High mileage cars for sale

High mileage cars for sale

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Screechmr2

282 posts

105 months

Friday 2nd December 2016
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It's only cost £1000 per 1630 miles to run that Ferrari - that's shed running costs!

ATM

18,298 posts

220 months

Friday 2nd December 2016
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C7 JFW said:
poing said:
dopsonj said:
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/f...

150,000 on a 2 owner Ferrari 355... @ £47,000
Not forgetting the bills for £92,000 to do that!
I bet that drives very well. Rarely driven cars rarely feel great behind the wheel.
Advert said:
Huge sheaf of bills totalling £92k
What does this mean - Sheaf?

sjg

7,452 posts

266 months

Friday 2nd December 2016
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ATM

18,298 posts

220 months

Friday 2nd December 2016
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sjg said:
Still dont understand?

Did you Google it?

Hugo a Gogo

23,378 posts

234 months

Friday 2nd December 2016
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sheaf = a large bundle

ATM = something rude on Urban Dictionary

Dapster

6,953 posts

181 months

Friday 2nd December 2016
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Sheaf - "a bundle". A colloquialism inferring that there is a significant quantity of past bills, receipts etc validating the claim that a great deal of money has been invested in the car.

sjg

7,452 posts

266 months

Friday 2nd December 2016
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ATM said:
Still dont understand?

Did you Google it?
Well, I knew what it meant already. Expand the definition box:


sheaf

noun
noun: sheaf; plural noun: sheaves
1.
a bundle of grain stalks laid lengthways and tied together after reaping.
a bundle of objects of one kind, especially papers.
"he waved a sheaf of papers in the air"
synonyms: bundle, bunch, stack, pile, heap, mass, armful, collection; More

PaulGT3

375 posts

173 months

Tuesday 6th December 2016
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-Take-UP-1-0-2013-Whit...

Can't think of a worse car to do almost 50k miles a year in!

Welshbeef

49,633 posts

199 months

Tuesday 6th December 2016
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PaulGT3 said:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-Take-UP-1-0-2013-Whit...

Can't think of a worse car to do almost 50k miles a year in!
Not so sure

It does the job
Brand new
OEM warranties miles
Cheap to run
Easy to park
Maybe paying for a wedding honeymoon extension paying for the family wagon


Or maybe he had something Italian in his garage for real enjoyment a Ferrari 360 Stradale for instance.

kamilb1998

2,220 posts

178 months

Tuesday 6th December 2016
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PaulGT3 said:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-Take-UP-1-0-2013-Whit...

Can't think of a worse car to do almost 50k miles a year in!
That's been on here a few weeks back. Interesting MOT history detailing an engine misfire too, if I recall correctly.

ETA: As per the above, my July 2015 Aygo has done just shy of 48000 miles and, personally, I don't think it was a bad choice for doing the miles. I imagine that Up! was most likely a driving school car.

Edited by kamilb1998 on Tuesday 6th December 21:32

PaulGT3

375 posts

173 months

Tuesday 6th December 2016
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Welshbeef said:
Not so sure

It does the job
Brand new
OEM warranties miles
Cheap to run
Easy to park
Maybe paying for a wedding honeymoon extension paying for the family wagon


Or maybe he had something Italian in his garage for real enjoyment a Ferrari 360 Stradale for instance.
I'm aware of what these cars are good at, hence I am looking for one for my girlfriend to replace her 15 year old Yaris, not slagging off the car at all. And fair enough if it's been a driving school car but if someones done 50k miles a year on the motorway in it, I think they are possibly insane.

funkyrobot

18,789 posts

229 months

Wednesday 7th December 2016
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kamilb1998 said:
PaulGT3 said:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-Take-UP-1-0-2013-Whit...

Can't think of a worse car to do almost 50k miles a year in!
That's been on here a few weeks back. Interesting MOT history detailing an engine misfire too, if I recall correctly.
yes

MOT history of this vehicle

Test date: 29 April 2016
Expiry date: 28 April 2017
Test Result: Pass
Odometer reading: 142,274 miles
MOT test number: 1202 8999 3955
Advisory notice item(s):


misfire at engine
nearside gearbox driveshaft oil seal some leakage

Ste1987

1,798 posts

107 months

Wednesday 7th December 2016
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funkyrobot said:
kamilb1998 said:
PaulGT3 said:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-Take-UP-1-0-2013-Whit...

