Originally posted by kclark21:
As i'm approaching 100K on my car I was curious how long I can expect the engine/atx transmission to last?
Of us Zetec owners, what's the highest mileage you've gotten on these 2.0's???
I drove my old Zetec from 114K miles with very, VERY poor maintainance from previous owner(s)... was also a rental to begin with, so just imagine. Had a knock when I got it, slowly was getting worse when I traded it in at a few miles short of 160K. I'm sure I could have got 200K no doubt.
In the 2 years and 46K miles I had it... I delivered pizza with it, 2 trips (and back) to the Texoma area (Lawton, OK and Wichita Falls, TX... actually lived in Wichita Falls for almost a year), one way to Montana, once to Chicago and back, twice to Des Moines and back, numerous trips to towns closer to there (Iowa City, Davenport, Dubuque, etc.). I did nothing but drive around. Also the cheapest car I've had to maintain. Only thing that was real bad on it was the tranny which overheated if I hot rodded it at highway speeds...
EDIT: Actually, I sure with I kept that old Contour... sure wouldn't be in the $ mess I'm in now... Only $80/month for liability and it was good to go.
Last edited by Kane; 01/15/05 07:55 AM.
