jvanbrecht

Yep. hit this a few weeks ago, just have not had a chance to post.

On my drive from Philly to Indianapolis.. PA Turnpike has 4 awesome long tunnels.. winter or not.. I opened the windows up and gunned it

I am Jeff

Congrats! Now do the math and tell us how many gallons of gas it took to reach that milestone!

papashango

Nice, congrats! What's the exclamation mark error for?

chrisridebike8

Tire pressure. Maybe he's on winter wheels without pressure monitors or he had a low tire or a dead sensor.

To the OP, nice work! I too roll the windows down in tunnels, even when it's cold unless my wife complains....then her window stays up

rentzington

or in my case rapid temp drops cause the sensor to do that in the mornings ....but here it can go from 70f to 25f in a day

jvanbrecht

2 of my sensors are broken, and I did not have any on hand when I had my tires changed. I have them, and will have them installed when I replace the tires again. I usually check my tires on the weekend (since my car is mostly parked at the airport Mon - Thur/Fri), I'm not driving much.

That last road trip was to head to Indy to pickup a bunch of crap I had stored at my hotel since it is winter time and I am not cycling for the time being. 600 mile or so road trip

abcut973

Congrats
You know these engines are rock solid when well maintained!
Mine reached 86500 miles before I traded in. But I'm sure i could go 20k more miles easy.

tfthach13

Congrats! I'm at ~76k currently, but since it's my daily driver, I should be hitting the 100k mark within 6 months or so!

The engine is still rock solid and the power still feels the same as when I got her. Keeping up with maintenance definitely helps!

rickclass

I'm sure these motors would go way past 100,000 if maintained no? say 200,000?

abcut973

Probably... anyone close to the 200k miles mark??

rjej84

I am curious. I bought my car thinking it would be a rock that I could put 150k+ on if I wanted. Being that I might put 5-6k a year on though still means Id have it for a very long time. The little bit I've seen about head bolts scares me though

rickclass

more importantly...close to 200,000k with no issues!

papashango

I don't know why people think they can only do 200K..I mean it's a car like any other. Some won't last long and some could last forever I am sure..


And I figured that was the tires, thanks. My Escalade as the same sign for tire issues and every time it's parked outside and the temperature drops into -20C and so on the errors start popping up about the tire pressure being low.

Mort

Nice milestone.

These cars have been out a while now with the 2008/9 reaching 7 years and some of them are starting to get up there in mileage. Nice to see people getting that many miles on them and enjoying these great cars to the full.

jvanbrecht

I will enjoy it till it dies (hopefully a few more years) I drive it like I stole it. I would like to say no issues, but there have been a few. Those were covered under warranty. I'm of course worried about the head bolt issue, but it is what it is. If it happens, I will deal with it.

Current issue is Secondary Air Injection related CEL. Pump still works fine, as does both diverter valves. I replaced a few cracked low pressure tubes, the diverter switch which controls the valves. I have run diagnostics, seems to show that my passenger side O2 sensor is a problem (they are meant to fluctuate in voltage, the secondary O2 sensor remains static, so I believe the is the problem). I have 2 replacements (always replace in pairs), but damn if I could not get the damn thing off. I need to find someone with a lift I can use so I can use a breaker bar, I cannot get enough clearance just jacking it up (even tried driving the passenger side onto a curb, then jacking it up to gain an extra 4 inches). PB blaster did not work, I have not tried a blow torch to heat it up yet, don't want to melt the wires on it.

Autosport7

Wow!
I know the tunnels you speak of very well!
Congrats on the milestone. I hope I never see it as I am a nut when it comes to low-er mileage vehicles and value but good to know it makes it there easily.
I would have been worried sick heading up those mountains with the fear of possible snow to or from! That area gets bad!

abcut973

That secondary air pump issue seems to be hanging in there for a while. I remember you mentioning it and it was more than 2 months ago if I am not wrong. I hope you'll get sorted.
For sure for any exhaust related job I would recommend a lift for easier access. GL

jvanbrecht

It is the same problem.. does not affect performance of the car, only emissions. Since my car is mostly parked at the airport and only used on weekends for less than 50 miles at a time. I'm not too worried about it right now.

norb

Let me get this straight, you've driven 100K miles, but its not your daily driver? You da man!

jvanbrecht

Lol, no, it is my daily driver, I have only been on this project since Aug 2013. Prior to that, was 25 miles each way, and the project before that was 55 miles each way (which only took 45 min.. compared to the 2 hours in the morning, 3 in the evening to do teh 25 mile each way trip.. DC can suck it)

ToXicXxX

Considering the SLS racecar has got 50K on it without a rebuild, I think you're safe for a long long time!

BK63amg

bravo!