Kind of a sad morning for me.

[rhipsher]

When I say I've enjoyed this 90 to the fullest I'm not kidding. And it didn't blow up on me over heat or go haywire. Then I pulled into Starbucks and had a quad lotte. This says it all.

[John Boothby]

Just broke in!

I am 65 and been driving since I was 15. I have only owned 7 new vehicles, 2 of which I still own and drive. A '95 Grand Cherokee and a '01 Nissan Sentra. Both still run great! The key is to fix things as they go bad; regular service and don't abuse them. They will last forever!!

[XfireZ51]

Originally Posted by LGAFF

You know high milers have personality; best part is who cares how much you drive it, if its dirty, scratched, etc. Guy in Crystal Lake has an original 289 Shelby Cobra(he has 2 actually)....he drives them, they are scratched, dinged, dead bugs on the front, rotted leather seat belts, but the car is "as is" from the factory. One of the coolest cars I have seen....it is gathering a history. Owning a car means nothing, but the expereinces you have with the car and memories you build are what counts.


I have hardly driven my 92 this year, but racked up miles on my 140K mile 90. I take my daughter out for for drives and that is what makes the car meaingful to me; ice cream drips on the center console, a rogue french fire under the seat....its all about the experience.

I absolutely second what Lee has said. I was a lot more conscious of the miles of AZZURRO-1 at 50K. But ROZA NERO, w 112K on the clock, has freed me up to just enjoy driving the car. The motor has about 36K on it coming from #474. So I don't think much of getting in an taking it out for a spin. And let me tell you guys, with the 3.73s installed, this car has just gotten that much more fun to drive. So I find I want to drive it even more looking for excuses to do it.
Frankly, getting a ZR w 100k on it is the most fun you can have w a car. You just don't give a crap anymore about some phony baloney resale value.

[secondchance]

Originally Posted by rhipsher

My red on red 1990 ZR-1 just hit a major mile stone on the way to work this morning. At almost 23 years old just hit 100,000 miles. And although
I know it's easily got another 100k left in it I wish it didn't have that many miles on it. But it is what it is and from the time I bought it with 68k on it I've had a blast owning and driving it.
http://s301.photobucket.com/albums/nn63/keeno1970/?action=view¤t=2012-08-14_07-40-34_24.mp4

Actually passing 100k was liberating. My first was 91 bought in October of 91 (brand spaking new) and ran that one up to 98,000 by april of 1996. After 4 years of BMW 850 (I could not erase my love of ZR-1), I found a 94 in Birmingham, Alabama, cut a deal sight unseen, flew out there from Orlando, Fl, and drove her back home - that was in June 2000. Since then, the 94 was my daily driver until I hit 110,000 in 2009.
As luck would have it, I ran into the WAZOO gang and these wonderful friends helped me bring her back mechanically - motor was fine but needed new bushings, oil and trans leak, driveline stuff, etc...
A new paint in 2010 was the final touch - well sorta... Since then I have been doing extra touches such as 18" Fikses, headers, SS ehaust, Pioneer Avic, etc... On the list are top end, big brakes (leaning towards Wilwood), maybe coil-overs, and God knows what.
Last April with 128,000+ she pulled 363 rwhp - about 435 at crank? This was with plugs loose, so I found out, when my plug boot kept popping out mysteriously a week later.
At 131,000, I drive her as long as it's not raining, including my daily commute into DC - like I said, I no longer worry about milege!
I figure the day she looses compression I will take her to Marc and have him do a 368 or maybe even a 385 rebuild. Come to think of it, I look forward to the day I can justify a rebuild!

[VetteMed]

Agree with all of the above -- it only gets better at 200k!

[rhipsher]

Originally Posted by Dynomite

And even better when you know how to do all the Maintenance and Modifications work yourself

High Miler Z

You've got that right.

[VetteMed]

Originally Posted by Dynomite

And even better when you know how to do all the Maintenance and Modifications work yourself

High Miler Z

That helps too!

[WydGlydJim]

Hey turn that frown upside down mang! You need to look at your glass half full not half empty........you've had a ton of fun, and the car has reached a major milestone, which is sumpin to be proud of! Plus '90 is still my favorite year!

[rhipsher]

Originally Posted by WydGlydJim

Hey turn that frown upside down mang! You need to look at your glass half full not half empty........you've had a ton of fun, and the car has reached a major milestone, which is sumpin to be proud of! Plus '90 is still my favorite year!

Your right. It's just a number. I didn't mean to sound like life is over for it in anyway.

[carter200]

Originally Posted by rhipsher

Your right. It's just a number. I didn't mean to sound like life is over for it in anyway.

Oh, but isn't it