Cars That Will Make It Past 200,000 Miles
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Cars That Will Make It Past 200,000 Miles
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Forbes "One car in particular -- Porsche's $47,600 Boxster -- stands above the rest. It has the best predicted reliability of any vehicle tested by Consumer Reports this year."
Wow, pretty impressive.
Forbes "One car in particular -- Porsche's $47,600 Boxster -- stands above the rest. It has the best predicted reliability of any vehicle tested by Consumer Reports this year."
Wow, pretty impressive.
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Porsches might or might not be good for 200k miles. Actually, maintain just about any car well and it'll go that far.
But this article reaches the conclusion that a Boxster is much more likely to last 200k miles based on vastly insufficient information. I started a car reliability survey because of shortcomings in CR's approach. In this case, they actually have hardly any information on Porsches. As I wrote a few months ago:
Consumer Reports critique
They're basing predicted reliability for the Boxster on how well a single model year, the 2008, performed from the spring of 2009 through the spring of 2010. Boxsters are driven an average of 5,000 miles a year, so the surveyed cars had about 10,000 miles on them.
I wouldn't personally infer how many miles the cars will last based on how few problems they had with 5-10k on the clock. They might well last--but you cannot conclude this from CR's data.
But this article reaches the conclusion that a Boxster is much more likely to last 200k miles based on vastly insufficient information. I started a car reliability survey because of shortcomings in CR's approach. In this case, they actually have hardly any information on Porsches. As I wrote a few months ago:
Consumer Reports critique
They're basing predicted reliability for the Boxster on how well a single model year, the 2008, performed from the spring of 2009 through the spring of 2010. Boxsters are driven an average of 5,000 miles a year, so the surveyed cars had about 10,000 miles on them.
I wouldn't personally infer how many miles the cars will last based on how few problems they had with 5-10k on the clock. They might well last--but you cannot conclude this from CR's data.
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Porsches might or might not be good for 200k miles. Actually, maintain just about any car well and it'll go that far.
But this article reaches the conclusion that a Boxster is much more likely to last 200k miles based on vastly insufficient information. I started a car reliability survey because of shortcomings in CR's approach. In this case, they actually have hardly any information on Porsches. As I wrote a few months ago:
Consumer Reports critique
They're basing predicted reliability for the Boxster on how well a single model year, the 2008, performed from the spring of 2009 through the spring of 2010. Boxsters are driven an average of 5,000 miles a year, so the surveyed cars had about 10,000 miles on them.
I wouldn't personally infer how many miles the cars will last based on how few problems they had with 5-10k on the clock. They might well last--but you cannot conclude this from CR's data.
But this article reaches the conclusion that a Boxster is much more likely to last 200k miles based on vastly insufficient information. I started a car reliability survey because of shortcomings in CR's approach. In this case, they actually have hardly any information on Porsches. As I wrote a few months ago:
Consumer Reports critique
They're basing predicted reliability for the Boxster on how well a single model year, the 2008, performed from the spring of 2009 through the spring of 2010. Boxsters are driven an average of 5,000 miles a year, so the surveyed cars had about 10,000 miles on them.
I wouldn't personally infer how many miles the cars will last based on how few problems they had with 5-10k on the clock. They might well last--but you cannot conclude this from CR's data.
The Consumer Reports reliability prediction is actually based on the previous 10 years of data collected from its annual reliability surveys. This data is about as good (and indepent) as it gets. Sure, some of the newer cars had low miles, but many of the earlier 986 cars now routinely have more than 100K miles on them and are still running fine with no problems at all.
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Does not surprise me as most Porsche owners I would imagine take care of their cars and maintain them more than say the average daily driven Mercedes, BMW, Audi, etc that are traded in after a few years of ownership.
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CR has zero credibility with me anymore... especially regarding automobiles. They lost my confidence years ago.
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But my opinion is that as long as the car is decently engineered, the lighter the car, the higher the chance everything lasts longer. I think that's why you see cars like 2000lb 1st gen Miatas go for 150k, 200k, 250k+ miles and they have nasty faded paint and dry rotted tops but they're still running and driving. The drivetrain, suspension, braking systems are all stopping and hauling a vehicle that is over 1k lbs lighter than the average car.
I've personally seen five over 250K miles with little issues.
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