Chevy truck goes 1,000,000
chevytruck_fan
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well was just going to post this in the silverado board but thought everyone would be interested in this,
Original engine with 1,000,000 miles
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I'm waiting Toyota lovers....Where's your million mile truck engine????
Pfffff!!!
Sitting in the middle of a big pile of rust, most likely!!
It is pretty wild to see that many miles on a truck, especially a truck that was hauling a substantial load every day.
The only thing I don't get is....why didn't Chevy seem to care about this guy's acomplishment? I mean, Penzoil was all over it. I think Chevy could have turned that into a pretty strong ad campaign.
In any case, hats off to that particular Chevy. I'm impressed!!
joel:'96 T100 (not quite a million miles yet)
I always believed that working an engine every day was the best way to keep it going. Thats why people don't think older trucks are as reliable-there not driven as much. My 81 has been a daily driver since new (and has towed a lot) while the first engine went out in the high 200,000's, In the last year I have put a total of 80$ in maintenance, and that was for two freaking choke pull offs.
didn't it say he only went through a couple trannnies? thats like 500,000 each! Mine went 330,000 before it gave up the ghost. Maybe this guy drives it some superb way?
Gullible!
I would sooner believe that you could put a million miles on a Yugo. On the other hand, the Yugo DOES have higher quality.
I like people like you. Have all the evidence in the world and they still wanna say its not true
Answer this - the owner of the truck claimed 8 tire changes. This represents 125,000 miles before tire changes.
I am with Chevy on this one - this guy is an idiot.
Its not impossible
Chevy rejected this guy. Could it be because they realized that he is possibly A LIAR?
Maybe chevy doesnt need to publicize this cause thats how they build their engines and expect no less? They feel its no big acomplishment
Please some facts besides the number of tires he went through
"The mechanics watched in astonishment as Chevy piled up miles, cruising right past 500,000 and eventually reaching the million-mile mark. White burned through eight sets of tires and two transmissions, but his original engine still ran like a top. "
Since this was in the same paragraph I think it might mean that he went through 8 sets of tires by the time he got to 500k
Good luck on this one now!!
-----------------------------------WhiteBoard News for Monday, May 17, 1999
Douglasville, Georgia (AP):
After 999,421 miles, Jim Jeter's 1982 Toyota Starlet is
taking a rest - sitting in a carport while Jeter awaits
the right moment to reach the million-mile milestone.
Jeter said he'll grant someone else the honor of
turning the odometer to straight zeros, signifying 1
million miles. He plans to "wait for Toyota to make me
an offer I can't refuse or save it to show my grandkids
- and I don't have any yet."
Jeter has also petitioned the Guinness Book of Records
for recognition of his hatchback as the longest-lasting
car. The current record is held by a Kentucky man with
684,297 miles on a 1979 Cadillac.
Guinness researcher Ellen Mosher said the organization
will rule soon on the Starlet, a model no longer sold
in the United States.
Jeter said Sunday the car's longevity comes from
changing the oil every 3,000 miles. He also has
replaced the car's alternator, starter, timing chain,
exhaust system and three head gaskets.
"They don't know what they have when they have one of
these," Jeter said of Starlet owners. "These things
will run forever."
Hey there Bama-what are you doing posting here? The title of the thread says "Chevy". If my memory serves me correctly you were whining when Chevy guys posted in a Tundra forum. Unless you dumped that brake warpin' Tundra for a domestic you don't even own a fullsize pickup.
obyone, if u don't believe it, that's your choice. It just goes to shows how little u know about other makes of automobiles.
The difference in HP and torque is the reason
for gearing differences between brands.
I might see your view (but I don't) if the Toyota
produced it's power at substantially higher
rpm's than the chevy. But that is not the case.
1. The owner of the truck.
2. The magazine distributor he works for that had to lie and say he drives that many miles in a day.
3. The magazine's publisher, along with their dozens of lawyers and accountants that have blindly sat by and said nothing while the name of their magazine was associated with a lie in the Houston Chronicle story.
