Originally Posted by
roosterk0031
You seem to rack up miles almost as fast as me, I have 206,000 on a 09 cobalt xfe, I drive easy, minimize brakes etc. trying to get good FE, still original brakes. $3-400 worth of parts, in that time. I think the Mirage is built every bit as good as a Cobalt, and better than the 03 Malibu I drove to 265,000 till daughter wrecked it with $7-800 worth of parts, biggest being a fuel pump, next being $120 each front wheel bearings on both.
Even the 98 stratus that I junked in December had 260,000 with just a $6-700 in parts, but I didn't fix the AC when it quit or PS sometime after 200,000. I think the key is all but the Stratus I got at fairly low miles and just did regular maintenance and they just keep working. The Stratus I got from the in-law so it was known and dealer serviced, I got it around 100,000.
Don't be afraid to get your hands dirty, somebody has posted a video on you tube of about any repair you'd even need to do. If I need to do something I haven't done before I go find a video.
Those prices seem awfully high. $40 a piece for hubs and $70 fuel pump(without sending unit) for a malibu and that's canadian.
I agree, regular maintenance makes all the difference. It's pretty funny seeing a newer car needing an engine with a thick layer of sludge in the valve cover cause they rarely if ever changed Oil.
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage SE wussie cvt edition. 1.2 automatic: 37.7 mpg (US) ... 16.0 km/L ... 6.2 L/100 km ... 45.3 mpg (Imp)