Unusual cars for big mileage pa

[Seesure]

I ran my last E39 M5 for 200k miles over 10 years averaging around 21mpg... my current one has only covered 60k miles in 4 years

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

acme said:

Would love to hear more on your experiences of doing that sort of mileage in a TVR, have you ever run a thread on them?

Funny you should ask...

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

[acme]

Superb, I thought my step Mum did pretty well using a S2 as a daily and driving it in the gridlock into East London before the A12 extension was put in, but 30k pa, and you ordered it without PAS!

I remember sitting in her S2 as a 19/20 year old depressing the clutch thinking bl*ody hell!

Oh for the days when you could have big engines for co. cars, my current ones a 1.4 petrol!

[cmvtec]

dazzalse said:

S100HP said:

dazzalse said:

Yes, correct, commuting weekly between Germany and our home in Devon.

What?! Why?! How?!

We need to know more!

Office was in Dusseldorf, no flights into the West Country on a Friday evening or back to Duss on a Sunday, so would leave the office at 2pm on a Friday and motor up to Calais for the Eurotunnel, all being well arrived home just after Midnight, then leave Sunday afternoon, arriving back at our house in Germany around Midnight, did that for 6 years up until last year, on a few occasions forgot my passport, but the car and me were so well known at the Tunnel was let through ! Company car and fully expensed

I used to use the Eurotunnel once a fortnight and I am still surprised at how often I got through without there being anyone on passport control!

[C7 JFW]

Whilst I can't compare to some of the impressive miles on here.

I picked up a 2016 Subaru STI last October with 15,150 miles on the clock.

13 months later i've managed 47,900 and I'll be due a service before Christmas. I see Subaru every 4 months. The car has been brilliant. I've attached a photo of it in its natural habitat - the dark.

Edited by C7 JFW on Monday 3rd December 20:33

[g7jhp]

OddCat said:

Miserablegit said:

Browsing for a replacement family wagon I was amazed to see a Guilia Quadrifoglio with 47k miles on it in a year. Well done to whoever has done that but allowing for 35mpg that's still 1,342 gallons or 6096 litres or £8500 on fuel alone. I expect it will be more

I saw this car on AT. I can't believe that the asking price is only £5k less than similar age cars with a quarter of the miles (£40k vs £45k). If you are going to pay £40k you may as well stump up an extra £5k and get a low mileage one surely ?

It's good to know cars are still worth something even if used it as intended. Knocks the myth about values. Get out and enjoy driving!

[Buster73]

C7 JFW said:

Whilst I can't compare to some of the impressive miles on here.

I picked up a 2016 Subaru STI last October with 15,150 miles on the clock.

13 months later i've managed 47,900 and I'll be due a service before Christmas. I see Subaru every 4 months. The car has been brilliant. I've attached a photo of it in its natural habitat - the dark.

Edited by C7 JFW on Monday 3rd December 20:33

You need to change your user name.

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I was a fleet manger many moons ago

We had a regional manager who did 60000 miles a year with a discovery 2 V8. That was filled up daily.

A development manager who I put on a 12 month lease on a clk230k with a 120000 limit. It went back over mileage.

It needed a new drivers seat and a new banner and screen. I asked the leasing company what it would cost to buy at the end of the lease. The figure was silly, so it went back and was probably clocked.

[gazzarose]

A guy who used to do boat deliveries for us used to buy a new Defender. then change it 3 yrs later with 180k+ on it. Which when it would spend most of its like towing at ~50 mph is a long time folded up driving on of them! He was one of those drivers that once he got out he would talk constantly until he left, like he missed having someone to talk to. At the time a lot of his work was driving from the UK to Ostroda in Poland picking boats up from a factory there.