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I bought my MY07 last year and started tracking it almost a month afterwards. This made me curious as to how long the car would last if it's pushed to the limit so often. I think this thread might help me and some others get good feel of how high miles we can get while still pushing the car!
Please try to follow the following format when you post...i'll use my car as an example even though i'm not even close to high miles
Year: 2007
Mileage: ~19,800
# Track Days: ~5
Track Frequency: 3-4 times/yr
Road race or AutoX: Road Race
FI or NA: NA (basic bolt ons)
Daily or Dedicated: A little bit of both
Any major problems?: Not yet
Comments: None right now...the car has handled like a beauty so far.
Year: 2000
Mileage: ~55,xxx
# Track Days: ~10
Track Frequency: 3-4 times/yr
Road race or AutoX: Road Race
FI or NA: NA 4.77 (basic bolt ons)
Daily or Dedicated: Garage Queen
Any major problems?: Not yet
Comments: Bought used ~ 4 years ago
Year: 2000
Mileage: ~112,XXX
# Track Days: ~100+ autocrosses
Track Frequency: 3 times a month (March-November)
Road race or AutoX: Autocross
FI or NA: NA (basic bolt ons)
Daily or Dedicated: Daily
Any major problems?: Replaced radiator, upper control arm bushings
Comments: Change the fluids religiously, oil 3K, diff/tranny 6K think it definitely helped to extend the life of the car. Car runs great and won the local S2000 autocross series last year.
Originally Posted by CosmosMpower,Mar 20 2008, 11:11 AM
Year: 2000
Mileage: ~112,XXX
# Track Days: ~100+ autocrosses
Track Frequency: 3 times a month (March-November)
Road race or AutoX: Autocross
FI or NA: NA (basic bolt ons)
Daily or Dedicated: Daily
Any major problems?: Replaced radiator, upper control arm bushings
Comments: Change the fluids religiously, oil 3K, diff/tranny 6K think it definitely helped to extend the life of the car. Car runs great and won the local S2000 autocross series last year.
Year: 2001
Mileage: ~76,000
# Track Days: 8 total
Track Frequency: Only started really tracking in the past couple of years
Road race or AutoX: Road (Roeblingx6 days and Gainesvillex1day), +1 autoX
FI or NA: NA (basic bolt ons)
Daily or Dedicated: First 5 years was a Daily Driver. Last 2+ she's a Fun Day Car
Any major problems?: Not yet and hope never
Comments: 7 years+ of fun, fun, fun
Originally Posted by nichigo,Mar 20 2008, 03:25 PM
^^Did you cut your trim to get that roll bar in?
The OEM roll hoops were cut. I had it installed by Hard Dog Fabrication in North Carolina and it came out looking about as OEM as you could ever hope for. They manufacture and ship various versions of the bar all over the world. If you're interested tell'm Shay sent you. Tom is the owner.
Year: 2002
Mileage: ~100,xxx
# Track Days: ~30 track days/~15 auto-x's
Track Frequency: 6-8x/yr in beginning. Now 2-4x/yr
Road race or AutoX: Both
FI or NA: NA 4.44 + bolt ons
Daily or Dedicated: Daily
Any major problems?: Scored cylinder wall and strip spark plug thread in head ~60,000 miles ago. Just threw a rod 2 weeks ago.
Comments: First track day 1-2 months after buying the car brand new.