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Thread: What does a VX look like after 270,000 miles?

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    Question What does a VX look like after 270,000 miles?

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    "THEORETICALLY, STILL A TRUCK!"
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    Incredible!!!! I can only hope for anything close.

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    Mark, you are "Da Man"! Eleven years of everyday driving in salt and deerhide and it still looks like that, that should give every one of us here the incentive to do the same. Rust-prone, engine-blowin' conversation pieces? ...I don't think so!!
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    Quarter million w/o repairing the seats? Really? NFW!!!

    Looks perfect on the top. Flip it over like a turtle (so we can see it's belly) for the real truth!!!

    Seriously, that's freakin' perfect!

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    Wow, BEAUTIFUL! AND it's a northeastern vehicle!


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    beauty!
    what more could you ask for from a vehicle?

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    Unreal! Nice job!

    Suddenly my 140k is starting to feel more like I'm just getting her broken in

    Here's to another 100k for everyone!

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    Quote Originally Posted by twalker920 View Post
    Unreal! Nice job!

    Suddenly my 140k is starting to feel more like I'm just getting her broken in

    Here's to another 100k for everyone!
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    Lookin' mighty fine!

    Nice work sir.
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    Congratulations. You are an example for us all.

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    reminds me of an old episode of married with children where Al is about to hit 1 million miles on his old dodge and they are going to tape it and give him a brand new viper - of course he never gets it but maybe someone should write isuzu a letter on behalf of deermagnet

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    Oil consumption ?

    I agree with everyone on this post that even with 270K miles, Mr. Deermagnet has managed to maintain his VX in near-pristine condition.

    One question though. With less than half Deermagnet's miles, my VX drinks oil like crazy. Probably, I am going through at least a quart every thousand miles. Makes me wonder how a VX with more than twice my miles measures up against the same metric.

    So, how much oil does your VX drink Mr. Deermagnet?



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    Guess if you don't mind checking your oil every single day then the issue is a non-issue. For lazy people like me though...? Kind of a pain. But I love my 130K mile VX so I guess I'm going to have to monitor the oil eater one way or the other.

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    Every day is a bit much, but every fill-up isn't that annoying. I think someone around here made the observation that probably very few engine failures are caused by sudden, catastrophic oil loss. Most are probably owners that just assumed they didn't need to check the oil but once every 1-2K miles.

    It is annoying but worth it to own one of the most unique vehicles on the road.

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