Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General General creeping up on 300 000km...

Well,I rolled over 295 000km this afternoon on my Duratec. I purchased the car on April 29,'05 with 260 811km on the clock.

I know it'll have over 300k on it by the time I get rid of it next year......if it's still running. I'm hoping for some sort of unfortunate event to unfold and render the car useless so I can go ahead and get my new truck sooner,but at the same time,I'd like to see it surpass 300 000km.

After buying the car,I spent over $3500 in repairs within the first 13 000km of ownership,and to date,have thrown over $8000 at the car in repairs and modifications. I got so burned with this car. With the money spent on it,I could have already had almost half of the truck I want to buy paid off by now.

However,I have to commend the Contour on it's durabilty and quality. I still absolutely love Contours,but I need a truck as a daily driver. I could use a Contour as a fun car,but I have no money or space for 2 vehicles,so I just need one all round vehicle that can do everything and not have to worry about it. Every time I get in my Contour I wonder what's going to break next just due to the wear and tear because of the mileage.

Once you hit 322,000Km you can be in the 200,000 mile club...

Toyota had a club like that... would send you a certificate and stuff for having a high mileage running Toyota. Pretty cool.

I had a pair of '87 Celica GTS's. The first one was my first car,purchased with 216 000km,and I took it off the road at 268 500km. It was burning oil,losing compression and just generally slowly dying from abuse from a 16 year old.

I bought another one a year and a half later and it died with 347 850km on the clock. I've got the gauge cluster in my room,lol. Oil starvation killed that one on my way home from work one day. I bought that one with 343k on it though,it only lasted me like 3 months.