Who has the highest mileage car on Pistonheads?

[Wacky Racer]

a)Ideally it must have been bought BRAND NEW by yourself, not handed down to you by your parents, relatives etc.......

b) If you bought the car secondhand it doesn't matter, post it up anyway.....I know a taxi driver that works off Malta airport who's Mercedes he has had for nearly thirty years is on 380,000 miles on the same engine, but the car has been resprayed twice, because of the white paint fading in the sun..

c)Photographs would be nice, including the odometer reading.....

Edited by Wacky Racer on Tuesday 15th October 18:34

[Life Saab Itch]

GTIR had a near 500k Mercedes motorway long ago. it has been replaced by a newer model now.

[eltax91]

There's a guy on here with a 450k Audi A4 TDi

[blongs]

My '56' Astra Sporthatch in Sept 2006 before being prepped.

Currently on 146,000 ish.

At about 50,000 miles (Oct 2009) I moved house to live with the now wife but kept my old job so the 100 miles a day soon racks up the mileage. LPG was added at this point to ease the day to day costs.

I will grab the odo reading photo tonight.

Ben

[gtidriver]

Just clicked over 70000 in my panda 100hp. 3yrs and 6weeks old.

[Wacky Racer]

Bump....

Thought there might be a bit more interest in this thread tbh......

Thanks for the replies so far though...

[McSam]

I think the stipulation that you have to have owned the car since new is a bit of a blocker!

Most PHers who've done mega miles do so in cars they've bought as snotter barges and the like. We're not minicabbers

[CraigyMc]

McSam said:

I think the stipulation that you have to have owned the car since new is a bit of a blocker!

Most PHers who've done mega miles do so in cars they've bought as snotter barges and the like. We're not minicabbers

• Nod*

I did 75K in a 2.0 TT from new as the only driver, but I owned a 135K e39 523iSE for about 40K miles.

How many people buy a new car then run it until it dies of mileage?

C

[Pistom]

Agreed re buying from new makes blocks a lot of us.
Putting miles on a new car can be expensive but I've currently got an old snotter that is as near to free motoring as it gets.

It's still only done less than 100k but I'm putting 1k on every week.

[Wacky Racer]

Fair enough then, I'll edit the OP........

[Gixer]

Very nearly 327,000 miles in my Mazda. I bought it new in Dec 2008 and its been my reliable work hack ever since.

[HD Adam]

Got 200k on my Audi A8. Still going strong.

[Pistom]

HD Adam said:

Got 200k on my Audi A8. Still going strong.

So only another 150k to it being fully run in.

[Negative Creep]

227k on my W124 and still going strong

[Spare tyre]

330 on my 406

I got it at 60 something

Shouldn't of sold it as it never really neede any attention other than servicing it.

Still see it about

[Gilhooligan]

I had a 250+k Honda civic eg coupe last winter. I say + as the speed sensor in the gearbox had failed so the odometer stopped working the last year of its life.
Engine still ran great and it had a nice smooth gear change. Unfortunately though it sucombed to rust in the end and I sold it to someone who took it banger racing!

[Steffan]

585,000 in an AUDI A4 diesel which was still happily running along giving over 40 to the gallon. Always serviced by the same garage five cambelt changes various other bits original head engine block gearbox three clutches. B odywork was still.very good interior absolutely sound and erything including all the sunroof and all windows the central locking and the stereo worked fine.

[CraigyMc]

Steffan said:

585,000 in an AUDI A4 diesel which was still happily running along giving over 40 to the gallon. Always serviced by the same garage five cambelt changes various other bits original head engine block gearbox three clutches. B odywork was still.very good interior absolutely sound and erything including all the sunroof and all windows the central locking and the stereo worked fine.

Kilometers or Miles?

Pretty amazing either way!

[Steffan]

CraigyMc said:

Steffan said:

585,000 in an AUDI A4 diesel which was still happily running along giving over 40 to the gallon. Always serviced by the same garage five cambelt changes various other bits original head engine block gearbox three clutches. B odywork was still.very good interior absolutely sound and erything including all the sunroof and all windows the central locking and the stereo worked fine.

Kilometers or Miles?

Pretty amazing either way!

Miles some time ago I had the car originally then it became a company vehicle in company I ran then a pool car then a family run aout then finally sold it to a friend where it is still in used as a hack. I also had a Volvo V40 PETROL car which covered 350,000 miles in a similar manner pool cars in company use can easily run like taxis never cooling down. Same garage serviced both my pal Colin owns several garages services all my cars post warranty has done so for over 30 years. Similar service record to the Audi several clutches but eveything worked on that car and it was still an excellent drive. With modern lubrication and regular servicing I reckon many car engines driven with reasonable care cold exceed 300,000 miles. Beyond that you need a Colin but I only know one of those.

[BFG TERRANO]

2011 Seat Ibiza sport on 58000