High mileage cars for sale

[DervVW]

radiodanno said:

Stop the thread now.

We have a winner.

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/170797/1998...


Speechless

someone has to do 100k in that just because!

[Welshbeef]

va1o said:

165k miles on this Jaguar XF a couple of weeks short of 3 years old









http://auctionview1.british-car-auctions.co.uk/Lot...

That Jag looks great - only thing worth changing is probably new Drivers seat and possibly worth getting a new steering wheel nothing worse than holding a shiny wheel v a brand new one.


What did it go for? Also anyone think that really it could happily do that same mileage again with no problem.

[Boobonman]

radiodanno said:

Stop the thread now.

We have a winner.

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/170797/1998...


Speechless

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Here is the readers rides thread from the PHer that is selling it...

[anonymous-user]

Welshbeef said:

Also anyone think that really it could happily do that same mileage again with no problem.

Only someone who has never owned a high mileage modern Jaguar would think that. Unless the real quality of the things have taken an enormous earth shattering leap from the 2004 Diesel S-Type that I took to 150k at 6 years old then that car is absolutely worn out.

[DervVW]

dme123 said:

Welshbeef said:

Also anyone think that really it could happily do that same mileage again with no problem.

Only someone who has never owned a high mileage modern Jaguar would think that. Unless the real quality of the things have taken an enormous earth shattering leap from the 2004 Diesel S-Type that I took to 150k at 6 years old then that car is absolutely worn out.

I was under the impression that had gotten much better? (maybe not earth shattering)

[anonymous-user]

DervVW said:

dme123 said:

Welshbeef said:

Also anyone think that really it could happily do that same mileage again with no problem.

Only someone who has never owned a high mileage modern Jaguar would think that. Unless the real quality of the things have taken an enormous earth shattering leap from the 2004 Diesel S-Type that I took to 150k at 6 years old then that car is absolutely worn out.

I was under the impression that had gotten much better? (maybe not earth shattering)

So was I, hence buying one! A good indication is to go on Autotrader/eBay etc and see how many are selling at high (150k+) mileage. You very rarely see a high mileage diesel Jaguar, if there is a high mileage Jag it's usually a petrol and considering the ratio of sales since the V6 diesel became available in 2004 I find this quite telling.

The car generally was niggling and falling to bits by 150K, although not in any way that would stop you keeping the car going with some TLC, but the engine and gearbox were forever stting themselves in some expensive way once the car got past 100K.

[Welshbeef]

dme123 said:

Welshbeef said:

Also anyone think that really it could happily do that same mileage again with no problem.

Only someone who has never owned a high mileage modern Jaguar would think that. Unless the real quality of the things have taken an enormous earth shattering leap from the 2004 Diesel S-Type that I took to 150k at 6 years old then that car is absolutely worn out.

True I have not.

If it was a BMW without question it would just keep on going. Presumed Jag was now up there shame if not

[VolvoT5]

dme123 said:

The car generally was niggling and falling to bits by 150K, although not in any way that would stop you keeping the car going with some TLC, but the engine and gearbox were forever stting themselves in some expensive way once the car got past 100K.

Could the same not be said for many high tech modern diesels?

Having said that the S-type with the 2.7 diesel was known to be the risky engine choice - two turbos, too much torque for the autobox and generally complicated and not cheap to fix.... hence they can be had for absolute peanuts.

[DervVW]

Well I consider myself schooled!

[Krikkit]

VolvoT5 said:

Could the same not be said for many high tech modern diesels?

Having said that the S-type with the 2.7 diesel was known to be the risky engine choice - two turbos, too much torque for the autobox and generally complicated and not cheap to fix.... hence they can be had for absolute peanuts.

Indeed so.

I'd say the XF is worth a look though, even at those miles.

[anonymous-user]

VolvoT5 said:

Could the same not be said for many high tech modern diesels?

Having said that the S-type with the 2.7 diesel was known to be the risky engine choice - two turbos, too much torque for the autobox and generally complicated and not cheap to fix.... hence they can be had for absolute peanuts.

Don't forget that it is also slow and thirsty!

[Dapster]

Most Mercs of this age would have rusted to dust by now. This is probably the cleanest I've seen regardless of the trip to the edge of the visible universe and back. Petrol as well, what a nutter!







http://suchen.mobile.de/auto-inserat/mercedes-benz...

[OGR4M]

THIS S-class from 2009 has nearly 400,000 miles

And doesn't look too bad, through terrible images - still, 80,000 miles/year...

[BorkFactor]

It appears that S Class has sold now!

How much was it up for? Always fancied one of them.

[Dapster]

This is brilliant. Not only is the car about £900 too expensive, but the ad copy is comedy gold. It's literally calling you in to buy it - the customer is king, and nothing is too much trouble! Oh, the vertical pics and image compression really is the icing on the cake....

310k




http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...

[itcaptainslow]

Dapster said:

This is brilliant. Not only is the car about £900 too expensive, but the ad copy is comedy gold. It's literally calling you in to buy it - the customer is king, and nothing is too much trouble! Oh, the vertical pics and image compression really is the icing on the cake....

310k




http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...

By far the best bit is the plastic bag over the number plate-clearly the owner is from 1993 and hasn't even heard of MS Paint

[anonymous-user]

You'd never consider travelling that far, like 193 miles, to buy a car like that though would you Dapster? Wink wink!

[Toaster Pilot]

Dapster said:

This is brilliant. Not only is the car about £900 too expensive, but the ad copy is comedy gold. It's literally calling you in to buy it - the customer is king, and nothing is too much trouble! Oh, the vertical pics and image compression really is the icing on the cake....

310k




http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...

People that pull the "the xyz (engine, etc) is worth £ppp alone" card annoy the fk out of me - do you have storage for half of a car, engine hoist to remove the engine, means of disposing of the fluids, time to strip and sell parts, means of getting rid of anything that is left legally, etc etc etc?

No, you don't, you

[CMYKguru]

Done well to get this high to be fair.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vauxhall-Opel-Astra-1-7C...

[Toaster Pilot]

CMYKguru said:

Done well to get this high to be fair.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vauxhall-Opel-Astra-1-7C...

Those engines are solid, so I'm not surprised that it would make such mileage, more concerned/surprised at the rest of the Astra H which is ste and made of chocolate!

I feel really sorry for the poor sod that had to do 266k in those base model seats though!