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Looking at the bimmers thread and noticing the high miles that Bob Marleys can rack up Im just wondering what the highest milage car Ph'ers have driven or owned.
To start Ive driven a Golf turbo diesel with 275,000 on original engine turbo & gearbox.
The higest mileage car ive ever been in was a Jetta diesel taxi with 425,000 on the original engine. It was a 2 driver car & they never used to turn the engine off even when re-fueling! and always had regular oil changes.
To start Ive driven a Golf turbo diesel with 275,000 on original engine turbo & gearbox.
The higest mileage car ive ever been in was a Jetta diesel taxi with 425,000 on the original engine. It was a 2 driver car & they never used to turn the engine off even when re-fueling! and always had regular oil changes.
Currently have a Citroen diesel with 158K on the clock but had two Audi 80's - one with 146K and the other with 134K on the clock.
A friend once had a Cavalier that had 120K on the clock but he knew it was clocked to start with - the "1" was damaged on the odo!!! Then promptly ran it for a couple of year and managed to get to 190K - so theory was it should have been closer the 300K mark... mind you it did nearly kill him with the injector hoses being perished and squirting fuel everywhere.... The AA man freaked out!
Cheers,
Paul
A friend once had a Cavalier that had 120K on the clock but he knew it was clocked to start with - the "1" was damaged on the odo!!! Then promptly ran it for a couple of year and managed to get to 190K - so theory was it should have been closer the 300K mark... mind you it did nearly kill him with the injector hoses being perished and squirting fuel everywhere.... The AA man freaked out!
Cheers,
Paul
. My wife's uncle's car has covered 435,000 km as well, all original mechanicals, but it is a Lada 
Had a Mk1 Golf 1500cc as a student, something broke in the dash at 161k miles. I sold it 2 years later with estimated 210k miles.
Original engine and seals, judging by the amount of oil blowing out of every joint. Non existant 1st gear. The body was tired, so you had to drive with the doors locked or they would pop open when going round corners or odd camber roads.
Original engine and seals, judging by the amount of oil blowing out of every joint. Non existant 1st gear. The body was tired, so you had to drive with the doors locked or they would pop open when going round corners or odd camber roads.
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It was a 2 driver car & they never used to turn the engine off even when re-fueling! and always had regular oil changes.
I assume they turned the engine off during oil changes
When Morris established endurance records in the thirties their cars docked with a 'moving garage' which serviced the cars on the move, the old oil was flushed out by the new.
In practice once oil consumption moves beyond a certain level there is no need to change the oil as you are adding so much fresh stuff. I once ran an Austin which burnt a gallon of oil in 100 miles, we used it to dispose of old oil drained from decent cars at service time, when no old oil was available we purchased oil from Moons Motors at 42.5P per gallon (converted from old money). It didn't smoke as much as you'd think!
I have driven a very short distance the VW Golf that was at the 96 Motorshow with 475,000 miles on it.
VW wanted it to cut the engine up and show there was no serious wear anywhere on the engine internals after that mileage. It had had a new gearbox and a new drivers seat but apart from that just basic maintenance.
Matt.
VW wanted it to cut the engine up and show there was no serious wear anywhere on the engine internals after that mileage. It had had a new gearbox and a new drivers seat but apart from that just basic maintenance.
Matt.
The MG is (according to what I can glean from past MOT's, bills etc.) at 58,000 on the second time round the clock. Engine numbers indicate that it is the original engine but couldn't say whether it has ever been rebuilt. I do know for a fact that a recon gearbox was fitted just before I purchased it about 7 years ago though. It's now the wifes daily driver and is having approx 3,000 pa added.
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Are you two twins??!
Wish I was - I'd have a TVR then!
No, you'd just have a brother with a TVR
Ah, but if we were identical twins & I was on your insurance, we'd both have a built in alibi when the Gatso photos came through the post! No, officer, I really don't recall which of us was driving that day...
Ferrari Dino 308GT4 with 137K kms, original engine with regular track work where she really gets thrashed! 
How many cars that are that long in the tooth (74 model) can still be taken to 8,000+ revs and then toodle off home at 35mph
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For a performance car that is suppose to be "fragile" it doesn't show it
How many cars that are that long in the tooth (74 model) can still be taken to 8,000+ revs and then toodle off home at 35mph
???? For a performance car that is suppose to be "fragile" it doesn't show it
March 1984 picked up a new 100hp 5-cyl Audi 100, sold in 87 November with 389000km and only a waterpump was replaced in that time. Only Autobahn thrashing! Saw it 2 weeks later at a different dealer to the one where I'd part-exchanged it, with "only" 95000km on the clock!!!!! Saw it just before it was scrapped 16 years later, being driven by a Turk who said he'd put another 300000km on it! and the same engine... when I told him that I'd sold it in Nov 87 with 389Kkm, he was rather nonplussed. So that car had around 600000km on the same engine/gearbox......
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