any 1 w/ high mileage here on any solara?

[johnrex]

i've got 230k w/ routine preventive maintenance and counting on an 01 solara se v6. my big question is how long can i keep driving this toy? kinda bored of it and thinking of getting an 06. or should i wait and get the new upcoming solara if produced. need some sugestions please

[anttarz]

wow thats a lot of miles... toyota has no plans for a 3rd generation solara

[Jai_Jai_Binks]

that nice milage you got there...I'd say at this point, even if you were to sell the car you would hardly get anything. Just keep driving till she falls.

FYI: the current gen is the LAST gen for solara, no solara's will be made after these are discontinued.

[PhreakdOut]

230K? (You need to update your signature text) Estimated 35K per year depending on when you bought the '01 model.

You car must not sit still very much. Are the seats worn out?

So give us a run down on what you've had to replace. (How many times on the timing belt?)

[funboy102]

i have 106k miles on a 99' now... and I thought that was high. I guess that's the thing about these Japanese imports, you really can just drive them forever

[Sap Z]

yea..do tell us about the maintenance you've done on it.

I'm a '00 with 116K on it..

[ClassySolaraGuy]

Sounds like she is still running good. More than likely you don't have any car payments as well so why have some if you don't have too? The routine maintenance would be good info for us to know.

[Sebas007]

'06 is really nice.

But I think that if you wait some more, Toyota must reveals some surprise....since they don't offer any "sporty" model. Maybe they could do a Camry-coupe or a new Celica...in 1-2 years. Whatever, Toyota needs to fill their line-up with something sportier....and the 3.5L V6 2GR-FE (2GR-FSE seems to be only for Lexus...) would be a great engine to start up something interesting.

If you want to stand with something realistic go with the '06 models...you won't regret it.

[jrzymuscle23]

121k 99 here... gettin up there! hows your car holding up and is there anything coming up to fix i should keep my eye out for?

[2kSoulara]

i have 160k on my 2k v6. I saw an engine w/90k on it for sale on ebay for $500. Mine runs great but if the engine goes and everything else is still holding up ill just put another one in. The cost of the labor would be the killer

[bassthrive]

90k and running strong, no major problems.

[SolaraGuy22]

Yeah I'm curious to what you've replaced as well. (other than oil, filters and tires) I have an 02 with 100k and have only replaced the o2 sensor and brake master cylinder.

[Candyman]

I think I beat you all. I got it cheap with the high KM. All service was done at Toyota from day 1 and I have all service records.

[krazeee1707]

I had a solara with 193k on it. Just replaced the Egr sensor and its running great now. It's got 140k more than my tsx.....and it still has more torque.. ..hahaha

[QuickSEV6]

I have an '01 with 86,000 and I thought that was high. Wow! You almost triple my mileage. You must be proud. I guess the Solara really shows you that its worth the money. It really is a quality car.