Estimated Life? - '11 Camry XLE V6

[michaelkingdom]

Hello all,

I have an '11 Camry XLE V6 that I drive for my sales. I live in Florida and travel 80% easy highway miles.

I want to know how long I can reasonably expect my Camry to last (in miles driven not years). I drive a lot and I'm looking to gauge if my car will make it to 100,000 or beyond.

Thoughts?

[glenn14]

Do all of your recomended maint. Keep your car clean, wash wax etc. and you will go over 100,000 miles easy..I have seen some people on these forums with Camrys over 300,000 miles.

Glenn

[GT-R]

Glenn's car can go well over 500,000 for sure.

Oh Glenn, I think your sig has a typo..

[glenn14]

Originally Posted by GT-R

Glenn's car can go well over 500,000 for sure.

Oh Glenn, I think your sig has a typo..

Thanks bro..sig is fixed... lol

Glenn

[nevada]

Originally Posted by michaelkingdom

Hello all,

I have an '11 Camry XLE V6 that I drive for my sales. I live in Florida and travel 80% easy highway miles.

I want to know how long I can reasonably expect my Camry to last (in miles driven not years). I drive a lot and I'm looking to gauge if my car will make it to 100,000 or beyond.

Thoughts?

personally, at 100k, i would still consider that low miles.

[ic04969]

Originally Posted by nevada

personally, at 100k, i would still consider that low miles.

I agree. I had a 2003 Camry that I also drove 75%+ freeway miles that hit 135,000 miles before my father-in-law's car died on him and I decided to give him mine. it is now at 150K+ and still running strong.

I live in warm climate (southern California) so I only changed oil every 4K miles but gave it all the other maintenance on schedule (tune-ups, 30,60,90K, etc...)

it still runs strong and I think it will last well over 200K miles (without major work) if all maintenance is done on time and on schedule,... only difference is that if I drove more in-town, it might need a transmission sooner than expected, but I wouldn't worry about it that much.

[Zembonez]

Everything wears out. Even on Toyotas.

You'll hear the miracle stories here about the perfect Camry that went 300K without ever having to refill the washer fluid, but here in the real world, by about 200K, you will likely have replaced a few major components... most likely a transmission, and AC compressor, alternator, etc. Replace enough parts and you can make any car last forever.

150K is enough for me. I don't plan on replacing enough parts to go 250-300K.

[TRD VVTi]

The sky's the limit. Maintenance is the largest factor. Driving style and luck are also large factors.

I honestly don't wear vehicles out. I have an '05 Suburban with 146,000 miles that operates like new. My '95 Formula has 260,000 miles on it and I pound the living crap out of it (lots of racetrack abuse). I only break parts on it and the motor is still original. My '06 I4 Camry has about 75,000 miles on it and is like new. I fully expect my Camry and Suburban to last nearly forever. I perform all maintenance when needed and used Mobil 1 and Royal Purple in everything I own.

[ydopen]

My 95 with v6 has 188k on it now and going strong, but it has never shown a sign of breaking down, but i do preventave mantinance on my cars, especially when my wife was driving that one 75 miles a day to work and me being out of town, I replaced a/c compressor,alternator,struts,timing belt,oil seal,water pump,valve cover gaskets, etc a few years ago

[Punks_Not_Dead5]

My 02 is at 120k miles (give or take). I have kept up on all maintenance, have never had any major problems at all...and i beat the crap out of it at the track a couple times a summer. it's a Japan built SE V6. I will keep it until it dies... hell even when it dies i'll keep it and swap the engine... it is that great of a car.

Just keep up on maintenance and all that and it should last you almost forever.

[michaelkingdom]

Well, here's why I am asking to being with. I am driving it as a sales vehicle. I get $0.33 per mile to drive it which equals $33,000 at 100,000 miles. Add to that my personal driving of 20k and I need to hit 120k to replace it.

Now if I can drive it to 240,000k I'll have the money to buy two! Not that I need two but just saying...ha ha ha...

[GeeEssVee]

A well maintained Toyota only begins to live its life at 75k, everything before that is the break in period

[Punks_Not_Dead5]

You'll do that just fine.

I consider mine "just broken in"

[HotRod53]

Michaelkingdom, I am in the exact situation and I only get 23.5 cents/mile plus an allowance. I bought an '06 Tacoma in '06 and it currenty has 163K on it. I decided to stop driving it for work so that I can tow my boat and use it for leisure, therefore I just purchased a '07 Camry XLE with 92K.

I created an excell spreadsheet taking into account payment, oil changes, tires, insurance, inspection, loan interest, ect, and figured out what I could spend. According to my calculations, assuming that my Camry only lasted 2.5 years, I would break even with no money out of pocket and possibly even be in the black. Knowing full well that the Camry will last well beyond 2.5 years, I should make money in the long run.

Especially running your car mostly highway, realistically you should expect 200K with regular maintenence with no problem. Everything over that is a bonus. Quite honestly, my Tacoma V6 with 163K runs, drives, and is as tight as the day I bought it.

[doingwork]

Estimated life of the Camry? Whatever your estimated end-of-life is. (maybe more!)


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