Who here has the most miles on their MS3?!
- Thread starter chippy
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nice!!! how's it running?
I find it is a love / hate relationship. I love to drive it hate putting on the miles.
BayAreaMS3
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- 2007 Speed3
42,300 Got mine May 07 I put a good 1,500 a month on it. The first year i managed to put 30k on. End of this year should be around the mid 60's
happy and angry
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October '07, 9000 miles.
All my miles are highway cruise control miles going to and from work. So it's still a brand new car. LOL, but it is up for sale.
Ha! That was 3 weeks ago! I drove to Daytona for the Rolex 24 race on Jan 22nd, so now I'm something under 76,000.
I fully expect well over a quarter million miles before I'm done with it in a few years unless fuel prices go back up and force me to buy something slow & thrifty. Bought around Nov 6, 2006 -- I think it was the 2nd or 3rd MS3 in the Richmond VA market.
SPEED3TYPE2
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Wow i'm almost at 50,000 miles so howo she holding up? Ive had no issues at all and i'm heavily modded
Other than replacing the slave cylinder 2 weeks ago (was leaking brake fluid, but I've never replaced one on any car before), I've only done the simple recall stuff, tires, brake pads, and plugs/wires once, so maintenance costs are low. It is bone stock, and I'll never mod the engine unless I get a CAI just to hear the turbo spool up and hiss.
Suspension mods, maybe later -- I have 3 kids in college & private school now soaking up all my cash. This car has more than enough power for road racing (at a track like VIR) but the suspension really needs to be buttoned down better for stability over 100MPH.
SPEED3TYPE2
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Yeah modding is great! I have methonal injection, test pipe, intake, 3.5 ets tmic, cp-e standback(tuned at 20+psi), forge bpv ,dashhawk and autommeter boost guage to keep evrything in check. My clutch is slipping bad and I still made 292whp on a dynojet. Yeah I did the brakes at around 30k, and had the acuator valve replaced vibrating under cold start I think thats a recall other than that not one issue. Car still runs like new at 50,000 miles and 20psi!..(usa)
Damn, you might catch up with me. At least you're averaging a little more mileage per month than I do, but I got an 18 month head start.
Drive on!
wow...you should have a stickie that we can all watch to see how long your car lives...
Very encouraging to hear this. I just got mine a month ago and am already about to hit 2K. I expect to average about 25K a year. Like you, I wanted a solid platform I could drive 120K+. I put 204K on my last car with very few problems (2000 Honda Civic Si).
120K to me is still almost a new car
My last car = '98 Ford Contour SVT. Sold it at 275,000 miles to a guy who was still driving it a year later. The only breakdown was a water pump (i exploded the impeller from too much 7000RPM operation). An alternator around 220k, and I think a front wheel bearing -- that was about it other than routine stuff, which still was not much. Had to be about the lowest maintenance cost of any car I've ever heard of....except for the 8 sets of tires at around $675 each. I think 200k now is the new 100k miles anyway, so a properly maintained MS3 should do 250K easily for us highway drivers.
My last car = '98 Ford Contour SVT. Sold it at 275,000 miles to a guy who was still driving it a year later. The only breakdown was a water pump (i exploded the impeller from too much 7000RPM operation). An alternator around 220k, and I think a front wheel bearing -- that was about it other than routine stuff, which still was not much. Had to be about the lowest maintenance cost of any car I've ever heard of....except for the 8 sets of tires at around $675 each. I think 200k now is the new 100k miles anyway, so a properly maintained MS3 should do 250K easily for us highway drivers.
