I'm here in my 2006 Toyota Corolla, and I'm about to turn over 420,000 miles on the odometer.
What you're looking at there is the regular odometer that froze when it reached 299,999
miles. Certain Toyotas from this era -- 2005, 2006, and 2007 -- have a glitch where the
odometers freeze when they reach that number. Because of that reason I have been keeping track
on one of the two trip odometers of my mileage. Those run in 10,000 mile increments and then reset
to zero. So I'm about to turn over 420,000 miles on this Corolla. It is performing beautifully!
I just keep up with basic maintenance and really haven't had any problems with it.
I'm going to show you the trip odometer that I'm using to keep track of the mileage.
So there is the second trip odometer. I'm at
9981.3 miles. In just less than 20 miles we're going to turn over 420,000 miles on this Corolla.
As you can see, it still drives really well.
I'm just really impressed with this car. I replaced the transmission at 302,000 miles.
That is when it finally conked out. I think that's pretty good mileage on the original transmission!
I think that lasted a little bit longer than normal.
I replaced the radiator and fan a long time ago. It had a crack in it that was just normal wear
and tear. It still has the original engine in it, and I replaced the shocks and struts a while back
because they wore out. They were still the originals. I've gone through a couple
alternators and several batteries, of course, but that's really about it. I've done just
basic maintenance. I've had no major repairs or breakdowns except for the transmission. So
let's get back to this odometer when it turns over 420,000 miles which will be shortly.
Sorry about that! I missed the odometer turning over! I got in a little bit of traffic and it
was getting kind of tight, so I had to keep my eyes on the road and missed it. Just turned
over 420,000 miles on this 2006 Corolla. That's pretty amazing! This car has performed beautifully
considering that I take it on some roads that probably aren't meant for Corollas.
I was going to make these mileage milestone videos every 25,000 miles, but I figured at the rate I'm
driving -- which is a lot -- I'm going to do them every 10,000 miles instead. So I just turned over
420,000 miles. The next video will be when I reach 430,000 miles probably sometime within the next
eight or ten months. That's the latest! Keep on trucking! See
you at 430,000 miles!