DaveDorson Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Pics or GTFO What of this? IMG_20180825_090308887 by davedorson, on Flickr IMG_20180917_224010662 by davedorson, on Flickr Lacquer Peel, BorniteIdentity, Jerzy Woking and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 monscrap.PNG Sadly that's my last contribution to this thread. Est 430,000 miles. RIP Boooooo what got him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted September 18, 2018 Author Share Posted September 18, 2018 Boooooo what got him? I think Warren chanced on a timing belt and lost. It's like gambling on a fart, but worse. warren t claim and The Reverend Bluejeans 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 I think Warren chanced on a timing belt and lost. It's like gambling on a fart, but worse.Wet belt. Wet fart. Never be tempted to gamble on either. Dave_Q and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Wet belt. Wet fart. Never be tempted to gamble on either.House always wins in the end. Had a good run though eh? warren t claim and BorniteIdentity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 I think I've found a winner going through the BCA, ex taxi that's just ran in at 733000 miles!!! https://auctionview.british-car-auctions.co.uk/Results/LotDetail/cd5bf2fefb044fa9b7547ff64cfd298e?VehId=4342db9b-e871-4a50-8169-5b7384d0f454&FromSearch=true&searchQuery=q=&bq=&sort=MileageDescending&missingMileage=True&awaitingAppraisal=True&page=0&extraFiltersActive=true&returnTo=S491BMA&promoAppliedSets=&Source=Search Walter White, Jim Bell, GrumpiusMaximus and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bub2006 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Dread to think of his fuel bills! Mind you that would probably be a damn reliable motor. mrbenn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5speedracer Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Sept '14 - Sept'15 was quite a year! Sent from my Redmi 4 using Tapatalk Jerzy Woking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scdan4 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Sat on the Chunnel and looked down. Super twosday achieved! Aston Martin, bunglebus, mrbenn and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 I'm not sure I qualify for this thread any more as I'm now driving a car with under 200k on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 111k in a year. Jesus, that’s over 2000 miles a week... must have had several oil changes a year! I bet it must have been cabbed round the clock, multiple shift drivers. warren t claim and mrbenn 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jollysmart Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 12.6 miles every hour of the year, that is some usage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Conan Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Is that Matt Farah's Million Mile Lexus? LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 12.6 miles every hour of the year, that is some usage. I'm not entirely sure that's even possible. An average 304 miles every single day of the year? That would have to have shift drivers running it 24/7 every day. ..and to do that with a Lexus that is going to manage, what, 25ish mpg doing taxi work? That's about £25k of fuel for the year. Surely if there's an expectation of doing that sort of miles it would be done in something much more economic. Something doing even just 45mpg would drop that annual fuel bill by over ten grand! Do that two years running and you've just bought a new car. So you either run the Lexus, or buy a new car every two years on the fuel you save by not doing so. Bonkers. Especially when it looks very much like it wasn't a taxi until 2011, so someone bought a 14 year old Lexus V8 to do 80-100k miles a year? Double Bonkers. warren t claim and trigger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 It's the ideal car to cover high mileages in, despite the fuel costs. mrbenn, BorniteIdentity and Semi-C 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 It sounds like the ideal way to lead to insolvency. Maybe it was upwards clocked as part of some scam. warren t claim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Executive airport taxi I reckon, it's a car that'll do 30MPG+ on a motorway run so not that horrific. warren t claim, Talbot, scdan4 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantingYoof Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 I reckon you'd get 35mpg on a long 65mph run. Evidence* (no photo): I got 34.2mpg on a long run at an average of 60mph. Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk mrbenn and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Executive airport taxi I reckon, it's a car that'll do 30MPG+ on a motorway run I reckon you'd get 35mpg on a long 65mph run. DW got an average 30mpg with his, so I'd say 32MPG is about the best you could ever hope for, especially including a bit of bimbling about That's still over twenty grand on fuel for a year. Twentyfuckinggrand! (although given that taxis seem to cost about £8 a mile, maybe the fuel bill was irrelevant compared to the income it generated) rantingYoof and Jerzy Woking 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 32MPG and no worries about DMFs, turbos, injectors and pumps. Why aren't more people running private hire Lexiisesus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 I'm not entirely sure that's even possible. An average 304 miles every single day of the year? That would have to have shift drivers running it 24/7 every day...and to do that with a Lexus that is going to manage, what, 25ish mpg doing taxi work? That's about £25k of fuel for the year. Surely if there's an expectation of doing that sort of miles it would be done in something much more economic. Something doing even just 45mpg would drop that annual fuel bill by over ten grand! Do that two years running and you've just bought a new car.So you either run the Lexus, or buy a new car every two years on the fuel you save by not doing so. Bonkers. Especially when