Can't think of a worse car to do almost 50k miles a year in!
That's been on here a few weeks back. Interesting MOT history detailing an engine misfire too, if I recall correctly.
yes

MOT history of this vehicle

Test date: 29 April 2016
Expiry date: 28 April 2017
Test Result: Pass
Odometer reading: 142,274 miles
MOT test number: 1202 8999 3955
Advisory notice item(s):


misfire at engine
nearside gearbox driveshaft oil seal some leakage
Don't these cars need a timing belt change every 30k?

After borrowing a manager at work's Golf GTD, I absolutely love adapative cruise control and wouldn't mind one myself. Seen a few diesel Golfs within my budget with ACC and over 100k miles, would I be mad to consider getting one of these?

va1o

16,032 posts

208 months

Wednesday 7th December 2016
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Ste1987 said:
Don't these cars need a timing belt change every 30k?
No they are supposed to have a lifetime cambelt in that generation engine.

Ste1987 said:
After borrowing a manager at work's Golf GTD, I absolutely love adapative cruise control and wouldn't mind one myself. Seen a few diesel Golfs within my budget with ACC and over 100k miles, would I be mad to consider getting one of these?
That's exactly the reason I got my GTD DSG! It's June 2015 and just hit 35k miles today, got it for a long commute and it's been perfect. Feels like they are built to do the miles and happy just sitting on the motorway all day so I wouldn't have too many worries with one on 100k. Previous to the GTD I had a 2011 Mk6 which was on 105k miles when I sold it last year - but obviously didn't have ACC!

pixelatedJH

225 posts

114 months

Wednesday 7th December 2016
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2007-BMW-MINI-COOPER-S-G...


I'm half tempted by this. Then I saw the bill headed 'timing chain failure' - looks like it had a new chain and HG - is it likely to ever run right again?

pingu393

7,815 posts

206 months

Thursday 8th December 2016
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pixelatedJH said:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2007-BMW-MINI-COOPER-S-G...


I'm half tempted by this. Then I saw the bill headed 'timing chain failure' - looks like it had a new chain and HG - is it likely to ever run right again?
Read the P Norman receipt and then ask yourself the same question!!!

I suspect that if Mr Horton was the owner at the time, he will be too embarrassed to tell you the story redface

BlueHave

4,651 posts

109 months

Thursday 8th December 2016
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funkyrobot said:
kamilb1998 said:
PaulGT3 said:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-Take-UP-1-0-2013-Whit...

Can't think of a worse car to do almost 50k miles a year in!
That's been on here a few weeks back. Interesting MOT history detailing an engine misfire too, if I recall correctly.
yes

MOT history of this vehicle

Test date: 29 April 2016
Expiry date: 28 April 2017
Test Result: Pass
Odometer reading: 142,274 miles
MOT test number: 1202 8999 3955
Advisory notice item(s):


misfire at engine
nearside gearbox driveshaft oil seal some leakage
It'll be a miracle if that makes it another few thousand miles without going to the great breakers yard in the sky.

3 cylinder getting to 150k miles is coming near the end. The amount of wear on those cylinders must be massive

Screechmr2

282 posts

105 months

Thursday 8th December 2016
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When a receipt says no oil in engine you should be very afraid!

pixelatedJH

225 posts

114 months

Thursday 8th December 2016
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Screechmr2 said:
When a receipt says no oil in engine you should be very afraid!
I can't imagine why they're including it in the ad! MOT advisory for an oil leak after that work's been done too, just MAYBE I'll give this one a miss biggrin

Willy Nilly

12,511 posts

168 months

Thursday 8th December 2016
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BlueHave said:
It'll be a miracle if that makes it another few thousand miles without going to the great breakers yard in the sky.

3 cylinder getting to 150k miles is coming near the end. The amount of wear on those cylinders must be massive
Why so? If it had 6 cylinders would it have half the wear on it?

I would expect that VW put that engine through all of the same duty cycle testing they put all of their other engines through. Besides, it's only a little car, it's not like they put it in a Phaeton and it's been having it's neck rung everytime it so much as went to the shops.