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Old 27 Jan 2004, 11:44 am
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Default PT service life ???
I have owned Saabs and Subarus and driven each for over 130,000 miles without any major problems or oil excessive oil consumption. I now am interested in the PT light turbo or GT and would like some feedback as to long term reliability for these cars before I buy. I do not race or abuse my vehicles but do enjoy some spirited driving on occasion. eddie
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Old 27 Jan 2004, 11:46 am
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welcome erhayes,
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Old 27 Jan 2004, 11:58 am
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Reasonable question, Erhayes - I know where you're coming from - I bought a '92 Dosge Spirit new and put 195,000 miles on it before transmission refused to shift (auto).
There's only 1 PT owner I know of (on another forum) that passed 100,000 miles - without major grief.
I have 70,000+ miles on mine now with no problems other than a slight ignition miss I cured by replacing plug wires.
There are no guarantees.
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Old 27 Jan 2004, 12:07 pm
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i wonder who has the most miles on this board??
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Old 27 Jan 2004, 12:13 pm
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Welcome to the forum erhayes!
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Old 27 Jan 2004, 12:21 pm
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hey erhayes, look under general i started a post of how many miles on your car that should shed some light on your question
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Old 27 Jan 2004, 08:59 pm
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erhayes, Welcome to the Forum!!![^]
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Old 28 Jan 2004, 12:38 am
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Since the GT is so new it's hard to say about reliablilty as of yet[:I]
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Old 28 Jan 2004, 09:49 pm
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true kev!! good point!!
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Old 28 Jan 2004, 10:37 pm
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I am really not concerned about the engine in the GT. It was "purpose built" for the turbo with strenghtening in the block, piston sprayers etc. My 2 previous turbo cars went to 180,000 and 210,000 miles respectively. Now I don't know about the periferals of the car though, the wheels may fall off well before that.
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