Who is over 100,000 miles?

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

This summer. I had to travel when it was supposed to be done last summer. The guy is going to teach me how to PDR on it so was worth waiting.

Need PDR work on an FR-S? Here ya go, just suck the dents out and then relax with a beer, while playing a game of darts -


humfrz

[WorldRallyBlueBRZ]

Originally Posted by finch1750

Holy hell @WorldRallyBlueBRZ. Nice to see someone rack that up.

Guess I'll check back in.

161k miles. Started tracking at 120k miles and done 8 days total. Needed to get a catch can but otherwise noting outside normal maintenance. Valve cover still leaks a bit.

Have not done the recall yet and don't plan to until forced when smog comes in a few more years. And even then I may just find out what some of the swapped guys are doing lol

I am hoping the car will live on for another 200,000+ miles. I just recently had to change out my alternator, and my clutch/fly wheel (still had the original stock clutch in there)

[finch1750]

Originally Posted by WorldRallyBlueBRZ

I am hoping the car will live on for another 200,000+ miles. I just recently had to change out my alternator, and my clutch/fly wheel (still had the original stock clutch in there)

Nice. Mine is AT so nothing major to swap yet. I may have an axle going out and my brake calipers probably would appreciate a refresh but other then that been fine. And I attribute those more to the car being driven hard then the miles.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by finch1750

Nice. Mine is AT so nothing major to swap yet. I may have an axle going out and my brake calipers probably would appreciate a refresh but other then that been fine. And I attribute those more to the car being driven hard then the miles.

That is the big variable. Mine has loads and loads of miles but 98% of them are on the highway with cruise control. I bet I get 300K out of the pads and rotors at the rate they are wearing right now. They probably have about 10K miles of actual use on them.

[RickyRacer]

Originally Posted by Chaetagnath

It was making a vibration noise which varied with speed. At first I thought it was unequal tread or something, but it turned out to be the bearings.

ok. thanks. just asking because i know it's easy to feel the vibration from a bad bearing on the front.. especially when you turn the steering wheel.

Wasn't sure if that was also the case for the rear. Was it when you turned the wheel or even going straight?

[Teseo]

Originally Posted by RickyRacer

ok. thanks. just asking because i know it's easy to feel the vibration from a bad bearing on the front.. especially when you turn the steering wheel.

Wasn't sure if that was also the case for the rear. Was it when you turned the wheel or even going straight?

If you feel vibrations then the wheel bearing is toasted. Mine started with horrible haul

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Teseo

If you feel vibrations then the wheel bearing is toasted. Mine started with horrible haul

Squeak

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[Chaetagnath]

Originally Posted by RickyRacer

ok. thanks. just asking because i know it's easy to feel the vibration from a bad bearing on the front.. especially when you turn the steering wheel.

Wasn't sure if that was also the case for the rear. Was it when you turned the wheel or even going straight?

It was going straight, but most noticeable between 50-60 MPH.

[finch1750]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Squeak

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Eerily accurate

[Terruko]

My TOB started going bad at 5k miles and at 13k 3th gear started grinding sometimes. I doubt this car would make it to 60k let along 100k.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by finch1750

Eerily accurate

I drove $500 junkers for almost 20 years. I know the sound better than most.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Terruko

My TOB started going bad at 5k miles and at 13k 3th gear started grinding sometimes. I doubt this car would make it to 60k let along 100k.

My TOB lasted 80K. There are loads of the cars lasting well over 100K. Did you not read anything here?

[RickyRacer]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

My TOB lasted 80K. There are loads of the cars lasting well over 100K. Did you not read anything here?

mine too lol, started sounding like a howling ghost at 80k miles

[MuseChaser]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

'Tis the way of the internet. You hear all the bad and nobody speaks about the good. This is amplified even more on a forum with a pretty narrow demographic. The old days were sometimes much better since you could live in blissful ignorance of a problem that others had and never worry about it unless it actually happened to you.

A friend of mine is a cancer research physician, and fairly prominent in his field. He is fond of telling me how frequently, when performing an autopsy, they find three or four things in addition to cancer that were all there lurking inside ready to kill off that person. His opinion was that we're all walking time bombs, and that not knowing about it helps us live a LOT longer. Pretty applicable to our valve springs.