I went cruising around with a friend of mine down Stevens Creek auto mall to check out some new cars and maybe test drive a few. Him in his Mazda MP5 and me in a GTUs stop at a McDonalds for some grub. Then an adult black guy in a white series 4 FC SE parks next to me and I say "Nice car." I get out and we talk for a bit then he mentions that his rotary has 413,xxx on the odometer. I thought he was shitting me or either on his 2nd motor being an N/A. I looked under the hood and the odometer. It looked legit to me. He was the original owner. Bought the car on December 27th, 1985 and now has 413,xxx miles on it. I was about to crap in my pants. Just knowing a rotary could last 100,000mi+ would make me happy but to see a 400,000mi+ makes me grin like no other.

Has anyone heard of such numbers? Higher or even close to this?!!

- Kevin

 

the N/A's go 200-300 when taken care of. 400 is alot though! I can't even think about driving that much LOL...

 

I had 249,972 on mine when it **** a seal

 

damn, thats almost a million quarter miles,

 

I know... but his car is STILL running good. Nothing bad and no smoking whatsoever. My jaw dropped!

 

prolly at least had some sort of rebuild on the motor. i could never believe a motor running up to 400,000 miles, withought a rebuilt or swap. and a honda/toyota cant even make it up that high.

 

Reminds me of Married With Children when Al Bundy goes for the million mile mark in order to get a Viper... Did the guy look like Al Bundy? j/k... but still, pretty sweet. I used to have an '86 base that was still going pretty strong at 146k and now driving a pain in the *** vert (i love it though) that has only 82k miles on it.

 

My trans. gave out at 138,000

 

holy crap if thats true! i would like to see some acceleration #'s! a new rotary vs. a 400K mile rotary! i wonder if she still has any kick.

 

oh, and no wonder he is still the original owner. can you imagine trying to sell that thing?

-buyer- so how many miles does she have?

-owner- oh, she just turned about 400 K

-buyer- ****!? what did you just say? **** that

 

My friend got 341000kms out of his 85 gsl-se before it hit the ****

 

I've driven a toyota camrey up to 380k and it still ran strong, didn't burn oil or anything, transmission had no 2nd gear though! My RX7 has 80,771, my other rx7 had 137 until I crashed it, and the one I think I own (been sitting in my yard long enough!) has 76K

 

My g-pa's toyota p/u has 410+K on her. Has some carb problems, but still runs strong. The key to engine life is maintenance.

 

BTW, I've got 209K on my 86 base.

 

there was a volvo on the today show it has 2,000,000 miles on it im not kidding , and a friend of mines dad bought a car with a 302 in it and it blew at 500,000miles , he has a truck with a 460 in it now it has 475,000miles! and is making bad pinging under hood , just scrached the cylendar wall

 

My mechanic has an 86 or 7 rx7 with 179,000 miles and no smoke...I was going to buy it off him but he wants 2000.

 

my 86 gxl 's motor went at 308,882. They told me that it was the eccentric seals? I don't really know if that was what caused the problem but none the less i put a new ported motor in

 

i dunno guys. I had my doubts too but the guy seems pretty legit and knows his stuff. I just think he kept it clean and kept it running good. I'm sure anybody would be skeptic. Especially a piston engine owner.

 

thats one of the funniest things i;'ve read all day, i just don't know why its so funny

 

i got you all beat i had a 1991 lincoln town car up to 800,000 miles.

 

175K miles, and on this cars 3rd motor. At least its finally done right.

 

my 87 TII had 126,315 before it died, now a new street port 91 TII replacement is in!

 

SHHIIIIEETTT **** you guys, i had an 88GTU, three motors, in only 67K miles. Its now on its fourth clutch, heh heh, and second tranny, i think its now got 74K with the next owner.

 

i think you guys are missing the point of this thread. So your lincoln town car has 800,000 miles, big deal. But this is a rotary here. I'm only talking about rotaries. How often do you come by a 400,000mi+ rotary? I mean, piston lovers would be shitting in their pants.

 

I have a little over 310,000 on my 88 and its still pulls a low 15s. But 13s are slicks away....