High mileage club 100,000 plus
01-12-2019, 07:04 AM
#191
Member
Join Date: 01-15-2014
Location: Livonia, MI
Posts: 54
150,000 on mine (just hit it). Still getting around 33 mpg on highway (on regular grade gas btw). These Michigan roads are really rough on the suspension though and it shows. Time for sway bar isolator bushings, another set of rotors, and also time to track down some funkiness in the rear suspension.
Still comfortable to drive, but it definitely shows that it's had 10 years of potholes.
Still comfortable to drive, but it definitely shows that it's had 10 years of potholes.
01-18-2019, 07:48 PM
#192
Senior Member
Join Date: 10-19-2013
Location: Dallas Texas
Posts: 347
132,000 on an '08. Only problem with it is that front brakes are shuddering-shaking again. At first hard braking from high speed the steering wheel just about shook out of our hands. Replaced the pads and had the original rotors turned, but that didn't last long, started it again. So got two new Chinese rotors from NAPA, but now starting to shudder again. Guess I need to get some genuine GM parts. Is running real good had plugs replaced and tranny fluid changed at about 125,000 0h and anti-freeze flushed and replaced.
02-05-2019, 02:55 PM
#199
Member
Join Date: 10-18-2013
Location: North Dakota
Posts: 77
Got just under 200,000 miles on mine. Do I like it? Not really. Over the years I've replaced the front and rear pads/shoes. Front rotors. Left front hub, twice. Left rear hub. Replaced outer tie rods/ ball joints/ control arms/ sway bar links. Had it lose coolant once, for whatever reason, been fine since. Now, I can't say it is a bad car, most of the time. However, my experience has been quite different than most here.
I have the 06, and some of the things in it are just a result of stupid designers. Such as replacing the headlights. Or no dome light control from the front seat. The suspension blows, I've never had a car make so much noise in low temps. Sounds like the car is going to be broken in half. My seats look terrible from stains....from water. WATER. I've NEVER seen a seat get stained from plain old bottled WATER. A couple co-workers of mine had hhrs too, of which they long since got rid of, and the same thing happened in theirs.
I have the 2.4 in mine, and the mpg is crap. If I am lucky, on a nice day, at 75 mpg, I get 26 mpg. If it is higher, I have a tailwind. On a highway at 60, then I'll get about 28-29. Top tier premium fuel. Btw, car needs premium. On wet/dry pavement, car is fine. Dry dirt or gravel, also ok. Put that car in some mud more than an inch deep, better get ready to call a tow truck. Snow and ice traction is non-existent, adding snow tires is about useless. With snow tires, steering/stopping/accelerating is just a suggestion to this car. I suppose I could fork out the cash to buy 16 inch rims and tires for it, and chuck the 17s, maybe that would help, but I've never had a car do this bad. Even my 2wd s10 blew this thing away on snow and ice. Poor quality brake rotors.
On the good side, it has cargo space. It has always started up in the winter, helps to have the battery on the back and more protected from the cold. Engine warms up quick, so the heater works quickly. Mechanically, the engine and drive train have been solid.
So, it hasn't been all bad, but compared to past experiences, it falls short. It IS way better than the mercury sable I had and ford escort, by a long shot. But if someone were to carjack me, my 2 thoughts would be; "crap, now what car can I afford" and "can I have my CDs please?"
I have the 06, and some of the things in it are just a result of stupid designers. Such as replacing the headlights. Or no dome light control from the front seat. The suspension blows, I've never had a car make so much noise in low temps. Sounds like the car is going to be broken in half. My seats look terrible from stains....from water. WATER. I've NEVER seen a seat get stained from plain old bottled WATER. A couple co-workers of mine had hhrs too, of which they long since got rid of, and the same thing happened in theirs.
I have the 2.4 in mine, and the mpg is crap. If I am lucky, on a nice day, at 75 mpg, I get 26 mpg. If it is higher, I have a tailwind. On a highway at 60, then I'll get about 28-29. Top tier premium fuel. Btw, car needs premium. On wet/dry pavement, car is fine. Dry dirt or gravel, also ok. Put that car in some mud more than an inch deep, better get ready to call a tow truck. Snow and ice traction is non-existent, adding snow tires is about useless. With snow tires, steering/stopping/accelerating is just a suggestion to this car. I suppose I could fork out the cash to buy 16 inch rims and tires for it, and chuck the 17s, maybe that would help, but I've never had a car do this bad. Even my 2wd s10 blew this thing away on snow and ice. Poor quality brake rotors.
On the good side, it has cargo space. It has always started up in the winter, helps to have the battery on the back and more protected from the cold. Engine warms up quick, so the heater works quickly. Mechanically, the engine and drive train have been solid.
So, it hasn't been all bad, but compared to past experiences, it falls short. It IS way better than the mercury sable I had and ford escort, by a long shot. But if someone were to carjack me, my 2 thoughts would be; "crap, now what car can I afford" and "can I have my CDs please?"
