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Here is a story from EnduranceSubmitted By: Lora B - Bernville, PAI am a bank courier. I bought my 99 RAV4 new in Dec., 1998. I knew Ineeded durability coupled with offroad capability for longevity.Six-and-a-half years later, I currently have 722,000 miles on it. Ilove my Rav. I replaced my engine at 523,000 (it's a 4 cylinder). I amalmost 200,000 miles into the new engine. It's hard to comprehend722,000 miles. To put it into perspective - I could have gone to themoon THREE TIMES! I learned the hard way about taking it to outsideshops for service. After Independence Toyota in Hazleton, Pennsylvania,cleaned up the destruction caused by an outside shop, I logged just shyof 500,000 miles on my current transmission, and it is still workingwell. I have nothing but praise for my RAV4 and for my dealership. Theyare a great bunch of people who go the extra mile. They are the reasonI'm still on the road. 722000 miles on Rav4?

Ray O · Accepted Answer

That kind of mileage is not that unusual if the vehicle has been well-maintained.  I saw several with the same or more miles.

C. E. White · Answer

Seems to me, the courier would have to drive around 50 hours a week, 52 weeks a year for 7 years to make this sort of mileage. I suppose it is possible, but it seems unlikely.Ed

SilimPicikens · Answer

We service vehicles for courier fleets. Those vehicle, as you know, can easily accumulate 100K or more annually. Because of federal tax depreciation laws fleets keep their vehicle in service for five years or 300K WOF. We see lots of courier cars, VW, Hyundai, Ford, Toyota, GM, Honda etc. the accumulate very high mileage in a very short time period. Few however go more than 300K before they replaced. It does not make a lot of sense to replace a motor in a three or four year old vehicle however, it is more cost effective to replace the vehicle rather than the motor.

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Josh · Answer

What do hours have to do with it? He would have to put about 305 miles a dayon it.

SilimPicikens · Answer

Not unusual at all.  Many courier cars are run SEVEN days a weekand often 24 hours a day, as well.  However few major fleets keepthem more than three or four yearsmike hunt"C. E. White" wrote:

Dan J.S. · Answer

I just rode a chevy taxi cab that had close to 900,000 miles the owner said he replaced the tranny twice, but was on the same engine... he bought it used from a police fleet... he said the rest of his fleet all have over

400,000 miles... and this is not unusual...

SilimPicikens · Answer

The average CV in the NYC Taxi fleets have well over 500K TOUGHmiles on their clocks   ;)mike hunt"Dan J.S." wrote:

hachiroku · Answer

It is for a Caprice of Crap!

Dan J.S. · Answer

Chevy Caprice may be crude, but it works well...

wenmang · Answer

My Corolla is 5 years old with 140K on it. I hope that I can putanother 60K on it. But over 200K, I cannot image how it can survivewithout replacing half of its parts. Maybe it is not cost-effective forordinary owners to keep a car over 200K.

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