it looks very much like it wasn't a taxi until 2011, so someone bought a 14 year old Lexus V8 to do 80-100k miles a year? Double Bonkers.As a taxi, every penny spent on fuel is deductible ( less a nominal 5%, if used privately) The fact this hasn't had annual haircuts, points to someone doing it by the book and declaring everything, therefore claiming for everything. Running costs matter much less than reliability if you've got a regular ( maybe 300 miles per day) contract to fulfill. That 111,0000 iis making me jealous, my personal best is 101,000 ( in a Galaxy) and I can't think of a better car to do it in, than a V8 petrol ,if only my Local Authority hadnt got a 6 year limit. Oh, and I don't have a regular contract.Just checked my diary and of the of the last 25 days only 2 were less than 400 miles, hell I'd done 300 today before 07.00( although, no more work until tomorrow,now) I'd be surprised if WTC doesn't come close to this annual mileage, now he's got new car payments to incentivise him. Walter White, warren t claim, dome and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 if only my Local Authority hadnt got a 6 year limit.That's quite common though isn't it? When I used to work in Winchester, the local taxi drivers all used to complain about their 6-year limit on the age of private-hire vehicles.. They had a nice little workaround though, as aparently due to the way the council checked the cars, if you had one that was registered at a certain time of year, you could get almost 6.5 years out of a car instead of just 6. NorfolkNWeigh and warren t claim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbenn Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Forget the Lexus, it's only got one key. Seriously though, wonder why it's been sold on. Surely you'd just keep running it unless there are signs of impending doom. AMC Rebel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC Rebel Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Forget the Lexus, it's only got one key. Seriously though, wonder why it's been sold on. Surely you'd just keep running it unless there are signs of impending doom. Maybe they've hit an age limit? I'd buy that - if I didn't have my massive miles Jaaaaaag already mrbenn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 I'm not entirely sure that's even possible. An average 304 miles every single day of the year? That would have to have shift drivers running it 24/7 every day. ..and to do that with a Lexus that is going to manage, what, 25ish mpg doing taxi work? That's about £25k of fuel for the year. Surely if there's an expectation of doing that sort of miles it would be done in something much more economic. Something doing even just 45mpg would drop that annual fuel bill by over ten grand! Do that two years running and you've just bought a new car. So you either run the Lexus, or buy a new car every two years on the fuel you save by not doing so. Bonkers. Especially when it looks very much like it wasn't a taxi until 2011, so someone bought a 14 year old Lexus V8 to do 80-100k miles a year? Double Bonkers. Maybe the owner calculated that it was more cost-effective to get 25mpg than to get 60mpg with several weeks off the road and a £2k bill every couple of months. If he had a regular gig he might not have wanted to risk losing it due to common rail meltdown. Jim Bell and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 I bet that Lexus missed less than a week off the road during its service. AMC Rebel, Richard and BorniteIdentity 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantingYoof Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 On the way back from Cannock earlier the LS400 ticked past a nice milestone...just 25k to the big 200. I couldn't capture the moment properly because the weather went biblically shit on the way back, which, when combined with Saturday-50mph-M6-roadwork drivers made the trip back a little stressful. AMC Rebel, dome and Lacquer Peel 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Bluejeans Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 My 730i is doing quite well. adw1977, AMC Rebel, Norbert and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floatylight Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Not that high, but quite an achievement for for a 1.6 grenade in a Grand Picasso.. Sent from my Moto G (5) using Tapatalk The Reverend Bluejeans 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 As a taxi, every penny spent on fuel is deductible ( less a nominal 5%, if used privately) The fact this hasn't had annual haircuts, points to someone doing it by the book and declaring everything, therefore claiming for everything. Running costs matter much less than reliability if you've got a regular ( maybe 300 miles per day) contract to fulfill.That 111,0000 iis making me jealous, my personal best is 101,000 ( in a Galaxy) and I can't think of a better car to do it in, than a V8 petrol ,if only my Local Authority hadnt got a 6 year limit. Oh, and I don't have a regular contract.Just checked my diary and of the of the last 25 days only 2 were less than 400 miles, hell I'd done 300 today before 07.00( although, no more work until tomorrow,now) I'd be surprised if WTC doesn't come close to this annual mileage, now he's got new car payments to incentivise him.I bank on doing between 65-70,000 a year. The thing about those long distance contract jobs is that the mileage rate is subsidised. I'd be surprised if he was running at more than a quid a mile and wherever he's dropped it's unlikely that he got a return job so I'd wager that he's run that Lexus at a real cost of about 65p per mile and had to pay all his expenses out of that. I sincerely hope he had a good source of used tyres and was able to do basic servicing himself. Any 20 year old car would attract the attention of VOSA at their regular airport checks so I'm surprised he's hung onto it for so long. The Reverend Bluejeans and NorfolkNWeigh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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