High mileage cars for sale

[MrGTI6]

Peugeot 205 GT. Not only has it been written off in the past, but it's also done 512k miles!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1990-Peugeot-205-GT/174...

[JakeT]

Jesus. That's a lot of miles for someone to do in a car. That's an average of 17,600 miles per year EVERY year.

[jamoor]

Really messed up mileage history too.

[SD_1]

MrGTI6 said:

Peugeot 205 GT. Not only has it been written off in the past, but it's also done 512k miles!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1990-Peugeot-205-GT/174...

That is astonishing, what a bizarre choice to do that sort of mileage in. Can't imagine it was terribly refined, or comfortable. Testament to the car though, solid effort

[Jimmy Recard]

Good work on that 205. I wonder if it was a one owner car

[Wooda80]

JakeT said:

Jesus. That's a lot of miles for someone to do in a car. That's an average of 17,600 miles per year EVERY year.

Has it had the cam belt done?

[Speed addicted]

stickleback123 said:

WarrenB said:

'333k, barely run in, it's nothing for one of these engines, drives like it's got 30k on the clock...' and priced as if it has..

333k may be "nothing" for the engine, but it certainly is something for the gearbox, bearings, driveshafts, hoses, every single rubber bush and mount, steering rack, alternator, PAS pump, AC pump etc.

People still bleat on about this as if it's the engine wearing out that will kill a car, which it never is.

To be honest it’s wearing the miles well, I’d have expected much more wear on the interior at least.

Still silly money though.

[talksthetorque]

Did Peugeot’s of this era have the .1 mile shown on the odometer?
The mileage seems to change up and down by an order of magnitude each time.

[MrGTI6]

Jimmy Recard said:

Good work on that 205. I wonder if it was a one owner car

Last owner change shows as taking place in 2009, although the ad states that it was written off in 2009, so perhaps the owner bought it back off the insurance company.

talksthetorque said:

Did Peugeot’s of this era have the .1 mile shown on the odometer?
The mileage seems to change up and down by an order of magnitude each time.

No, but the mileage discrepancies on the MOT checker look like input error to me based on tester(s) making that assumption. It only happen starts happening beyond 350k, by which point I think the tester(s) is incorrectly assuming the last digit is a decimal due to the fact that the actual mileage is so high. On the most recent one, I think the tester added the '1' after realising it wasn't a decimal, but somehow managed to insert it at the beginning of the number rather than at the end.

2005: 117,782 (Fail)
2005: 117,782 (Pass)
2006: 122,203 (Fail)
2006: 122,203 (Pass)
2007: 133,957 (Fail)
2007: 133,965 (Pass)
2008: 147,385 (Fail)
2008: 147,385 (Pass)
2009: 234,424 (Fail)
2009: 234,441 (Pass)
2010: 285,213 (Pass)
2011: 316,492 (Fail)
2011: 316,492 (Pass)
2012: 35,817 (Fail) 358,17?
2012: 35,817 (Pass) 358,17?
2013: 376,666 (Fail)
2013: 376,686 (Pass)
2014: 388,881 (Fail)
2014: 388,899 (Pass)
2015: 407,073 (Fail)
2015: 407,093 (Pass)
2016: 43,096 (Fail) 430,96?
2016: 43,121 (Pass) 431,21?
2017: 458,891 (Fail)
2017: 458,891 (Pass)
2018: 490,999 (Fail)
2018: 490,999 (Pass)
2019: 502,374 (Fail)
2019: 150,256 (Pass) 502,561

Edited by MrGTI6 on Friday 29th November 00:07

[jamoor]

MrGTI6 said:

No, but the mileage discrepancies on the MOT checker look like input error to me based on tester(s) making that assumption. It only happen starts happening beyond 350k, by which point I think the tester(s) is incorrectly assuming the last digit is a decimal due to the fact that the actual mileage is so high. On the most recent one, I think the tester added the '1' after realising it wasn't a decimal, but somehow managed to insert it at the beginning of the number rather than at the end.

