Quarter-million miles today!

As I pulled into the garage.



I'm buying new plug wires as a present for the car as it's probably time now.

You cheapskate,take her out for a nice lunch of premium and a oil change of the good stuff like
Mobil One!Oh and a good detailing too!

Well, it's already clean, has a recent Castrol GTX High-Mileage oil change and doesn't need gas at the moment. I did wipe off the air cleaner and put some tire dressing on this morning.

That must be one good set of factory ign. wires that you have. After you replace them
you better be careful with the accelerator petal,you just might smoke those tires
the first time you hit the gas! Congrats on the 250K,I am sure you played a large
part in reaching that milestone. ed

Have you owned the car since new? I love the motor. Did you remove it for paint or just strip it down in the engine bay?

Olds Weighty Eight wrote:

Well, it's already clean, has a recent Castrol GTX High-Mileage oil change and doesn't need gas at the moment. I did wipe off the air cleaner and put some tire dressing on this morning.

Congrats on being such a big spender!

Gastt wrote:

Have you owned the car since new? I love the motor. Did you remove it for paint or just strip it down in the engine bay?

No, I bought it in 2001 for $2850 and it already had well over 100,000 miles on it at that time. The car's been real good. The transmission's been gone through since I've owned it and just this year the original starter and water pump needed replacing. Other than that, a set of tires, two batteries, two fuel pumps and a power window motor round out needed maintenance since I've owned it.

I bought some front pads and caliper hardware a week ago too as I've never messed with the brakes on this thing yet. So I'll do that and the plug wires.

On the engine, I just stripped everything off the top while it was in place, cleaned and painted it.

Congratulations. That car earned those plug wires.

Just don't keep 'em on there until 500k miles tho.

Planning to have any kind of party or anything like that?

Congrats!! Many many miles still to come I bet

Chris

Congrats! My OCC is currently at 239,68X so I should be hitting that mark in about 10 months myself. Wife's daily '94 RMW is in the 217s right now.

I am right behind you Sprocket!!

Congratulations! Halfway to being broken in!

That's awesome! I'm at 62,500 on my OCC....gives me hope!!

You've got the good radio. Does it all still work?

-Mike

Awesome! You've got plenty left to go!

Jon

81X11 wrote:

You've got the good radio. Does it all still work?

For the most part. Sometimes the controls act like they have dirty contacts and don't respond well. Just have to keep poking them. Also, every once in a while the display goes blank but a quick fingertip tap on it brings it right back. Guess the radio is just getting crotchety in it's old age.

I had forgotten but this past Spring the right rear speaker quit but I had a spare from a long-ago junk yard run that took care of the problem.

Sprocket wrote:

Congrats! My OCC is currently at 239,68X so I should be hitting that mark in about 10 months myself. Wife's daily '94 RMW is in the 217s right now.

BigBlackBeaSSt wrote:

I am right behind you Sprocket!!

We'll have to start a 250K Club.

Dont drive either of my wagons much,73000 on the OCC and still showing 123000 on the RMW.

Congrats on the 250K. Gives me hope, i'm only at 152K
Pete

Congratulations! Best I have done is 243K.

Tom C.

Greg,in the first picture of your odometer showing 250,000 miles does your oil pressure always
read that low in drive?Just noticed it today and its bugging me!

240,000 miles and catch up to you slow pokes quickly.........


BTW Jim, the radio lights are off so I would imagine the car is as well. Just an observation.

BigBlackBeaSSt wrote:

240,000 miles and catch up to you slow pokes quickly.........

Catch up to who? 408,369

Jon

Flasheroo wrote:

Greg,in the first picture of your odometer showing 250,000 miles does your oil pressure always
read that low in drive?Just noticed it today and its bugging me!

Keen eye but no. The engine's not running in the pic but the key was on so I could get the column shifter out of the way. When running, at least according to that gauge, it has excellent pressure.

Good to hear,been bugging me all day!
Thanks Greg

94X2 wrote:

BigBlackBeaSSt wrote:

240,000 miles and catch up to you slow pokes quickly.........

Catch up to who? 408,369

Jon

I am not worthy or great one of mileage!!!!!

94X2 wrote:

Catch up to who? 408,369

Jon

Most excellent! However, we require photographic proof.

Olds Weighty Eight wrote:

94X2 wrote:

Catch up to who? 408,369

Jon

Most excellent! However, we require photographic proof.

Ok you got me That was yesterday's mileage. Here's todays:



Jon

Now that's bitchin!

Motor on my man!

Ok you got me That was yesterday's mileage. Here's todays:



Jon[/quote]

Wow! is that on one of the Roadies or on the Cappie?
Pete

That's on the 95 Roadmaster. I have a 92 Caprice wagon that made it to 517k before it got wrecked.

Jon

I jst broke the 240K barrier on my little jaunt up to Orlando the other night.... add that to my 218K 94 and I'm working my way to half a mill, but Jon will get there first I'm sure.