adamzan Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 http://forums.consumerreports.org/n/pfx/forum.aspx?folderId=1&listMode=13&nav=messages&webtag=cr-2kmileclub If you scroll through that first list you will see that 3 pathfinders are on the front page and more are to be found on the other pages. Long live high mileage pathys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimGreg Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 And all 3 aren't even over 1/4 mil yet. My 88 and Caravan fit with what those people concider "high" mileage, I think anything over 300k is personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamzan Posted December 29, 2009 Author Share Posted December 29, 2009 Mine has 182k miles and when I took it in to get an alignment the guy at the desk said I don't know how much longer that thing will last, considering its got "such high mileage" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nunya Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 I get looks of stupidity for saying I put the 4runner togher with 150k on it and White Owl having 187k. That ain't high to me, more like average to low. (little over 9k a year average for the 4runner and like 8 1/2 average on the Nissan if I did the math right) We love "high" miled cars at work... they lasted this long... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimGreg Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 To me, a car isn't even broke in until it has 100k on it. If it's life is only supposed to be 150k, why bother? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Damn GG, you domestic hater!! And it's 'borken in' you flatlander. B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beastpath Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 ha! I know what you mean Adam. I had to get some stuff done to pass emissions (new cat, some hoses and misc other things) and the guy who did it called me and says "I've got your mess of a Pathfinder done" then when I go to pick it up I ask if they replaced the cat or if I will have to do it sometime soon in the future, he says "yeah we replaced it, you wont have to do it again because your truck will die in the next couple of years." I was like "WHY? What did you do to my truck!?!" He goes, "Oh, just because its so old." I'm like "The engine is new, the suspension is new, the emissions are new, its an AZ truck so its rust free..." He just says "yeah, well I don't like old trucks" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87pathy Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 pft... 350 or so on my clock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimGreg Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 And it's 'borken in' you flatlander. B Look at you trying to intigrate modern slang into your speech old timer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac92pathfinder Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Mine has 182k miles and when I took it in to get an alignment the guy at the desk said I don't know how much longer that thing will last, considering its got "such high mileage" i was looking at the new frontiers crew cab just to look and they asked how many miles i got on my path and i said 187k and they told me its time to get a new car lol cause its gonna start haveing problems. lol so are they tryin to say to me that nissans wont make it to 200k? if my trans goes out its getting rebuilt. im at 189 close to 190k. perrs like a kitten. i got it in april of this yr with 177k it has 189k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY1PATH Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 my friend lauged @ me when I said that my enginge swap prolly wont happen till this one gets in the 300k range. Why? is another 60k so hard to get out of my engine? I certanly don't think so. Aproaching 240k and my next timing belt pretty quick now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nismothunder Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 189416...and going no ware...I was told by all my former co-workers that my jap sh!t wouldnt make it too 200k...well it didnt...but the engne still runs and can power it in 3 gears(1st-2ed,reverse) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Look at you trying to intigrate modern slang into your speech old timer! DOH!! Fat fingered that one, didn't I?? Oh, and thats 'intergrate'... B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimGreg Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 DOH!! Fat fingered that one, didn't I?? Oh, and thats 'intergrate'... B You want to interigate you should have been a cop, not a machinest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyP503 Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Hahah, I was scanning through the new content and I read this topic as "Mile High Club" lol. Just turned over 260k on mine and took it on a 400 mile highway trip over Christmas, gets to 75 no problem and still got 18-22 mpg. The 22 mpg was with a pretty good wind at our back. Can't complain about that at all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87pathy Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 the vg30 is good for half a mil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Considering the casting process used on the older Nissan/Datsun cast-iron blocks, these engines will go a hell of a long time. The old L-Series engines were casted so precisely with very little boring of the cylinders walls and combined with very good oil control rings, that there is virtually no wear to the cylinder walls until around 300k. The casting process isn't quite as extreme with the VG block, but it's still damn good. Most domestic manufacturers cast a "rough" block and then bore out the cylinders, leaving larger metal crystals in the cylinder walls which break down easier and aren't as strong as a small-crystalled cast, again coming from a precision cast without much boring at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY1PATH Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 wow james where'd u pick that up? not doubting it tho, my co-worker had a souped up 240z (L24) with over 400k on it and FAST! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nismothunder Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 That has nothing (in the sense of engine longtivaty)to do with it,its how well the engine is balanced,if its poorly balanced it will gaul the hell out of the cylinders,but the most commen problem(aside from improper maintance) is cam shafts eating lobes and putting metal in the oil and poorly made heads... most blocks you can just bottle brush hone /\ and the rings will seat.I'm not saying that casting has nothing to do with it(if poorly cast they will be more prone to cracking) but the cylinder ports are made to be rebuilt sevral time,thanks to excess materual in the wall.A engine that is properly maintained will be able to be rebuilt as many times as necasary,but if its properly maintained then its not going to be rebuilt as much as a engine thats beat to crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmaw Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 my old hardbody (1986 1/2) had just over 400 thousand on it before the tranny died and i bought my pathy. thats only got 274,000 on it. long live the nissan's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.510 Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 My '88 passed 363,000 miles the other day. Before I tipped it on it's side last Winter people that don't know car models and such thought it was only a few years old. There wasn't a dent or major scratch on the whole thing. All good things must come to an end I guess. I haven't washed it since the flop so it's looking pretty run down now. I'm afraid the car wash will break the rear 1/4 window that's bowed in an inch at the bottom and I aint washing it by hand! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Unbow it then... B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
885SPD Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 288,000 and going strong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluePath Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 I have an 88 2-door, changed engine at 380,000 km (seals were leaking like crazy), tranny changed at 400,000 km, then drove from Southern Alberta to Nova Scotia, 5,000 km,ran great ($ 800 for gas). Still runs great. Paid $ 500 for it 4 years ago.2 years ago i spent 10 days(1800 km) camping and fishing in the Rocky Mountains of southern Alberta. Awesome truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devonianwalk Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 Just rolled over 200,000. Still thirsty for gasoline after all of these miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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