters being changed. Consider my brother had an 81 diesel Chevette, 288k miles without any repairs other than two wheels replaced due to runout. Finally gave the car to a neighbor when the clutch started slipping.
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