Festy Mileage?!?!?!

[studdyhalllooser]

ok...my 90 festy has 251,000 miles on it and still ticking. anyone know of a festy with more miles than that?

How many miles does your festy have?

[oxbrain]

Mine did 193k miles before it needed anything more than standard repairs.

I'm interested to see who has the most miles without needing serious engine repair, i.e. anything more than a gasket.

[Kitty]

Mine currently has 184k and I expect that to go up rather quickly since I drive nearly 100miles a day round trip to work. My first festy had 189k when the clutch went out and the engine needed a rebuild. Not sure what it was at when it died of a cracked engine block though.

[Tim]

Mine has 185k and it's still running.

One of my friends just bought a Black '88LX with 224k on the clock. That's the highest mileage I've seen on a running Festiva.


Regards,

Tim

[mattswabb]

Here's one I posted a while ago: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...976313307&rd=1 a 367,000 mile tach cluster.

[Tim]

The one with 224K is all original; and the engine compartment is spotless. Truly amazing.



Regards,

Tim

[studdyhalllooser]

holy funbags batman! 367,000?!?!?!?!? i thought my 251 was a lot...mine does not have any major fixes by the way...i do know of one thing that needs to be fixed. one of my valves leeks oil into the cylinder after it sits over night....when warmed up it doesnt leak. it smokes for about a minute until it warms up

[gomer]

Although it wasn't a festy I saw a Chevette (arguably the worst car on the planet) with 400,000+ miles back in the 1980's ... it had the "advantage" of being the Photo car for the local "auto trader" sales magazine ,, it was only about 4 or 5 years old at the time so it was in relatively good shape ,, the engine almost never went through a cold start cycle...

My Festy grenaded a half shaft at 160,000 and burned a hole through the head gasket at 180,000 other than that it's been solid...

In the Philippines where 4 door KIA Prides are used as "PU's" (public utility vehicles ,, aka Taxicabs) 1 million kms are not unheard of ... but I don't know how many engines that represents...

[oxbrain]

when I worked as a courier the company had two aspires, one parts car and one with 450k+ miles on it. It was running on new engine, tranny, whole suspension.

The steering wheel foam was worn down to the thickness of my pinky.

[studdyhalllooser]

just hit 252 last night

[Kitty]

The Nissan I was driving (and my fiance' hasn't had the heart to sell yet) is sitting at 320k miles and my man's Caprice Classic wagon is at 340k miles. Neither has had any major engine work, though the steering rack in the Nissan is going down the tubes. I bought the Nissan 2.5 years ago for $100 and we were given the wagon free last fall.

[gdawgs]

I put 250,000 on my first festiva, then sold it to my brother. He took it up to 280,000 then sold it to a guy he works with. He recently hit 300,000. The engine has had no repairs other than valve cover gaskets and timing belts. I replaced the clutch at 175,000 even though it still worked fine. I just figured it couldn't go much longer since I never heard of one lasting that long. It still had about 1/3 of the plate left so it could have easily made it to 200,000. I did chew up quite a few mufflers on it though. Oh well those "lifetime" mufflers are cheap(free) to replace. Also had one of the front wheel bearings go out at 200,000. That's about it though. Definitely the most reliable car I've ever owned. My current festiva only has about 115,000 on it, so it's practically new! Great little cars. Only gripes are the heaters don't quite cut it once the outside temp drops below 0°, and the windows don't roll down well when temps get much colder than freezing.

[Gro Harlem]

Over 300,000 on the body....about 120k on the engine

[Marc's fesDiva]

Only gripes are the heaters don't quite cut it once the outside temp drops below 0°, and the windows don't roll down well when temps get much colder than freezing.

Where I live, the temperature in the winter is usually around -20 C, and the cold days are -30 or -40. The heaters definitely don't cut it and I have to use thick gloves on the steering wheel or else I can't feel my hands by the end of the trip.

[Tim]

Mine doesn't have a heater any more.

The clutch has 185k on it and does not slip at all. That's amazing since I've done some driving that *should* have killed it long ago.

But I have done a lot of work on the car though. I replaced the rear brake assemblies and spindles, the e-brake, rear struts, CV joints, transmission oil seal, water pump, battery, driver's seat, tires, muffler, timing belt, radiator (pending), distributor, thermostat, steering wheel, reset the valves, added A/C, and did many modifications. I've spent over 10 times what I paid for the car fixing it up, but I think it's worth every penny of it!


Regards,

Tim