mat_the_cat Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 1 million miles in 5 years?https://jalopnik.com/woman-becomes-high-mileage-hero-by-driving-her-hyundai-1831217446 Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveDorson Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 What of this? IMG_20180825_090308887 by davedorson, on Flickr IMG_20180917_224010662 by davedorson, on Flickr I've given this to FathaD who is now putting daily short trips on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 I feel like my Mk6 Golf is approaching high mileage club territory now. 2009 car and will tick on to 150k today.Hit 160k yesterday, limp mode as a treat. EGR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Hit 160k yesterday, limp mode as a treat. EGR.10k in 7 months. Not bad... JJ0063 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 10k in 7 months. Not bad...It earns its keep! EGR is £300+ For the part plus labour. £75 to have it mapped out and a £4 eBay blank.. being done next month when I’m less skint. BorniteIdentity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordperv Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Its still a relative youngster mileage wise but i hit my target for the saph yesterday evening Happy 200,000 miles sutty2006, scdan4, AMC Rebel and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 So what’s the most folk have done in a year? The most I have managed is just over 30k on a VFR750F when I was 24, I lived on it that year and was commuting to Bracknell from Warwickshire for a few months which helped bump up the miles. Most in a car is a mere 25k. One of my mates is a electronics service engineer and he swaps his company car in every two years and they always have 100-120k on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 I think my best was on my GSX14, I managed 35k one year on that. I don't think I got off it much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 In 1982 for a few months, I rode my Honda 500 Eurosport from Covent Garden to Buxton every Monday, Wednesday and Friday night , to deliver artwork. The round trip was just about 350 miles and it was getting serviced every 3 weeks at R.A.T in Goswell rd( service manager had a Matra Bagheera) .It dropped a valve at about 40k miles at just over a year old, it was parked in the MD"s shed on Wimbledon Common as he was asset stripping the company to shut it down, maybe it's still there ... OYE92Y.Anyway, I was given a Granada instead and became a chauffeur, the only thing I've done since. A 35 year career defined by a Plastic Maggot valve failure. BorniteIdentity, Asimo and brandersnatch 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyersey1234 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 My best is 17k in a year, usually 14-15k so not especially excessive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandersnatch Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 About 200 miles a day. Ipswich to that London, ride around a bit with paying passengers then back home. Bike, Yamaha FJR1300, has 138,000 or so at the moment. One’s too many, ten’s not enough! Tamworthbay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 most on the bike was 23k on year do 15-20 on it mostly just bought new shite with 162k on it - will now be lucky to do 3k a year in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share Posted January 4, 2019 Anyone who commutes to work, particularly early in the morning as I do, will quickly realise you see the same people at the same time in the same place on your journey. You make up names for them, and even mumble to yourself "oooh he's running late" if you happen to see him on the A414 rather than the A1. Every week, I see this dude in a Mk4 Golf GTi. He lives in the next village to me, but often overtakes me some 30 miles down the A1. When I realised he's doing similar mileage to me, I decided to have a perv at his MOT history. I love how similar the mileage is each year! I think he's doing North London and back Mon-Fri but nowhere else. Purely a commuting tool. I'm not often surprised by high miles; after all it's far far better for cars to get properly hot each journey. What I AM interested in, is how this would have fared like for like over the years against the equivalent diesel. Repairs vs Fuel efficiency etc. Anyway, well done "Golf Dude" GrumpiusMaximus, rantingYoof, jumpingjehovahs and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike D Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 End of last years mileage total for the van: Daily BMW is getting sold next week so it will be taking over sole duties Lacquer Peel, mat_the_cat and BorniteIdentity 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 I probably do about 25K a year. When I got my Golf it was on 48,000. Now it's on about 112,000 and I got it in May 2016. So fair mileage. Will probably be less now that I live closer to work. Regarding seeing the same people each day, my drive to work is half-an-hour drive down a B-road. I see the same five or six people each day, including one chap that used to work with me but doesn't any more going to his new job. There's an hilariously