2005: 117,782 (Fail)
2005: 117,782 (Pass)
2006: 122,203 (Fail)
2006: 122,203 (Pass)
2007: 133,957 (Fail)
2007: 133,965 (Pass)
2008: 147,385 (Fail)
2008: 147,385 (Pass)
2009: 234,424 (Fail)
2009: 234,441 (Pass)
2010: 285,213 (Pass)
2011: 316,492 (Fail)
2011: 316,492 (Pass)
2012: 35,817 (Fail) 358,17?
2012: 35,817 (Pass) 358,17?
2013: 376,666 (Fail)
2013: 376,686 (Pass)
2014: 388,881 (Fail)
2014: 388,899 (Pass)
2015: 407,073 (Fail)
2015: 407,093 (Pass)
2016: 43,096 (Fail) 430,96?
2016: 43,121 (Pass) 431,21?
2017: 458,891 (Fail)
2017: 458,891 (Pass)
2018: 490,999 (Fail)
2018: 490,999 (Pass)
2019: 502,374 (Fail)
2019: 150,256 (Pass) 502,561

Edited by MrGTI6 on Thursday 28th November 23:50

It was already old in 2005 so someone got it and decided to do mega miles in it

[Dapster]

MrGTI6 said:

Jimmy Recard said:

Good work on that 205. I wonder if it was a one owner car

Last owner change shows as taking place in 2009, although the ad states that it was written off in 2009, so perhaps the owner bought it back off the insurance company.

talksthetorque said:

Did Peugeot’s of this era have the .1 mile shown on the odometer?
The mileage seems to change up and down by an order of magnitude each time.

No, but the mileage discrepancies on the MOT checker look like input error to me based on tester(s) making that assumption. It only happen starts happening beyond 350k, by which point I think the tester(s) is incorrectly assuming the last digit is a decimal due to the fact that the actual mileage is so high. On the most recent one, I think the tester added the '1' after realising it wasn't a decimal, but somehow managed to insert it at the beginning of the number rather than at the end.

2005: 117,782 (Fail)
2005: 117,782 (Pass)
2006: 122,203 (Fail)
2006: 122,203 (Pass)
2007: 133,957 (Fail)
2007: 133,965 (Pass)
2008: 147,385 (Fail)
2008: 147,385 (Pass)
2009: 234,424 (Fail)
2009: 234,441 (Pass)
2010: 285,213 (Pass)
2011: 316,492 (Fail)
2011: 316,492 (Pass)
2012: 35,817 (Fail) 358,17?
2012: 35,817 (Pass) 358,17?
2013: 376,666 (Fail)
2013: 376,686 (Pass)
2014: 388,881 (Fail)
2014: 388,899 (Pass)
2015: 407,073 (Fail)
2015: 407,093 (Pass)
2016: 43,096 (Fail) 430,96?
2016: 43,121 (Pass) 431,21?
2017: 458,891 (Fail)
2017: 458,891 (Pass)
2018: 490,999 (Fail)
2018: 490,999 (Pass)
2019: 502,374 (Fail)
2019: 150,256 (Pass) 502,561

Edited by MrGTI6 on Friday 29th November 00:07

That's top work that - failed ever year for 15 years. What's the business case of even filling the tank on a half a million mile 205? He'd have saved money chopping that in for an S Class 10 years ago!

Can we believe the mileage? It did 80,000 miles in a year in 09. And year before last it covered 40k in a year. That is nuts.

I had the Citroen equivalent of that - the AX GT. I'd be scared to pop to the shops in one now - made of tin foil and the crash protection of a wet lettuce. Imagine pounding up the motorway every day in that. No thanks.

Edited by Dapster on Friday 29th November 01:10

[anonymous-user]

I had the XS version when I first started driving. It wasn't the most reliable thing in the world and was pretty thirsty too.

