Anyone driving a lot of Hwy miles in ther SVX?

[Tim]

Originally Posted by Sean486

I'm thinking I'd likely pick up a second SVX and use one for work when the time comes to replace the DD. I would be interested to see if it would hold up with that much use.

I took my svx off dd duties for almost 2 years now. I went the ways of a 92 corolla that got me around town for cheap. I couldn't imagine driving it that many miles a month but the maintenance was far cheaper than the svx. Parts availability for it was night and day difference. Just food for thought.

[jellybytes2]

For the first year and a half I had my SVX I put 1000 miles/week on it. 100 miles each way five days per week. That slowed sown about 10 months ago, though I have done every day for the past seven. I've had it 21 months now and put a total of 65k miles on it. Most of what I have done to it has been fix issues that the car had when I bought it (wheel bearing, rusted exhaust, radiator, miscellaneous hoses). I think the biggest unexpected item was the starter.