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my car (99 ATX Zetec) lasted reliably until 130K. I did 5K oil changes (sometime 7K), and one transmission service at 60K.
At 130K, i needed a brake job, my air conditioner condensor replaced, and then my timing belt snapped.
Had I performed timing belt maintenance on her, I could have gotten a lot of mileage out of her. But I wanted a new car anyway, so I didn't care much.
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Thank you, O great fence post man!  In all seriousness, I think I should just buy a 3L, replace all suspension and call it a day 
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I'm at 104K and the only things that have died on me are:
-A/C
-the heater hose going from the thermostat to the core
-The motor mounts
-my fans don't work quite right
-Squeaks and rattles everywhere are made worse by shaking from bad motor mounts
-slats on my A/C vents are busted up due to me and my sister hitting them as children
That's about it.
Not bad eh?
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Originally posted by â??â????â???â????â???â???:
my car (99 ATX Zetec) lasted reliably until 130K. I did 5K oil changes (sometime 7K), and one transmission service at 60K.
At 130K, i needed a brake job, my air conditioner condensor replaced, and then my timing belt snapped.
Had I performed timing belt maintenance on her, I could have gotten a lot of mileage out of her. But I wanted a new car anyway, so I didn't care much.
Wow imagine if you did care. So what did you buy?
"Do what you like, Because you have to drive it!"-Me
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95 Mustang GT Convertible
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It's easy to put off PREVENTATIVE maintenance and then worry when something quits.
I'm not picking on you RawBurt, but I'm always amazed at how people can be so amazed that things like suspension and O2's need replacing, especially on older/higher mileage vehicles! A vehicle that sees lots of miles and lots of different seasons is going to wear a bit. All parts will have a 'lifetime' be it age or miles which can be used to guestimate. As a car creeps closer to the 10 year and/or 100k mile mark it's time to get more aggressive with maintenance. Bushings are my favourite place to start, religiously replacing any of them if I get a chance. Also O2's ... if a Duratec has 4 of them ... and one goes, expect the other three to quit sometime soon too. From experience when I had an O2 quit on me, I made sure I had enough cash to replace the rest if I needed to. I'll be buying a couple of control arms soon too ... once the vehicle age hits 8 years we all know that parts can become harder to find, consider that for a limited run vehicle like the Contour.
If it helps ... which it probably doesn't ... I find the 100k mark reflects on the maintenance already done. I'm quite a way of 100k at the moment on this Contour, but I won't be expecting her to fall apart on me.
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Originally posted by jtour:
Originally posted by â??â????â???â????â???â???:
my car (99 ATX Zetec) lasted reliably until 130K. I did 5K oil changes (sometime 7K), and one transmission service at 60K.
At 130K, i needed a brake job, my air conditioner condensor replaced, and then my timing belt snapped.
Had I performed timing belt maintenance on her, I could have gotten a lot of mileage out of her. But I wanted a new car anyway, so I didn't care much.
Wow imagine if you did care. So what did you buy?
I bought a 2005 Subaru Legacy
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Originally posted by RTStabler51:
Yes, Ford engineered the cars to fall apart right after they roll over 100k.
Well, thats true of all car companies to an extent. They do engineer in a "lifespan" to some parts so that replacements will be necessary.
Or I could be remembering some conspericy theory. In any case, parts could be made to last longer, but the cost would be much much higher.
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Makes me think of a recent article in my local newspaper. THey have this "Amazing" mechanical 'guru' in it. A woman wrote in to ask about when to trade up ... the guy then wrote in his column that he was privvy to the manufacturers (all of them I think, in general) design process and that cars where designed to last only 3 years/100,000km (62k miles), and he recommended NEVER keeping a vehicle longer than that ... inferring that if you did you'd be casting $10,000's out the window each year!  I feel sorry for the poor chumps who swallow that story whole!
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Originally posted by KingpinSVT:
Originally posted by RTStabler51:
Yes, Ford engineered the cars to fall apart right after they roll over 100k.
Well, thats true of all car companies to an extent. They do engineer in a "lifespan" to some parts so that replacements will be necessary.
Or I could be remembering some conspericy theory. In any case, parts could be made to last longer, but the cost would be much much higher.
Yes, that's why there is a thing call 'maintenance' which most people tend to forget....
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See, that's where the Slant Six comes in. you can forget to change your oil and air filters for ages and it won't die on you. Try saying that of a Honda!
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