craiglwakefield

79 SC with 194,000 miles, never opened up, good oil presure, and do not have to add oil between 3000 mile oil changes. Fricken car looks and drives amazing! (tranny and clutch rebuilt at 160,000 mls.)

Guy Apple

1986 Carrera, 182, 294 miles. Top end at 180,174 and not cracked before that. This is a track DE car. Tough car...love it.

VA911

'79 SC. 290,000ks. engine never once cracked. burns no oil and runs very strong. Box rebuilt @ 230,000ks.

Edward

Thanks, all! Your testimonies confirm what we've all been "hearing" for years: i.e., "bulletproof"!

FWIW, my SC Trackmeister was torn down by the PO at 120K miles for just a headstud. The rest of the engine (apparently, by a trusted wrench) said all was still good, but the PO had some extra cash and lots of ambition and so did a full, mainbearing-to-top end rebuild (with orig p/c, but refreshed everything else) ...one of the reasons I chose to buy this car. It now has about 140K and feels amazing. I look forward to another 100K+ of driving/tracking this marvelous gem!


Edward

rentadate

well, as far as I know the od-meter has rolled over 3 times, to full 0 then promptly broke before I got it. And I have driven it for about a year now. The 2.7 was replaced with a 3.0 in 1991.

Rick964

80SC, 153k, never opened, burns no oil.

Rad Hatter

45,000 Kilometers
Original everything

Roc Doc

My 1976 Targa went 147,000 miles on the original 2.7! I put in a 42,000 mile 3.2 in it, and now it's got 242,00 on everything except the engine and front struts. (Not counting wear items of course). The only reason my 2.7 lasted as long as it did was the cool climate's it lived in before I got it, (Seattle and Santa Cruz), IMO. It was pretty tired, but it never failed to start, and never stranded me.

glenncof

1985 Cab. 174K miles with engine never openned. Oil consumption is 1000-800 miles /qt.

The 915 tranny is another issue.

Actually I consider high mileage no big deal with good maintenance. I sold a 1991 Range Rover last year and my freind has 187K on it, valve job once since wife overheated it. My 1997 5.7L Tahoe is at 138K and burns zero oil in 3000 miles. I often read about engines going 200-300K, not just Hondas...Fords and GM.

Mike Murphy

Funny, I know a guy who insisted on changing oil every 3,000 miles on his 1981 Chevy 305cu.in. truck. It went over 420,000 miles before he sold it (still running fine). Trouble is, when I do the math on what he paid in 140 oil changes, he spent $4200 over the life of the truck. That's almost enough for 2 engine rebuilds where he comes from.