200,000 Mile club
Discussion
Something cool about a high mileage car, dont know why..
Maybe for me it's the case of just helping a car survive, and not being wasteful and grabbing s new car every 3 years, cars can last indefinitely with care.
200,000 miles is a good milestone, hoping my 5 cylinder volvo I have recently required will hit this ok the future, it's on 102,000 miles now at 8 years old, so just about loosened up now.
My other car is a 9 year old E91 diesel, with 136,000 miles, just something cool about a full odometer.
Maybe for me it's the case of just helping a car survive, and not being wasteful and grabbing s new car every 3 years, cars can last indefinitely with care.
200,000 miles is a good milestone, hoping my 5 cylinder volvo I have recently required will hit this ok the future, it's on 102,000 miles now at 8 years old, so just about loosened up now.
My other car is a 9 year old E91 diesel, with 136,000 miles, just something cool about a full odometer.
mw88 said:
2003 Honda Accord Type-S - 2.4 Petrol
Cheating slightly, as I had to put another engine in at 275k after the bottom end started knocking on the original.
My 2.4 ex is on 142kCheating slightly, as I had to put another engine in at 275k after the bottom end started knocking on the original.
Needs lower wishbones, OSR abs sensor, and that's it! Done 13k in it so far.
What issues have you had?
IntriguedUser said:
mw88 said:
2003 Honda Accord Type-S - 2.4 Petrol
Cheating slightly, as I had to put another engine in at 275k after the bottom end started knocking on the original.
My 2.4 ex is on 142kCheating slightly, as I had to put another engine in at 275k after the bottom end started knocking on the original.
Needs lower wishbones, OSR abs sensor, and that's it! Done 13k in it so far.
What issues have you had?
Major being the bottom end going at 275k, which was my fault for getting lazy with servicing.
Had a few clutches
Snapped a driveshaft (Standard on these and Civic Type-Rs of the same era)
Seemed to have an unhealthy appetite for ABS sensors, may have been cheap sensors
Timing chain stretched at 195k, luckily no damage
Rear calipers seized (Again, standard on Hondas of this era)
Rear wheel bearing
Alternator
Currently needs front lower ball joints
Starting to suffer with rust now unfortunately, I've gone from doing 20k a year to pretty much nothing. Factory exhaust has finally let go, and snapped where it splits into the 2 back boxes.
Olivergt said:
I've just bought a 2008 Octavia estate. It has the 1.9tdi engine.
It's currently on 296k miles.
I think it was an ex mini cab? has some strange ariel on the roof and seats/boot are remarkably clean (seat covers?) for a nearly 300k mile car.
And yes it was cheap, rear calipers are a bit sticky, but investigations show it's had new discs and pads all round, in the last couple of months.
Drives surprisingly well for the miles. Will see how long it lasts.
I was getting ahead of myself, it's only on 266K miles at the moment! Apologies for any confusion.It's currently on 296k miles.
I think it was an ex mini cab? has some strange ariel on the roof and seats/boot are remarkably clean (seat covers?) for a nearly 300k mile car.
And yes it was cheap, rear calipers are a bit sticky, but investigations show it's had new discs and pads all round, in the last couple of months.
Drives surprisingly well for the miles. Will see how long it lasts.
I'll, hopefully, report back in 2-3 year when it hits 300k.
My father bought an 1990 G plate Ford Sierra GL 2.0 in the early 90's with 25k miles on the clock.
He used it as a Taxi for his job and privately over 5yrs and added another 220k miles with
just normal service items with the exception of a new clutch.
With close to 250k miles and running smoothly with no issues he sold it privately to a gentleman who AFAIKR ran it for many more trouble free years.
He used it as a Taxi for his job and privately over 5yrs and added another 220k miles with
just normal service items with the exception of a new clutch.
With close to 250k miles and running smoothly with no issues he sold it privately to a gentleman who AFAIKR ran it for many more trouble free years.
DailyHack said:
Something cool about a high mileage car, dont know why..
Maybe for me it's the case of just helping a car survive, and not being wasteful and grabbing s new car every 3 years, cars can last indefinitely with care.
200,000 miles is a good milestone, hoping my 5 cylinder volvo I have recently required will hit this ok the future, it's on 102,000 miles now at 8 years old, so just about loosened up now.
My other car is a 9 year old E91 diesel, with 136,000 miles, just something cool about a full odometer.
Me too, I love a high miler and have bought a few cars with over 200k on the clock. Maybe for me it's the case of just helping a car survive, and not being wasteful and grabbing s new car every 3 years, cars can last indefinitely with care.
200,000 miles is a good milestone, hoping my 5 cylinder volvo I have recently required will hit this ok the future, it's on 102,000 miles now at 8 years old, so just about loosened up now.
My other car is a 9 year old E91 diesel, with 136,000 miles, just something cool about a full odometer.
I think it's the honesty of them, they're unlikely to be clocked, which is the main thing.
