I have a '98 Dodge Durango with 170,000 miles, Any thought on how much longer...

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...i could get reliable use.....? out of it??
yea i would love to get a better gas mileage car....ahaha...this thing get yards to the gallon
 
Sell it now while gas is cheap and nothing is wrong with it. Otherwise you will spend mucho $$$$ on repairs.
 
"Reliable" is a generalized term.
I owned a Saturn that I bought at 100,000 miles and drove for 80,000+ miles and it was very reliable and never let me down simply because the previous owner had changed the alternator, ac compressor, bearings, thermostat..... and a long list of parts. So it was a LOT more reliable than a my friend's car which had only 60,000 miles on it, his car went to the shed lot more often.
By "reliable" if you had meant the engine or transmission life, it's hard to say . Engines/transmissions fail anywhere between 10,000 miles and 300,000 miles. It all depends on how well you maintain it and how you drive.
Engines/transmissions don't die one fine day with a cough, they show symptoms well ahead of time.
 
What really helps is to take care of all the things everyone else neglects. If it has an automatic tranny, change the fluid. The timing belt is scheduled to be replaced too at something like 70,000 miles, and no one does it. Same with the coolant. Then all you have to worry about is replacing external bolt-ons as they wear out, like water pump, alternator, power steering pump, and so on.
 
a car will last as long as you want it to i say you can top out at 290000 mile but then again you will have to replace the trans around 202000 but that is a good car
 
You got a good one.
Most people I know dont get anywhere close to 170K miles on a Durango without having major problems.

If you are on your original transmission, Dodge should throw you and your truck a party...it is quite amazing.
 
Keep on going, just keep changing the oil every 3 k miles, I have an Intrepid ready to turn 300K..... I change the oil every 3K miles.
 
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