99/00 L DURABILITY
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99/00 L DURABILITY
I JUST GOT MY 2000 L ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND HAVE HAD A LOT OF FUN BREAKING IT IN. I DRIVE ALL OF MY VEHICLES HARD AT TIMES BUT MAINTAIN THEM WELL AND GET A LOT OF MILES OUT OF THEM. MY OTHER CAR IS A 89' 911 WHICH HAS 105,000 MILES ON IT AND RUNS GREAT. I WAS JUST WONDERING WHO HAS THE MOST MILES ON THEIR 99/00 L? AND HAVE YOU BROKEN ANYTHING ON YOUR TRUCK YET?
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I have 18K miles on my '99 L and 100K on my '89 911 Turbo. Both are white (the fastest color) and both are relatively trouble free.
Nothing has let me down on the L other than a defunct instrument cluster backlight that was covered under warranty.
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Mark Whatman
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Nothing has let me down on the L other than a defunct instrument cluster backlight that was covered under warranty.
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Mark Whatman
mwhatman@earthlink.net
- 99.5 White Lightning (PSP Filter & Chip)
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I've got 1500 miles on mine and am getting the engine replaced as we speak. Should be done by Thursday, along with a new rim and star washer.
No real problems to speak of?!?
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2000 Red Lightning Born 3-8-00 / Delivered 3-22-00
22% Window Tint, Clear Corners, MPulse LoPro Tonneau
'99 Yukon Denali - Silver, Lowered 1", Borbet CW4's, 285/60R18 Toyo Proxes S/T's, Hotchkis AntiSways, Edelbrock Shocks
2000 Red Trans Am Ram Air WS6, 6 Speed - Delivered 2-15-00 - Awesome Looking Car
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No real problems to speak of?!?
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2000 Red Lightning Born 3-8-00 / Delivered 3-22-00
22% Window Tint, Clear Corners, MPulse LoPro Tonneau
'99 Yukon Denali - Silver, Lowered 1", Borbet CW4's, 285/60R18 Toyo Proxes S/T's, Hotchkis AntiSways, Edelbrock Shocks
2000 Red Trans Am Ram Air WS6, 6 Speed - Delivered 2-15-00 - Awesome Looking Car
[This message has been edited by WHAT04 (edited 04-25-2000).]
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WHAT04 SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT THE ENGINE REPLACEMENT. WHAT WENT WRONG? I HOPE THESE ENGINES LAST LONGER THAN THAT. I PLAN TO USE MY L AS A DAILY DRIVER, ABOUT 20,OOO MILES PER YEAR UNTIL IT FALLS APART. I AM HOPING TO GET 200,000 MILES OUT OF MY L.
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REDHOTL,
I had some fairly serious vibrations while revving the engine in park or neutral. Got a zing going at about 1800 rpm and a really bad one at 3000 rpm that did not have an end point. Turns out that these vibration points also matched at speed vibrations. At 95+ mph the truck would start numbing one's bum. Also had an oil leak out of the right cylinder head.
Rather than try to diagnose, SVT decided (and I have to hand it to them) to replace. Just kind of crappy to get a new truck gutted like that. I can't believe it will be a one stop fix, if you know what I mean.
By the way, easy on the CAPS. (shhhh... it's considered yelling)
I had some fairly serious vibrations while revving the engine in park or neutral. Got a zing going at about 1800 rpm and a really bad one at 3000 rpm that did not have an end point. Turns out that these vibration points also matched at speed vibrations. At 95+ mph the truck would start numbing one's bum. Also had an oil leak out of the right cylinder head.
Rather than try to diagnose, SVT decided (and I have to hand it to them) to replace. Just kind of crappy to get a new truck gutted like that. I can't believe it will be a one stop fix, if you know what I mean.
By the way, easy on the CAPS. (shhhh... it's considered yelling)
