cars with mega miles

[Faker]

Was in an '08 skoda superb taxi at the weekend. Driver has owned it since '09 with 10k on the clock. It's still got its original 105hp 1.9 tdi engine and box, and only covered 386,861 miles by the end of our journey! That's impressive stuff.

[dollywobbler]

Most miles on a car I've owned is 315,000 on a BX turbo diesel. Felt like it too.

[bub2006]

My dads Peugeot 1.6 hdi taxi is on140k in 2 years from new,his 56reg tourneo was on about 450k when it was nearly all zanussi and not ford. My van was a 51 plater with260k on clock about a mile before the crash

[stripped fred]

I'm always more impressed when it's still on its original clutch or exhaust at huge mileages. My a4 was at 201k when it went pop.

[beko1987]

I sold the ZX to some mug on Sunday with 291k on the odo!

 

I can't play this game anymore, the Xantia only has a piffling 129k on it

[Junkman]

Bought a 13 year old '78 Caprice Classic with 180,000 miles on the clock, drove it another 380,000 and then sold it on at a profit*.

The heads were never off the engine and the only really big thing it ever needed was a gearbox rebuild at ca. 400,000.

[ShiteRider]

Stepdad bought a brand new 1.2 polo 3 cylinder jobbie in 2002. It was on 154k when i serviced it in june.

Still on it's original clutch and most of it's exhaust (had to weld in a new flexi 2yrs back). Only on it's second set of pads and discs as well.

It's been bomb proof that car, for extra shite points it replaced an f- reg 21 savannah.

[95 quid Peugeot]

My Pug 406 has 188k and still drives like new, original clutch on that... another 406 went thru the Newark auctions a few weeks ago at 380k miles and a diesel toyota with 370k

[DVee8]

On holiday last week,we were in a 8 year old E class taxi with 976ish K km's. Seats flat and electric window buttons worn white with use. But it still pulled well.

[sierraman]

XJ6 4.0 had 226,000 on the clock.

[oldcars]

Had a mk4 golf with 125000 on it, drove like it had 525000 on it. 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

I briefly owned a floG tdi with just over 200k on the clock, and it pulled like a bloody train. I reckon it was one of those which was used to long journeys and sitting at 80/90 on the motorway. The interior was still immaculate and at s glance you'd assume it had easily done sub 100k. Sadly, I fear the current batch of oil burners won't be touching anywhere near 200 or 300k before they're Heinz packaging. I was chatting to the lad who does mechanical work for us earlier in the week, and he was telling me about a local taxi driver's 11 plate D4D Toyota (Avensisisisis I think). He'd owned it since 20k, and it's now just over 140k, duly serviced and well looked after during it's time with him.

Turns out recently it's down on compression, and the engine's basically on it's last legs. He's just paid £2.5k to buy a complete estate with a smashed rear end, but with sweet mechanicals and low miles with history. They'd previously searched everywhere for an engine for the taxi, but they were few and far between and mega pricey when available.

So basically, a five year old car, with around 140k miles on the clock, which has been well looked after, and serviced correctly, is borderline scrap fodder. Absolutely mental.

[Junkman]

On holiday last week,we were in a 8 year old E class taxi with 976ish K km's. Seats flat and electric window buttons worn white with use. But it still pulled well.

 

In 1986, I bought* an ex Munich taxi 1959 180D with 780,000 km for a case of beer.

I took it on a holiday to Corsica together with four people and their luggage, including an inflated dinghy on the roofrack.

The reason for the latter was, that we used the dinghy for our luggage, since there was no boot floor, just the tank.

Apart from being the closest thing to being stationary, it returned 38 OMGMPG, but needed about a litre of oil per tankfill,

which would have offset the savings a bit, if we hadn't used dropped oil from other cars.

It finally breathed its last breath on the way back from Roskilde, so I think it still adorns a field edge somewhere in Lolland.

[Matt]

We recently traded in my dads Grande Punto so my sister could get a finance deal on wheels.

 

Punto Mileage by MattLikesCars, on Flickr

 

That's it's second engine mind seeing as my father and sister seem to think that servicing is a stupid waste of money and repairs only need done when my mother and I tell them that their cars are dangerous/illegal a few times.

[Captain Furious]

My Mk3 Granada Cossie has about 226k on the clock, still drives like new....

 

Doesn't really it feels about knackered.

[maxpower]

I had a volvo 245 with 185k on it before it decided it had had enough

[Noel Tidybeard]

i bought a montego with 134,000 on clock but it sounded like it had 13,400 on it!

i loved that car manuel everything except the choke!

[spike60]

My current e39 530d estate is just sneaking up on 250k and in rude health, by comparison the 525tds e34 was wankered at far less, shit like windows, wipers were a pain long before I sold it at 254k. Merc 320 Clk was still a lovely thing to drive at 200+k when i sold it, Alfa 156 2.4 Jtd was gimme pig at 165k.

[Shep Shepherd]

The Volvo has done 232,000 miles (102,000 of those miles done in my ownership) and it seems happy enough. I can't see it reaching 250,000 miles any time soon, as it only gets driven about 100 miles a month nowadays

[JJ0063]

My 3 series has 175k on it & is a 2007 car. I had to replace the clutch and flywheel as the DMF was rattling like a bastard at 169k.

 

Apart from that it's lovely, virtually no interior wear, paint is decent. Turbo is SLIGHTLY noisy every now and then (At least I think it's that!) and a sticky caliper I keep greasing up but decent car really. (I say that now, MOT is 22nd of the month, I'lll probably retract that statement when it fails on loads)

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

My '89 730i has 315'000 on the clock. Think it may be on the original clutch as the torx bolts look undisturbed plus the pedal is pretty heavy now.

[Lacquer Peel]

I've driven Renault Kangoos with over 300k on the clock and fresher ones with 15k on the clock, I'd say they can take the mileage, the 300k+ examples felt a bit baggier and rattlier but still drove well and apparently hadn't needed anything apart from servicing and replacement of tired injectors.

[uk_senator]

My old Senator (which died of rust, still ran perfectly, never had any of the running gear touched other than normal service items):
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[BorniteIdentity]

My old Senator (which died of rust, still ran perfectly, never had any of the running gear touched other than normal service items):

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That is arousing.

[Hertz]

Most miles I have had was my MK3 Cavalier GLi with 189,000 miles on it when it was 6 years old. My dad's ex Police Rover 827 had 286k when he sold it, cracking car that was.

[I_am_Diesel]

I recently purchased a 14 plate Focus with nearly 80000 miles on it. It had to go back to the dealer after it was losing coolant due to high pressure. Eventually they had to replace the engine. All modern cars etc. etc. etc.

[sierraman]

Fortunately that's an exception these days. In an old Cortina you'd have expected an engine overhaul without exception at 80,000

[quicksilver]

This thing had 331,000 on the clock at the last MoT. I can't imagine its modern equivalent getting anywhere near that. Looks like it's had a shitload of welding to get this far though.

1983 Renault 30 TX by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

[I_am_Diesel]

Car was cheap, all done under warranty with a courtesy car to use so I was happy overall.

[stripped fred]

My 406 is on 193k, mr2 on 146k and astra on 177k. I like high mileage cars. No problem if they're looked after. The 406 is the daily and takes the most miles. I'd like to see 200k+ but it does sounds a bit rattly now so fingers crossed!