Our ram has.....a rather ungodly amount of miles on it (see sig).

Still has the FACTORY spark plugs

Have only changed the left brake light (today), driver side fog assembly (broken lense), EGR valve, and both front hubs (left at 196 with brake change, right at 218). Had both front rotors turned with new pads at 196K. Did both rear rotors and pads at 210K.

Only 3 trans flushes, only 1 radiator flush. (not sure how many diff fluid changes)

Had a driveshaft U-joint go out, dealer fix via warranty

Not to jinx it....but is that a record for a few things, on longevity? It's not throwing codes, and still passes emissions with flying colors.

 

Seems pretty nice to only have done that work so far!

 

Bet you could drive a Ram through those plug gaps.

 

That's the strange thing. It's not throwing codes, passes emissions, and still gets 16 MPG mixed. We know the plugs need changing, but have no earthly idea on how to get #'s 7 and 8.

We get a good idea of mileage- Dad's required to turn in all gas receipts to his work, as well as mileage logs. His work pays 2 cents more than the federal mileage rate, but they also keep tabs of gas spending to make sure they don't overpay the gas bill- they take the mileage, and make sure the gas reciepts all add up fairly closely in MPG, and only pay for the receipts that add up to that number of gallons.