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View Poll Results: How many miles before a rebuild or self-detonation?
150,000 miles 17 25.76%
200,000 miles 29 43.94%
250,000 miles 12 18.18%
300,000+ miles 7 10.61%
I'm lucky if lasts another year 1 1.52%
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Old 03-19-2015, 11:57 AM   #1
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Forever!!!
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Forever ever?
Forever meaning it will outlive me. I clicked the 150K box meaning I think once it has that mileage since the elective rebuild I would want to refresh it in some way at a minimum & probably a full elective rebuild.
Seems to me few people consider rebuilding a engine pre-need in order to enjoy the benifits for a longer time & lower costs long term. I have owned my DD Box for 12 years & put 100K miles on it, 30K since I rebuilt the engine. I'm sure I won't need to rebuild it again in my lifetime.
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The poll is missing a key entry.

- Until I sell it.
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- Until I sell it.
exactly!!!!!!!!!!
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I consider 150k to be the minimum and anything above that to be a bonus and totally doable with proper maintainance. I bought mine a year and a half ago with 41k and now have 59k. It's my daily driver and DE car. Like others have said these cars are reliable but not necessarily durable making preventative maintainance important.
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