RE: High-Mile Club: One Million Miles In A 3-Series
Discussion
///Mike said:
I think its a remarkable achievement personally. Yes the wear and tear on the rest of the car is not genuine as there are no pot holes or idiots that pull out on you at high speed on the rollers but they are not talking about the rest of the car. This is an advert/promo exercise for Mobile 1 oils not BMW suspension components.
I saw the car on stand at Goodwood and stopped to take a look as I thought it was very interesting.
The article has been written with a view to sharing information with a petrol head community on a petrol head based subject that if nothing else is designed to be a form of informative light entertainment.
Why is it that there are negative responses to such articles these days? I am not spoiling for a keyboard fight but it gets tiresome after a while. If you didn't enjoy the read why comment?
OhI saw the car on stand at Goodwood and stopped to take a look as I thought it was very interesting.
The article has been written with a view to sharing information with a petrol head community on a petrol head based subject that if nothing else is designed to be a form of informative light entertainment.
Why is it that there are negative responses to such articles these days? I am not spoiling for a keyboard fight but it gets tiresome after a while. If you didn't enjoy the read why comment?
So it's a dictatorship now?
Tony*T3 said:
My Audi A4 1.9tdi now had 224k on the clock without having regular servicing. Current oil in its done around 50k I think.
False economy mate, your engine oil will be like treacle an it'll be using more fuel. The cost of an oil change will pay for itself after a few hundred miles.It suprises me that they put that much effort into something without it being properly scientific.
If you wanted it scientific, you would need a control and a comparison.
Ie : 1. Engine running with no oil changes.
2. Engine running with Generic Semi Synthetic or Mineral Oil.
Then you would get a proper result.
I suspect this was not done because a decent semi synthtic or Mineral oil would yield exactly the same results under the same conditions.
Hence the cynicism coming across in various posts.
If you wanted it scientific, you would need a control and a comparison.
Ie : 1. Engine running with no oil changes.
2. Engine running with Generic Semi Synthetic or Mineral Oil.
Then you would get a proper result.
I suspect this was not done because a decent semi synthtic or Mineral oil would yield exactly the same results under the same conditions.
Hence the cynicism coming across in various posts.
It doesn't really count on a rolling road, the engine was probably doing a constant speed as well in carefully controlled temperatures and humidity.
This is far more impressive feat imo as the guy used it as a daily driver hitting the million mile mark with the same engine:
MILWAUKEE — As a traveling salesman, Peter Gilbert has put a few miles on his car — 1,001,385 miles, to be precise.
It took the Glendale, Wisc, man 17 years to cross the million mile mark with his 1989 Saab 900 SPG. He recently donated the durable vehicle to the Wisconsin Automotive Museum after Saab verified the mileage.
The transmission was rebuilt at 200,000 miles and the hood and a few other parts replaced after eight deer collisions, but otherwise it has original equipment.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16070928/
This is far more impressive feat imo as the guy used it as a daily driver hitting the million mile mark with the same engine:
MILWAUKEE — As a traveling salesman, Peter Gilbert has put a few miles on his car — 1,001,385 miles, to be precise.
It took the Glendale, Wisc, man 17 years to cross the million mile mark with his 1989 Saab 900 SPG. He recently donated the durable vehicle to the Wisconsin Automotive Museum after Saab verified the mileage.
The transmission was rebuilt at 200,000 miles and the hood and a few other parts replaced after eight deer collisions, but otherwise it has original equipment.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16070928/
Well I thought it was interesting. I remember a story a few years ago about a VW Passat with 500,000 miles on it, VW wanted to buy the car back to do some research on it but the owner wouldn't part with it even though they offered him a brand new Passat. He ended up letting them have the engine and they put a new one in.
sniff diesel said:
Tony*T3 said:
My Audi A4 1.9tdi now had 224k on the clock without having regular servicing. Current oil in its done around 50k I think.
