I've been hearing the transmissions in these cars dont hold up well. how many miles before you guys started having trouble with them?
my car is still stock but i've been reluctant to upgrade it for this reason.

Well, it really depends on how you drive. If you drive like an old lady, it will hold up for a long time. If you step on it a lot, then it'll go out quickly. I'm in the middle; on my old GT it started going at 145,000 miles.

keep the fluid cleen ( dont flush), donte make a ton of torque, and no long burnouts and itll last forever

Better yet, don't do any burnouts. I would say they'd last forever despite the advice, but the electronics on these trannies, PCS and TCS in particular, can cause the problems instead of the hardware itself.

I have 94k and no problems yet (knock on wood).

Number one: Does anyone realize how stupid it looks burning out a front wheel drive?
Number two: Mine has 97500 and it seems to do ok, most of the time. We get a lot of grid lock traffice here and when you go back and forth from the brake to the gas without a complete stop, it likes to jump alot. I hope mine lasts until its payed off, atleast!

Around 70k my diff and trans went. I'm pretty sure that the previous owner beat the car up pretty well. Front tires were bald, hubs were shot, and I still need to replace the CVs to fix what they messed up.

118 k miles on mine and haven't had any trouble with my tranny...yeah right!!!

In real life i've been in trouble with my tranny since...95K miles...

yea, i blew the trans in my 97 gt around 135,000...my 03 gtp is around 57,000 and its very very slightly starting to act up...im planning on it going after warranty expires...psshh stupid warranty

191000 mi on my 97 no problems yet.

i jinked myself. my transie has been jerking gears all day

276000 and nothing done to mine

Mine started it around 90kish. I didn't really notice it in cold weather, but if you got stuck in thick traffic having to accelerate and stop a lot, it heated up quick and started the hard shifts. It also exhibited an odd rpm shift when hitting 4th. I was convinced it was a seal problem, now I'm thinking it's a combination of PCS/TCS issues.

When it starts the hard shifting, trying turning the car off and see if it stops for a while. More than likely it's a PCS issue. Cheap part, expensive install.

Is there any other? I have come to the conclusion that, unless it shifts hard enough to cause head trauma, I am driving it until it dies... hopefully not before its payed for!