Originally Posted by deliveryman
(Post 624514)
It actually is possible if he is a courier. He said that it was a 2006 and that is about 100,000 a year that he is driving. That is about what I am doing.
The head gasket seems to be a 200,000 mile fence, in hind sight mine started leaking around 100,000 and exploded at 200,000. I did try a chemical at around 150,000 that seemed to help until the catastrophic failure, lucky for me within a mile of home 2 days earlier I was 400 miles away. |
Originally Posted by goetylsd
(Post 624582)
How many miles do you have on your HHR now? I think it would be interesting to know if he changes his oil every 3,000 miles or follows the Oil Life Monitor. Not to beat a dead horse, but just to see how he achieved this kind of mileage. Also, it depends on when he bought it. If he bought it new, he could have had it in 2005. More time would allow for more miles....
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Originally Posted by donbrew
(Post 624827)
We are in competition! You must have more business in Atlanta than we do in DC. I have been a courier up here for more than 30 years, business has gone down the toilet in the last 5 years. I am down to around 70,000 a year. My 2008 has 235,000 on the body, used engine put in at 212,000, ALL new suspension and brakes over the last 30,0000. It feels brand new, and basically is!
The head gasket seems to be a 200,000 mile fence, in hind sight mine started leaking around 100,000 and exploded at 200,000. I did try a chemical at around 150,000 that seemed to help until the catastrophic failure, lucky for me within a mile of home 2 days earlier I was 400 miles away. |
Originally Posted by deliveryman
(Post 624869)
Wow! You have made a career out of being a courier. I retired from Bellsouth telephone company and I've been a courier for almost 11 years now. Our business has picked up over the last year, but I am still not making the money that I have in the past. I had a burnt valve at 180,000 but I am still on the origional engine and clutch. Do you get very many out of town trips?
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Originally Posted by donbrew
(Post 625124)
I usually get 2 or 3 300+ mile runs a month. Business started down when faxed signatures got legal, then e-mail, then after 9/11 in DC only FEDEX and UPS and USPS could deliver to the US gov for a long time. Now our basic business is data center logistics, hardly ever an envelope full of paper.
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