High Mileage Club
#212
Driver School Candidate
Ya been a good car. Bought in 2001 was a dealer demo with 20k. Got to do some repairs this winter now has lots of little problems that are common with these cars. Door actuators on all 4 doors don’t work. My screen on my nak is totally burnt. Valve cover just started leaking. Power steering just started leaking. Replaced pump and alternator 2 years ago hopfully it’s not the pump again. The tps has let me stranded a couple times this year. And intermittent no brake pedal and abs goes off. Suspect booster as it’s original. And have read they go bad. Hopfully get it all fixed up before next spring. Love this car and hoping to get many more years out it.
#213
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Ya been a good car. Bought in 2001 was a dealer demo with 20k. Got to do some repairs this winter now has lots of little problems that are common with these cars. Door actuators on all 4 doors don’t work. My screen on my nak is totally burnt. Valve cover just started leaking. Power steering just started leaking. Replaced pump and alternator 2 years ago hopfully it’s not the pump again. The tps has let me stranded a couple times this year. And intermittent no brake pedal and abs goes off. Suspect booster as it’s original. And have read they go bad. Hopfully get it all fixed up before next spring. Love this car and hoping to get many more years out it.
#219
Instructor
Now that I'm approaching 300,000 miles on my GS400; I will be doing the 3rd set of spark plugs, third Tbelt job, cam seals, VVTi gear Orings, valve cover gasket, re wrap brittle wire harness and detail the rest.
A full cleaning of the interior is needed, that involves removing the front seats and maybe replace the carpet.
Daily driven all its life takes a toll on the interior, It has a wood steering wheel but I would like to have a newer one.
Headlight lens' need to be polished and sealed...
I'll try not to go crazy but all this needs to be done maybe more...
#220
Instructor
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Not that impressive considering those 430,196 kilometers converted into miles is 267,311.
Now that I'm approaching 300,000 miles on my GS400; I will be doing the 3rd set of spark plugs, third Tbelt job, cam seals, VVTi gear Orings, valve cover gasket, re wrap brittle wire harness and detail the rest.
A full cleaning of the interior is needed, that involves removing the front seats and maybe replace the carpet.
Daily driven all its life takes a toll on the interior, It has a wood steering wheel but I would like to have a newer one.
Headlight lens' need to be polished and sealed...
I'll try not to go crazy but all this needs to be done maybe more...
Now that I'm approaching 300,000 miles on my GS400; I will be doing the 3rd set of spark plugs, third Tbelt job, cam seals, VVTi gear Orings, valve cover gasket, re wrap brittle wire harness and detail the rest.
A full cleaning of the interior is needed, that involves removing the front seats and maybe replace the carpet.
Daily driven all its life takes a toll on the interior, It has a wood steering wheel but I would like to have a newer one.
Headlight lens' need to be polished and sealed...
I'll try not to go crazy but all this needs to be done maybe more...
My '98 GS4 is at 444K Km. It was a workhorse while driving my kids to various activities over ten years or so. It gets a little less use since I bought my ISF, but it is still my daily driver. In all the years I have had the car I only ever had to have it towed twice. Once was for a battery failure and another time because I ran out of gas on the freeway and I had to get it off the road. Even at 20 years old and 444K Km, I have no reservations about taking this car on a road trip anywhere. They are impressive cars indeed.
#221
Instructor
Kudos to my rust belt friends to the north; I can empathize with the winter influences that newgsman mentions.
For 40yrs I have been sheltered from the corrosive salted roads. I can only imagine the extra work that is required to keep a car road worthy year after year never mind a couple decades.
As a small child growing up in Boston, I remember kicking the icy slush that was stuck on the rear wheel well quarter panel area on our 1972 Chevy Vega. When I was done the whole rear wheel well fell on the ground, the ice was holding the sheet metal together, and the car was just a year or two old...
For 40yrs I have been sheltered from the corrosive salted roads. I can only imagine the extra work that is required to keep a car road worthy year after year never mind a couple decades.
As a small child growing up in Boston, I remember kicking the icy slush that was stuck on the rear wheel well quarter panel area on our 1972 Chevy Vega. When I was done the whole rear wheel well fell on the ground, the ice was holding the sheet metal together, and the car was just a year or two old...
#222
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