4. All the guys down at the lube shop that agreed to lie for him.
5. The credit card company or bank that falsified receipts, bills or invoices.
6. The reporter who wrote the story, who usually spends 90% of his time trying to verify or destroy a lead BEFORE bothering to write a story. I know; I've been in the biz for over 20 years. After learning the whole thing is a lie, he agrees to write a false story anyway, thereby risking his career, financial security and ability to get another job after the Houston Chronicle fires him if they find out.
7. His editor who read and approved the story for publication, even though he knew it was a lie.
8. The Knight Ridder/Tribune news service, a national news organization that normally fires reporters for false stories. Somehow they agreed to publish this pack of lies AND not fire the reporter--holy cow, call Mike Wallace and the 60 Minutes crowd!
9. The nationally-known web sites like Edmunds.com who agreed to publish the lies.
10. The suckers at Penzoil who bought him a new truck.
11. The guys in the lab who spotted the truck as a fake when it arrived, but agreed to say nothing, thereby risking their professional credentials.
12. His wife. (Would LOVE to know how he got her to go along with it!)
Yep, Bama-lama-ding-dong is right--this IS a pack of lies!
GEEEEEZ!!!
oh please, yeah the toyota guys don't make a deal about it when their vehicles reach 1million get real, give GM their credit do, notice the current guiness book of world records vehicle is a 79 Cadillac, the so called worse years of GM!
Why does every nice GM news tid bit have to be spoiled by the toyota crowd who try to discount it with no reason to do it?
For every Toyota lemon, there's 20 Chevy lemons. For every GM gem, there's a hundred Toyota gems. I think that's great GM accomplished this million mile feat. It gives Toyota some competition for what it had already done 20 years ago.
In simple math 795 daily miles x 5 days x 50 weeks = 198,750 miles per year.
Leaving home just after 5:00pm and returning about 6:00am allows 13 hours on road. Lets give him 1 hour off for delivery stops and breaks. Average speed is 66.25 mph. Judging this guys work ethics all seems quite believable.
He must love late night talk radio from the South. I'd probably go ballistic after a few weeks. He probably has a good CD player too.
I do have some problems with the sierra review:
Women pulls of plastic piece that isn't mean to carry a load and its GMC's fault? Hello thats what the handles are for.
they noted brake squeal, oh my gosh could it be the brake got dirty?
The tailgate hinge squeked, oh may how horrible.
And half the other crap resulted from a dealer with technicians that didn't know what they were doing, that can happen with any car company.
Also none of the Sierra's problem had to do with reliability, it was all little crap like wind noise. And as far as I know there were no problems with the engine?
Don't downplay the petty stuff like the interior molding that came off. That wasn't an isolated incident. The whole 'fricking interior was falling apart! Even the staff said that the truck rode like it had TWICE or TRIPLE the actual mileage with the bad ride, everything shaking and falling apart, etc.
I drive Expeditions and Tahoes at my work. I wonder if I drive more miles in Chevys and Fords than you guys do. The highlight of my day is getting in my Toyota and driving home. The quality difference is soooo obvious.
Obyone, yes, I'm still driving my truck. Yeah, maybe the truck's side-impact rating could be better. But the 1998 S-10 only had a "marginal" rating on the off-seat crash, while the Tacoma had "acceptable." Overall, Chevy's S-10 that year was not a safer truck than the Tacoma. Also, quit skirting the issue that your beloved Sierra has had some horrible, unsafe brake problems. These issues were addressed on Edmund's long term review. Popular Mechanics tested the Tundra vs. Chevy 5.3, and guess what? The Tundra with 1350lbs payload still stopped faster than your empty Shakkkerrrado (with your beloved 4 wheel disk brakes!). I guess when we talk about safety, you ignore brakes?
You guys make me laugh. You say how great Chevy is, but never want to talk about long-term reviews, consumer reports on reliability (worse/much worse than average for your beloved Chevy), etc.
If it wasn't for your pride, you all would admit Chevy is crap.
