Grr Rawr

I have a 95 silverado with 189,500 miles on it and it still looks clean and sharp. Doesn't burn any oil or leek any fluids, but i may need a different tranny within 30,000 miles since between 1st and 2nd gear the rpms pick up between shifts... I hate the sound of it. Otherwise it's all bone stock.

hunt4game29

I have seen tons 1990 to 1998 trucks with 200,000 to 300,000 miles so you will be fine. My friends 1998 has 300,000 miles on it and he has had to do the trans. rear and but motor and ac and what not are all stock. Good luck with your truck.

Soah

I just hit 231k on my 90 K1500
Motor and Tran are still fine. Its everything else that isn't lol

iwakeboard

Ihave a 2005 2500 HD with 175,000 miles and have had absolutely no problems...

Turfmann

I bought my '97 pickup used with just under 2,000 miles on it. It is a 1/2 ton worktruck that had been owned by U-Haul and had been hit on the side. Looked to me as though someone had stolen it and taken it for a joy ride. At the time, I had just started my business and didn't have a lot of money to put towards a truck. So I took a chance and bought it, thinking a year or two maybe. I put a 200 gallon lawn sprayer in the bed and pulled a 3000# trailer (I know, I know...) with it. It is now 11 years old, has 277,000 miles on it, original engine, 2nd tranny (which GM replaced free of charge). Runs like a top. Normal wear and tear but nothing bad. Just finished repainting in-house. Redid the interior - new floor covering, fixed the coffee holder. Looks like a brand new truck. Every day during the growing season it gets loaded down with fertilizer, a tank full of water, a trailer full of equipment and it goes out and makes me $$$. I greatly prefer it to my '99 chevy pickup - just a much better machine. My guess? 500,000 miles.

EvansBlue

Please post your own thread Turfmann.

nomad

I traded my 2000 X cab z 71 in May, with 233,000 miles. Still ran great. Besides the regular tires, belts, brakes pads and oil changes. I replaced the fuel pump at over 100,000 miles, the fan clutch and the A/C compressor. I did not change the factory plugs until 180,000 miles. Besides the 2000 model I put at least 120,000 miles on 6 El Camino's, Sierra's and Silverados and over 200,000 miles on a 77 Caprice. I never had an engine or trans failure. Despite the hard shifting. I always put Michelin LTX MS tires and get 75,000 miles on these tires. My first car was a 57 Bel Air 2 door hardtop I paid $ 550.00 in 1966, and I still own it. I think I believe in General Motors.

espy59lc

I had a 96 Sierra 1500 5.7Lz71 w/ 370xxx when I sold it. i know its not a Silverado, but the trucks are pretty damn near the same.

Sabreslight

i just bought a 1998 K3500 with201,171 miles on it without proper maintenance and it was sitting for 2 years and started up with no problem with a new battery that is...

Meatco1

I just sold my 2001 LS this past Sat. I bought it new in December 20000,whenI sold it,it had 210,800 mi on the odometer. I changed out the spark plugs at 194,000 miled (after looking at them I really didn'tneed to change at all), and replaced thebrake disk pads at the same time (original pads still had ab out 40% left on them).

All in all, I can say it was one of the best trucks I've ever owned in my 65+ years.

Respects,

Richard