[mooseracer]

Brilliant work by someone putting that many miles on a 205 - and indeed for getting it through it's MOT each year. Half a million miles in a 1.4 205 - class.

[anonymous-user]

stickleback123 said:

WarrenB said:

'333k, barely run in, it's nothing for one of these engines, drives like it's got 30k on the clock...' and priced as if it has..

333k may be "nothing" for the engine, but it certainly is something for the gearbox, bearings, driveshafts, hoses, every single rubber bush and mount, steering rack, alternator, PAS pump, AC pump etc.

People still bleat on about this as if it's the engine wearing out that will kill a car, which it never is.

It's proven that it's a reliable car though, hasn't it? If it hasn't been then a LOT of cash has been spent on it, a lot has been spent on it anyway. You could spend more on a 30k miler and it could be a Friday afternoon dog.

The question is why get rid of it at this stage? I'm sure the owner could have plodded on for another 100k or so, so is it starting to cost 'real' money, or is it - ironically - past the number acceptable on the clock for them?

[W00DY]

MrGTI6 said:

Jimmy Recard said:

Good work on that 205. I wonder if it was a one owner car

Last owner change shows as taking place in 2009, although the ad states that it was written off in 2009, so perhaps the owner bought it back off the insurance company.

talksthetorque said:

Did Peugeot’s of this era have the .1 mile shown on the odometer?
The mileage seems to change up and down by an order of magnitude each time.

No, but the mileage discrepancies on the MOT checker look like input error to me based on tester(s) making that assumption. It only happen starts happening beyond 350k, by which point I think the tester(s) is incorrectly assuming the last digit is a decimal due to the fact that the actual mileage is so high. On the most recent one, I think the tester added the '1' after realising it wasn't a decimal, but somehow managed to insert it at the beginning of the number rather than at the end.

2005: 117,782 (Fail)
2005: 117,782 (Pass)
2006: 122,203 (Fail)
2006: 122,203 (Pass)
2007: 133,957 (Fail)
2007: 133,965 (Pass)
2008: 147,385 (Fail)
2008: 147,385 (Pass)
2009: 234,424 (Fail)
2009: 234,441 (Pass)
2010: 285,213 (Pass)
2011: 316,492 (Fail)
2011: 316,492 (Pass)
2012: 35,817 (Fail) 358,17?
2012: 35,817 (Pass) 358,17?
2013: 376,666 (Fail)
2013: 376,686 (Pass)
2014: 388,881 (Fail)
2014: 388,899 (Pass)
2015: 407,073 (Fail)
2015: 407,093 (Pass)
2016: 43,096 (Fail) 430,96?
2016: 43,121 (Pass) 431,21?
2017: 458,891 (Fail)
2017: 458,891 (Pass)
2018: 490,999 (Fail)
2018: 490,999 (Pass)
2019: 502,374 (Fail)
2019: 150,256 (Pass) 502,561

Edited by MrGTI6 on Friday 29th November 00:07

What a lunatic.


Love it.

[TonyRPH]

Autonomy said:

<snip>

The question is why get rid of it at this stage?

<snip>

advert said:

This car belonged to my cousin and was his daily driver. He sadly passed away and I'm now selling his car.

[Speed addicted]

TonyRPH said:

Autonomy said:

<snip>

The question is why get rid of it at this stage?

<snip>

advert said:

This car belonged to my cousin and was his daily driver. He sadly passed away and I'm now selling his car.

That's the 205? Autonomy was talking about the Audi.

I know which one i'd rather be doing the miles in!

The Audi may be getting moved on due to company car age rules, concern about huge bills looming or just boredom

Edited by Speed addicted on Friday 29th November 10:13

[zedx19]

That 205 wins this entire thread for me, amazing.

[Jimmy Recard]

I like that the big miles started around 2008. It’s like if one of us now bought an X or Y reg Peugeot 206 on reasonable mileage to take to half a million

[ToothbrushMan]

amazing miles. wonder if thats still on the original engine or been rebuilt at all?