I've bought a 10 year old car for a 30th of it's new price and put 80000 miles on it with almost no issues.
I ran my BMW 740 from 80k miles in 2006 to 215k in 2011, fantastic car, only real issue was water pumps, it needed 2.
I replaced it with 2005 BMW 650 (4.8 litres of v8 loveliness) from June 2011, bought for £15k to Dec 2019, sold for £3200. When I sold it, it had 201k miles. Unusual bits:
1: Still ran beautifully, used no oil, had no squeaks. Still felt like it had all of it's 360k horses as well.
2: Only big bill was oil stem seals, replaced at 150k miles £1500.
Condition was still beautiful, these were the pictures I took to sell it on 201k miles.
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I replaced it with 2005 BMW 650 (4.8 litres of v8 loveliness) from June 2011, bought for £15k to Dec 2019, sold for £3200. When I sold it, it had 201k miles. Unusual bits:
1: Still ran beautifully, used no oil, had no squeaks. Still felt like it had all of it's 360k horses as well.
2: Only big bill was oil stem seals, replaced at 150k miles £1500.
Condition was still beautiful, these were the pictures I took to sell it on 201k miles.
Edited by gf15 on Friday 24th December 14:39
https://www.iseecars.com/longest-lasting-cars-stud...
Some interesting stats in the above article. Only 1% of cars in the USA make it to 200k miles.
When you have a large enough population, there will always be outliers that exceed the population median or mean by large amounts. Equally, there will be a few that won’t make it to 25k miles without some major failure.
I would say a lot of the cars in this thread which have done lots of miles without major incident are outliers.
I presume the vast majority of cars will become uneconomic to repair before reaching 200k miles which is why there are so few of them.
Some interesting stats in the above article. Only 1% of cars in the USA make it to 200k miles.
When you have a large enough population, there will always be outliers that exceed the population median or mean by large amounts. Equally, there will be a few that won’t make it to 25k miles without some major failure.
I would say a lot of the cars in this thread which have done lots of miles without major incident are outliers.
I presume the vast majority of cars will become uneconomic to repair before reaching 200k miles which is why there are so few of them.
Edited by wyson on Friday 24th December 22:47
An surprised by that US figure. I thought it would be way higher considering how far you have to drive to do anything.
I've got a 206 diesel on 219k. It still drives absolutely fine and has never broken down. I only recently realised the cambelt change is 119k overdue so God clearly has plans for it.
I expect cars from 15-20 years ago will last longer than anything around now. It's electrical crap that'll kill off much of the modern stuff.
I've got a 206 diesel on 219k. It still drives absolutely fine and has never broken down. I only recently realised the cambelt change is 119k overdue so God clearly has plans for it.
I expect cars from 15-20 years ago will last longer than anything around now. It's electrical crap that'll kill off much of the modern stuff.
Edited by bloomen on Friday 24th December 22:56
wyson said:
https://www.iseecars.com/longest-lasting-cars-stud...
Some interesting stats in the above article. Only 1% of cars in the USA make it to 200k miles.
When you have a large enough population, there will always be outliers that exceed the population median or mean by large amounts. Equally, there will be a few that won’t make it to 25k miles without some major failure.
I would say a lot of the cars in this thread which have done lots of miles without major incident are outliers.
I presume the vast majority of cars will become uneconomic to repair before reaching 200k miles which is why there are so few of them.
In the U.K. we’ve got 73k cars with over 250k miles. Some interesting stats in the above article. Only 1% of cars in the USA make it to 200k miles.
When you have a large enough population, there will always be outliers that exceed the population median or mean by large amounts. Equally, there will be a few that won’t make it to 25k miles without some major failure.
I would say a lot of the cars in this thread which have done lots of miles without major incident are outliers.
I presume the vast majority of cars will become uneconomic to repair before reaching 200k miles which is why there are so few of them.
Edited by wyson on Friday 24th December 22:47
So about 2.3%.
https://www.radiotimesmoney.com/motoring/uks-most-...
The spinner of plates said:
In the U.K. we’ve got 73k cars with over 250k miles.
So about 2.3%.
https://www.radiotimesmoney.com/motoring/uks-most-...
Interesting.So about 2.3%.
https://www.radiotimesmoney.com/motoring/uks-most-...
I make it 0.22% using 2019 UK stats here:
https://www.nimblefins.co.uk/cheap-car-insurance/n...
ie. 73,110 / 32,884,320 = 0.00222 * 100 = 0.22%
wyson said:
The spinner of plates said:
In the U.K. we’ve got 73k cars with over 250k miles.
So about 2.3%.
https://www.radiotimesmoney.com/motoring/uks-most-...
Interesting.So about 2.3%.
https://www.radiotimesmoney.com/motoring/uks-most-...
I make it 0.22% using 2019 UK stats here:
https://www.nimblefins.co.uk/cheap-car-insurance/n...
ie. 73,110 / 32,884,320 = 0.00222 * 100 = 0.22%
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