I used to drive my Cutlass 45,000 miles a year back when it was my pizza delivery car. This year I am probably going to do 35,000 in my pickup as it replaced the Cutlass for delivery duty in 1998.
How many miles you put on?
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Poor guy, 45K per year in a V6 Cutlass? The horror!
I had a V6 '81 Regal and I think I'd rather ride my bike for 45K miles a year! :lol:
I put about 35K on the wagon last year...looks like we're pretty close contenders! Except I don't deliver pizza, although I've considered it a few times...
I had a V6 '81 Regal and I think I'd rather ride my bike for 45K miles a year! :lol:
I put about 35K on the wagon last year...looks like we're pretty close contenders! Except I don't deliver pizza, although I've considered it a few times...
We timed it 0-60 a few times with the V6.... it took..... 22 seconds! I had a special technique for driving it to merge into the 55mph traffic that was on the road where the store was. I would pull the shifter all the way down into first gear, and gun it until it stopped accelerating. Then I would shift. I used to break engine mounts every few months doing that, and when they went, the car would shift out of drive and into neutral on hard acceleration! Needless to say, that made for some scary moments. The speedo stopped working, but I estimate that I got around 200k miles out of the v6 until I pulled it. It still ran, and went into a 4 door Cutlass that was owned by someone I knew. I think he killed it a few months later. But hey, I warned him.
Most of the time my driver is the '80 Malibu 4dr, 229. 90 miles a day on my commute. Up to 178,000 on the car, though the engine was rebuilt at 120k. That OE cam was wiped clean, and there was no compression left. I think I can get to 60 in about 15 seconds now, but not something I usually do... it's not the car of choice for stoplight racing :wink:
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