Hey - this guy is cheap advertising for Pennzoil. It they gave him a new truck - it added credibility to the story - something that it is desperately in need of. $30K is chump change for a marketing ploy.
Do you really believe that this guy drove 13hrs a day for 50wks a year? When would he eat? (13hrs is a long time to go between meals.) When would he use a restroom?( do you think he was catheterized?) When would he get gas? When would he pickup and drop off his papers? Doesn't this take time?
Let's assume that all of this takes 3hrs a day. That means he has 10hrs to drive 795 miles. This means he AVERAGES 79.5 mph ALL DAY. Wait a minute! I do not know of a single state (In the South at least) that has over a 70mph speed limit.
Usually - you can get away with speeding - but someone who drives 200,000 mi. a year? Unlikely. And how does this guy keep up his 80mph average speed when he is in the cities? I don't think so!!!
This is what is called in journalism as sensationalism - If you tell a big enough lie some people will believe it. This is how the tabloids survive. I just can't believe how many people are gullible enough to believe this male bovine excrement!
You didn't say why you attributed the Tundra to this imaginary defect. Can't find any? - I 'm not surprised!
The Chev pack always wants to divert attention away from their flawed pickups.
Why should you have to accept Yugo reliability when you buy a Chev? Consumer Reports 2001 buying guide: Predicted reliability: "Much worse than average"
OR: You can buy a Tundra - Consumer Reports 2001 buying guide: "Overall the Tundra ups the ante in this class"
Predicted reliability "Better than average"
Please show me ANY rating by Consumer Reports where a Chevy was rated higher than its competing Toyota model.
Toyota products are always rated higher/much higher than the industry average for quality and reliability. Chevy, well, worse/much worse than the industry average.
Personally, I would rather have a defective lampholder on a Tundra than a Chevy with a knocking engine, malfunctioning brakes, shaking steering column, leaking transfer case and an interior that literally falls apart. But hey, glad your argument on glycol in crankcases makes you feel better...
Denial, denial...
Why can't you realize that for every problem you find out there with a Toyota, we can find at least 10 problems with Chevy?
You guys always bring up individual cases like somebody finding glycol in crankcases, or bad lampholders, etc. An intelligent, valid argument on your behalf would be something like "the Toyota was found to have below industry average for..." But you guys can't say that, because the Toyotas always have above/much above industry average for quality and reliability. How many times do we have to mention that Chevy continually gets below/much below industry average for quality and reliability?
You keep finding faulty with the Tundra because of your mentioned problems with it. Well, then maybe you can suggest a 1/2 truck from Ford, Chevy or Dodge that has proven to be more reliable.
Don't get me wrong, I don't think Chevy trucks aren't bad at all WHEN THEY'RE OPERATING PROPERLY. They have good performance, but the reliability and quality just isn't there. I think it's pretty shameful in today's day and age to be making trucks that Edmunds and Consumer Reports found too problematic to recommend, though the trucks performance was good the few times (few times is an understatement - Edmunds' truck required work every month they had it, and they said there was ALWAYS something that needed to be fixed) everything was working properly.
This also sent Toyota to Chevrolet to allow them to use the 4.8/5.3 Vortec engines. Negotiations were not successful so they designed their own. After the launch another quiet as it is kept issue arose with Toyotas 4.7?, under heavy stress the engine broke example hauling and towing. Instances were head gaskets blown, etc..
In essence for a full size job, get a full sized Truck that is built for that purpose, not a Camry on a truck frame.
But, a lot of the problems attributed to "quality" can be tied to the fact that there are about 8.5 GM twins (and 8.5 Fords for that matter) sold for every Tundra. Even if the quality were equal, you'd still get 8.5 times as many problems reported.
lets say there is one problem per toyota and one per Silverado=700,000 problems , 100,000 problems which are you going to here more about?
And how did this discussion turn to SIlverado sucks discussion? Thats not what this discussion is about, it is about a chevy engine that went 1,000,000 miles it has nothign to do with the tundra or anything else, so you anti americans get out of here