A QUARTER MILLION MILES !!!!

[qship96]

I did it!!!! Yesterday my trusty 96Q rolled over the magic number 250,000 miles ! Can it make it to 300,000 on the original engine and transmission????? We shall see........

[goody90q45]

Congrats Qship. I share your joy. I hit 250,000 miles a couple of weeks ago but didn't have a camera at the time. Here's today's odometer reading for those of you that are curious what the 2 on the left side of the meter looks like.



Of the new cars I've purchased.... the Dodge caravan lasted 135k and the transmission died for the second time, the Camry made it to 170k and the transmission died, the 1980 Toyota truck was running strong at 135K before I crashed it into a telephone pole, and the replacement Toyota truck now has 150k miles and is doing great. I've never tought I'd have a car with 250k and run as strong as this one. An amazing car.

[Q45tech]

I'm amazed that you haven't had rear main oil seal leakage. I've replaced 2 when trannies were changed and now mine is leaking again after 97k and 7 years.

[szh]

I did it!!!! Yesterday my trusty 96Q rolled over the magic number 250,000 miles ! Can it make it to 300,000 on the original engine and transmission????? We shall see........

Good work. Glad to see that some of the first-gen Q45's are still doing well on the road.

Z

[Kiven422]

279,000 miles on the 93...same transmission, JDM engine replacement because after the valve covers had to be resealed there was an abnormal loss of power... like 30 horsepower!! The engine just isn't the same again after.. + 94 Q45 plate-wheels (40PSI) makes for a quick around-6-second 0-60.

I'm amazed that you haven't had rear main oil seal leakage. I've replaced 2 when trannies were changed and now mine is leaking again after 97k and 7 years.

Odd... first leakage came after 150,000 miles on both cars... the 93 was babied mostly and the 94 was driven as hard as possible on a 35MPH speed limited street.

I also don't understand why you replaced the transmission twice... is it because it wasn't snappy as brand new or what? I found that smashing the hell out of the 94... eventually 2nd gear shift snapped up and 3rd-4th wouldn't take a whole 1 second to change during full throttle after I bought it used. Seemed problem-less at 217,000 miles... shifts were even smoother during city cruising and snappy enough to take off.

[timatt]

I haven't posted here in some time, but this thread seemed like an appropriate place to post my experience with my '91Q that I sold last week with 248k miles. I have owned many cars in the last 35 years and in short this car was simply amazing. I purchased it cheap -$4500, 7 years ago with relatively lo miles (60K). In the first 6 months I replaced chain guides/tensioners, knock sensors, all hoses under the plenum along with a new set of injectors. Probably $3k - 3.5k worth of work altogether, mostly done as preventative measures based on age and recommendations found on this forum. After that, all I've done is drive it - a lot, and do regular oil changes, tires and alignments. The Q has proven to be a very solid, durable car of very high quality. Everything still works; stereo, air conditioning etc. and none of the plastic bits and trim have broken. It still looks great; so great in fact that I sold the car within 2 hours of parking it in front of my business with a FOR SALE sign. Kinda makes me think I should have asked more than for it.

This forum has been a great tool that has enhanced my understanding and enjoyment of a great car. Having said that; there is an important lesson that I'd like to communicate to readers regarding this forum: You have to sort the information and advice received here and make decisions based on your situation. Not all that project themselves here as 'Sages' and 'experts' are as sage or expert as they might think. A lot of time such advice is nothing more than opinion. Had I listened verbatim to advice offered by a certain self assured Sage from the Atlanta area, my transmission was sure to self destruct before 120k - like all early Qs. That problem never occurred. The sky never fell. Fortunately I did not sell my Q after I received this advice though I considered it. Another example is; though it has been represented here as being otherwise, my Q was quite inexpensive to own operate and maintain. Yeah parts are expensive, but I really didn't need too many of them.

I'd like to thank the moderators here for helping to keep this forum informative, useful and interesting. Compared to other forums that I participate in, this is one of the most enjoyable probably due to the passion that some of these guys exhibit for the subject matter.

Remember the gas pedal is the one on the right.

Cya on the flip-side

Timatt
'91 Q45 (sold)
'89 911 C4
'10 Panamera Turbo

[Q45tech]

There was a great deal of difference between 1990 and the improvements progressively introduced prior to the 1994 redesign.

Most 1990 failed under warranty and were replaced. The unlucky got a 91 replacement with a new tcu and bam another failure quickily. By 1992 most problems were sorted out. So everything depended on week of manufacture and week of replacement.

Nissan didn't start the oem AT reman US factory until 1995 so every replacement was a new unit............again the luck of the Japanese Holiday season.

I don't count the 1st as anything as it occured at 50,000 miles [1994] number 2 occurred at 232K [2003] and was just weak shifting [most of which was from extra torque from Dinan ECU and Stillen trimode installation prior to 50k].

[NightRiderQ45]

Congrats. Well I'm looking to push my car to 300k except I ran into a road block with my car. I will eventually get it going, hopefully by this week latest. Can't wait until the car is running smooth again. Oh the plugs that came out of my car were not the NGK oem plugs. They were the $2 NGK BK... V-power plugs. Those plugs came out looking like normal wear with 130k miles on them!! Makes me wonder if I really needed to purchase the $10 this past weekend...but at least I know that those PFRG5-11 will go for 100k. I won't take them out before then lol...

[elwesso]

For the record, I believe at one point I looked under Tim's car and I believe he had a replacement trans... I saw a drain plug, that is if I recall correctly (been a few years)...