100,000 mile club.
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Well crossed that landmark milage
It didn't fall to pieces infact it feels just the same as when I bought it. It truely is amazing how well engineered cars are these days, I remember 80's cars 100k really would be the nackers yard but now its really nothing for a modern car.
I guess I'm really getting the value out of the car now really driving down the depreciation cost per mile.
So I've two cars in this club both run as tight as a drum, I'd have to say for future purchases I may only buy cars with this milage at much cheaper prices then run them till they break.
It didn't fall to pieces infact it feels just the same as when I bought it. It truely is amazing how well engineered cars are these days, I remember 80's cars 100k really would be the nackers yard but now its really nothing for a modern car.
I guess I'm really getting the value out of the car now really driving down the depreciation cost per mile.
So I've two cars in this club both run as tight as a drum, I'd have to say for future purchases I may only buy cars with this milage at much cheaper prices then run them till they break.
My 2008 company Mondeo just went back with 173k on it after excatly 4 years... other than a power steering pump and a split pipe on the turbo it was fault free. It needed disc and pads every couple of services and front tyres every 30k, but was still on its original clutch and exhaust and its first set of rear tyres lasted over 70k miles.
I remember company cars in the past feeling completely knackered by 70k.
My 996 has 117k on it... that's requiring slightly more maintenance though!
I remember company cars in the past feeling completely knackered by 70k.
My 996 has 117k on it... that's requiring slightly more maintenance though!
SebastienClement said:
Not convinced 80s cars didn't do ok with high mileage. Dad had a Bluebird that clocked over 300,000 miles in the 14 years he had it. (Had it brand new through to the knackers yard).
That has to be the best way of car ownership. You choose the exact options you want you know the full car history and over that age and milage the effective cost per mile is very good VFM. Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff