cars with mega miles

[uk_senator]

Oh, & my brothers 4 year old Fiat 500 Abarth isnt doing bad either: 

[quicksilver]

This 504 must take some beating. Chap bought it new and has literally driven it all over the world. Mileage readings are all over the place on the MoT history for some reason (some in miles, some in km and up and down like a yo-yo) but at one point it had 855,000km recorded - that's over half a million miles and it wouldn't surprise me at all if that is genuine.

1983 Peugeot 504 by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

244,000 miles in an ADO16 is pretty damned impressive too

1968 Wolseley 1300 by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

[dollywobbler]

My 2CV has covered 200,300 miles. Actually, the speedo head on my 2CV has covered 200,300 miles. And the rear suspension arms (and their bearings - try that in a BX!). Not much else...

[Junkman]

When will someone mention Irv Gordon's 3 million miles Ovlov P1800?

 

 

Oh, I just did...

[uk_senator]

half a million miles in a Fiat 131?

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/19/500k-miles-fiat/

[surprisingskoda]

One of the guys that works for me is rocking a e46 320d early model which at last look had 660k kms on it. On its very very very last legs now, it had a recent mot but will never make another one as everything just collapses but by bit. Been well looked after to get this far though.

[Ghosty]

Merc have a million plus mile taxi in their collection somewhere (Brooklands perhaps?).

 

Out in Americaland there's a 900k+ 1996 LS400, possibly even past a million. Number of engines etc is a mystery though.

 

http://jalopnik.com/tag/million-mile-lexus

 

http://www.thesmokingtire.com/2014/matt-just-bought-a-900000-mile-lexus-ls400/

 

[spike60]

On the Merc forum a couple of weeks ago there was a E220 cdi estate with 550k on it's 5th birthday and a CL55k with 195k on it's first MOT at 3 years old. Both were highlighted because they are currently for sale with a whole load less miles on, IIRC the E220 now has 140k on it though that's probably less of a liability than the CL.

[trigger]

There's a B reg Audi 100 taxi working on the Isle of Wight thats done nearly 500k.

[Richard]

A 400k haircut has to be a record, I suppose the MOT history would be erased by a change of plate.

[Twiggy]

I bought a new Peugeot 405 SRDT in June 1994, delivery mileage was 22, and sold it in November 2004 with 385k miles on the clock. It was serviced religiously every 6k miles as per the manufacturer`s recommendations. It had 7 new cambelts, two new radiators, a new clutch at 337k miles, and numerous discs. The front seats were replaced at 320k-ish. It also loved front tyres, needing replacement every 15 to 18k.It was still running well when I sold it, and never returned less than 50 mpg, its best being 59.9 mpg.

[forddeliveryboy]

I look after a 2cv with 260,000 miles which 2 owners have put onto it, the engine is original and flies along, uses half a cup of oil every 6,000 miles and is one of the sweetest and quietest I know. The valves were removed and relapped at about 180k and I gave the bores a light re-hone, nothing else has been needed. The 'box is all original including the bearings, chassis unwelded, the body's had front wings, boot floor and driver's side floor replaced. It looks way more authentic and smart than any of those 'fully restored' ones, and goes a million times better.

 

There's a DS Safari which is a bit of a different story - countless owners and no history, but it would be unusual if the engine wasn't original and untouched at 390,000, they usually go to about 500 before the heads come off provided they're not completely abused. Gearbox whines a bit suggesting a lack of regular oil changes, body is solid but a mish-mash of panels. I had to replace the main hydraulic doseur a while back, odd to have spongy brakes on an old big Cit, the valve block was leaking air internally and although the suspension circuits were bleeding the stream of air bubbles out automatically, at times they'd build up in the (blind) brake circuits. 

 

My workhorse Merc 250TD (124 class) is showing nearly 500k on the odometer, but it's in km as lhd. Still drives well, remarkably rust free too - probably helps that it's from before steel quality took a nosedive in the 90s. I always struggle to understand why people want cars with under 100k on them - you're paying for the privilege of running in a car for those who use them into old age, when character develops. 

[SiC]

I always struggle to understand why people want cars with under 100k on them - you're paying for the privilege of running in a car for those who use them into old age, when character develops.

Funny enough I was having an argument with a friend's girlfriend the other weekend. She couldn't comprehend why anyone would want to buy a secondhand petrol with over 100k on the clock - as they're (apparently) near the end of their life and will die any minute. Her reckoning was that a modern diesel is much more able to handle the miles. But then her previous car history includes a Smart Brabus, Audi A2 1.6 FSI (Fully Shit Inside) and a Ford KA. All cars not known for their high milage longevity...

 

I was failing to persuade her otherwise that a 7 year old Diesel 1-series Coupé is really not a great choice for a long distant motorway cruiser.

[chaseracer]

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.

 

Blingos ditto.  

 

I bought mine at 3yo/8700m nearly ten years ago; it's now nudging 140000.  Other than tyres and servicing, it's had starter/alternator/clutch (all at around 100K, which was a bit painful!)  

 

The rattles have always been there and the 2.0HDi still pulls like a great 

[NorfolkNWeigh]

A 400k haircut has to be a record, I suppose the MOT history would be erased by a change of plate.

No, not anymore. I think the only way to hide haircuts, apart from an annual one before MOT ( not uncommon in the taxi/private hire trade) is to export , usually to Eastern Europe, register it there then re-import. This was certainly a trick used a few years ago to sanitise Cat B, C or whatever write offs.