False economy mate, your engine oil will be like treacle an it'll be using more fuel. The cost of an oil change will pay for itself after a few hundred miles.I reckon turbos are especially fond of clean oil as it helps the spool
This Volvo has done 2.5 million miles, on the road.
http://www.worldcarfans.com/10606206840/2.5-millio...
http://www.worldcarfans.com/10606206840/2.5-millio...
sniff diesel said:
Tony*T3 said:
My Audi A4 1.9tdi now had 224k on the clock without having regular servicing. Current oil in its done around 50k I think.
False economy mate, your engine oil will be like treacle an it'll be using more fuel. The cost of an oil change will pay for itself after a few hundred miles.Funny thing is it gets an oil change this weekend, as it gets a mini service/MOT deal from a local garage. Still not been near a main dealer in 150,000 miles..... last time they estimated the bill would be over £600.
NotNormal said:
porka944s said:
What a waste of fuel, obviously being 'green' wasnt that important back in 1990!
It still isn't now to some people, myself included.Don't fall for all this "green" s
te we keep getting force fed 
ked any way you cut it, so why bother?If you think it's a con, are you religious?
russellwatson17 said:
Was reading in a bike mag not too long ago that a guy in the states had done 1,000,000 miles on his harley (i think) so they gave him a brand new one for a bit of advertising.
Same thing happened with Saab a couple of years back over in the USA.Guy bought a Saab 900 new in 1989 and racked up a million miles in it over the next 17 years. IIRC it's engine was original and had never been rebuilt.
Saab gave him a free new Saab 9-5 Aero.
Tony*T3 said:
sniff diesel said:
Tony*T3 said:
My Audi A4 1.9tdi now had 224k on the clock without having regular servicing. Current oil in its done around 50k I think.
False economy mate, your engine oil will be like treacle an it'll be using more fuel. The cost of an oil change will pay for itself after a few hundred miles.Funny thing is it gets an oil change this weekend, as it gets a mini service/MOT deal from a local garage. Still not been near a main dealer in 150,000 miles..... last time they estimated the bill would be over £600.
aeropilot said:
russellwatson17 said:
Was reading in a bike mag not too long ago that a guy in the states had done 1,000,000 miles on his harley (i think) so they gave him a brand new one for a bit of advertising.
Same thing happened with Saab a couple of years back over in the USA.Guy bought a Saab 900 new in 1989 and racked up a million miles in it over the next 17 years. IIRC it's engine was original and had never been rebuilt.
Saab gave him a free new Saab 9-5 Aero.
Don't want cars going forever without delivering some nice fat bills for the servicing teams now, do we?
I have run load of high mileage BMWs. Pick cars that have just sat on the motor way with a full main agent history.
I had an M5 which I ran to 200,000 still tight and good, a 525 TDS touring with 280,000 miles, a 316 with over 200,000 miles. The problem is once they get to a certain age, the reach the owners who are going to run them on a shoe string and neglect them – most of them die from neglect. A BMW run on synthetic oil does not feel run in until it done about 70,000 miles.
Great cars, I keep trying to buy another make but some how I am always disappointed, they just don't have the depth of engineering.
I had an M5 which I ran to 200,000 still tight and good, a 525 TDS touring with 280,000 miles, a 316 with over 200,000 miles. The problem is once they get to a certain age, the reach the owners who are going to run them on a shoe string and neglect them – most of them die from neglect. A BMW run on synthetic oil does not feel run in until it done about 70,000 miles.
Great cars, I keep trying to buy another make but some how I am always disappointed, they just don't have the depth of engineering.
V8mate said:
aeropilot said:
russellwatson17 said:
Was reading in a bike mag not too long ago that a guy in the states had done 1,000,000 miles on his harley (i think) so they gave him a brand new one for a bit of advertising.
Same thing happened with Saab a couple of years back over in the USA.Guy bought a Saab 900 new in 1989 and racked up a million miles in it over the next 17 years. IIRC it's engine was original and had never been rebuilt.
Saab gave him a free new Saab 9-5 Aero.
Don't want cars going forever without delivering some nice fat bills for the servicing teams now, do we?
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