barried Rover 100 and a MKIV Golf hatchback in anthracite grey that has French-style yellow headlamps. I quite like it. I also see the same people walking to work each day and catching the bus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 I can't wait for 2021 when I can post on this thread shortly before roffling the 200k Ionoc BorniteIdentity, bangernomics, Mike D and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 I was talking to one of my passengers who's a mobile security guard and he covers an area stretching between Crewe and Barrow-in-Furness northwards. He shares a van with another guard. His Transit Connect covers just under 5000 miles a week! 700 miles a day. Seven days a week. BorniteIdentity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 I bet that only gets cold when in for a service! warren t claim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 I'd certainly consider buying a van off them if I needed one. No weight carried and pure motorway miles whilst being serviced on schedule. A high mileage bargain IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Another monster mileage car in the BCA website, this time a VW Sharan which averages over 100k a year... I'm guessing it's a ex-taxi with its 6 monthly mots but look at the mileage between them! mrbenn, NorfolkNWeigh, cobblers and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirley Knott Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Anyone who commutes to work, particularly early in the morning as I do, will quickly realise you see the same people at the same time in the same place on your journey. You make up names for them, and even mumble to yourself "oooh he's running late" if you happen to see him on the A414 rather than the A1. Every week, I see this dude in a Mk4 Golf GTi. He lives in the next village to me, but often overtakes me some 30 miles down the A1. When I realised he's doing similar mileage to me, I decided to have a perv at his MOT history. Capture.PNG I love how similar the mileage is each year! I think he's doing North London and back Mon-Fri but nowhere else. Purely a commuting tool. I'm not often surprised by high miles; after all it's far far better for cars to get properly hot each journey. What I AM interested in, is how this would have fared like for like over the years against the equivalent diesel. Repairs vs Fuel efficiency etc. Anyway, well done "Golf Dude"The GTi will likely cost £100 more a year to tax and they usually do circa 25-30mpg Vs 45-50mpg on the diesel models, on 25k a year (Ignoring insurance and maintenance differences) it's probably upwards of £1500 more expensive I'd guess. He probably ought to think about changing it for a TDi, that being said the 1.8T will be far nicer to drive. mrbenn and bangernomics 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landy Mann Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 I missed 380k but here's the JDM yo! Estima camper on 380300km around 236k miles and feeling it. Jim Bell, BorniteIdentity, Shirley Knott and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myglaren Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Always miss the critical mileage - usually 'cause son has been out in it.This time it was me daydreaming. BorniteIdentity, Jim Bell, bangernomics and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetleysmooth Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 I'm not even up for a gong at a paltry 183k my V70 has done. Pah !! mrbenn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Golf hit 163k today, I fitted a second hand eBay EGR as I was skint and it's been sweet since. Love this car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 144k on the Blingo, and I've done all but 8700 of those. 176500 today. BorniteIdentity, Floatylight and mrbenn 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffgeezer Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 A re-entry for me with the Volvo back on the road again as of today with a fresh MOT and 307k and counting! LightBulbFun, timolloyd, chaseracer and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Our '10 reg A4 ticked over to 179k last weekend. DVee8, Cavcraft, chaseracer and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norbert Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Pug (206 1.4 HDi) clicked over 225000 yesterday..... 15 years to the day since it hit the road. 15k/yr for 15 years.... precisely. I love it when maths comes together. Not only that,but I'd driven Mrs_N's Streetka over the 100K mark 15 minutes earlier as well. BorniteIdentity, Lacquer Peel, jumpingjehovahs and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted March 2, 2019 Author Share Posted March 2, 2019 Pug (206 1.4 HDi) clicked over 225000 yesterday..... 15 years to the day since it hit the road. 15k/yr for 15 years.... precisely. I love it when maths comes together. Not only that,but I'd driven Mrs_N's Streetka over the 100K mark 15 minutes earlier as well. What a day. What. A. Day. Those 206’s are supposed to be very very frugal on derv amirite? Norbert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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