[dugong]

My C4 HDi had 157k on the odo when the engine 'did an HDi' and blocked its turbo feed pipe, effectively seizing the bottom end. It still ran, but the car was finished mechanically. 
That said, it was still on its original clutch and exhaust system and there wasn't a mark on the body other than from a shit repair performed by a Liverpool bodyshop. I suspect the 'zorst lasted because it was always driven up to temperature and for a decent mileage. Gearbox was also fine despite me shattering two of the cables after a very heated argument at a previous job. 

A friend of FATHA_DUGONG bought it off me for £200 and got the garage he owns to fit a recon engine and gearbox. It's back on the road and I'm really chuffed for it. 
I wasn't nice to that car at all and it took more abuse than the supposedly bomb proof Mk5 Golfs my friends ran. 



Laguna has clocked 186k and is tired but serviceable. I don't expect anything more from a £230 car. 

 

Piazza has 154k and feels it, despite constant IPTOC fettling. It's within a shout of being the highest mileage pre Lotus JR 120 in the UK. 

 

306 estate has 213k and is utterly shagged - although I've driven other 306s and 405s with double the clicks and they drove fine. Said 306 isn't long for this world. 



Leonard has 14k and rising. The rattles are getting on my tits. 



I don't know how many miles the Amazon has actually covered (as I don't have the full service history). The running gear must have had 300k + on it. 

[willswitchengage]

Over 3.5 million kms

 

http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/10th-january-2013/21/-life-in-the-old-girl-yet

 

[Lacquer Peel]

I really like dugong's Laguna estate, I'm a wrong'un.

[dugong]

I really like dugong's Laguna estate, I'm a wrong'un.

 

REHABILITATION.

 

I'll see how much I like it when the MoT tester has finished swearing at it. 

Then again, he passed the Rover so I probably shouldn't worry. 

 

It is flobbery and hissy (split boost pipes) but a nice place to spend time - provided you're not in a hurry. 282mm front discs mean it stops well, too. 

Its wheels also don't bottom out along our unit access road (see Citroen Xantia estate). 

 

 

[Lacquer Peel]

Last of the decent Renaults before they went all multiplex, keyless and torsion beam.

[chaseracer]

Aye.

 

Similarly, the death of real Peugeots can be dated to the point where they started buying in dampers.

[sierraman]

Funny enough I was having an argument with a friend's girlfriend the other weekend. She couldn't comprehend why anyone would want to buy a secondhand petrol with over 100k on the clock - as they're (apparently) near the end of their life and will die any minute. Her reckoning was that a modern diesel is much more able to handle the miles. But then her previous car history includes a Smart Brabus, Audi A2 1.6 FSI (Fully Shit Inside) and a Ford KA. All cars not known for their high milage longevity...

 

I was failing to persuade her otherwise that a 7 year old Diesel 1-series Coupé is really not a great choice for a long distant motorway cruiser.

That's fine as you can offer a stupidly low offer on their 98k car. My dads like this, he'd sooner stick a screwdriver in his ear than run a car past 100k. Where do people like this get their ideas from?

[Lacquer Peel]

My mum's the same, her Accord is on 130k and still runs well but she won't buy anything with over 100k regardless of condition.

[dugong]

Aye.

 

Similarly, the death of real Peugeots can be dated to the point where they started buying in dampers.

And stopped making its own gear linkage rods. 

[Ghosty]

Old Man also does that (he seems to think no gearbox is capable of more than 120,000 miles), and then complains he can't find any decent cars for sub-£2k. So he bought the A4 and spent about £600 on it, and now refuses to get rid of it as the clutch release bearing whirrs and he 'can't sell it like that'. 

He bought it like that.

[xtriple]

I've been a 'anything over 100K is crap' driver for years. But, in my various skint periods I have had some right high mileage shite and it has been fine to be fair. But, I got a lot less fussy about 'recorded' mileages after I got involved in the 'trade' and realised just how easy clocking a car really is. So, if a car hasn't got a full and comprehensive history to back up its recorded miles, I believe fuck all! I did once knock back a swap of my clapped out Sierra for a rather nice 6 series BMW because it had 286K on the clock and the engine sounded like it had suffered through every mile of it.

 

When I was a bike mechanic back in the dim and distant past, there was a courier that used a Z650 (like a Z1 shape/style) and it was immaculate but it had done something like 160K in a couple of years, it was in being serviced every month! That was a really sweet bike and the engine was lovely and one of the smoothest 650s I ever rode. He did do lots of motorway work though so not a City type courier.

 

I also recall being amused at the time when digital speedo/milometers came out and became common. All of a sudden, there were loads of high mileage Jaguars and BMWs/Mercs etc whereas before, all the lovely exec cars were low miles and history. Then of course, it became common to have 'mileage correction services'  after people became computer savvy and lo and behold, we have loads of low mileage exec cars again

[FakeConcern]

My Citroen C4 VTS a couple of weeks ago

 

 

[Junkman]

 

Similarly, the death of real Peugeots can be dated to the point where they stopped making the 405. Oh, wait...

 

EFA

[Lankytim]

I have a theory that a car approaching 200k will be in generally better shape than a car approaching 100k, everything will have been replaced by that mileage, ball joints, track rod ends, bushes e.t.c 

[SiC]

I have a theory that a car approaching 200k will be in generally better shape than a car approaching 100k, everything will have been replaced by that mileage, ball joints, track rod ends, bushes e.t.c

Or getting on to be completely shagged if nothing has!