# How much life does my car have left?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-much-life-does-my-car-have-left/32583>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [June 29, 2009, 6:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-much-life-does-my-car-have-left/32583 "2009-06-29T06:06:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![vtx\_1300c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/838e76/32.png) [@vtx\_1300c](https://community.cartalk.com/u/vtx_1300c)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 6:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-much-life-does-my-car-have-left/32583/1 "2009-06-29T06:06:05Z")

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I have a 1998 chevy lumina with the 3.1 liter motor with 181,000 miles. I drive around 500 miles a week, I change the oil every 3000 miles and trans fluid every 25k-30k. It has the original motor and trans and might go through half a quart of oil between oil changes. I do a fair amount of highway driving and drive 70-80 mph everyday. How much life do you think I have left, at this point I drive about 24,000 miles a year. Do you think I can get two more years and 50,000 miles more before I need a motor or trans. Thanks for you help.