I beat my record for the highest mileage i have seen...
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Saw a long distance coach here in Korea recently which was on 853,000 kms. Plenty of the public buses drive round all day, everyday and are on 500k-700k kms!
I can't imagine the true mileages of some of the old trucks I saw in Africa. I guess their odometers aren't working any more to tell us
I can't imagine the true mileages of some of the old trucks I saw in Africa. I guess their odometers aren't working any more to tell us
v15ben said:
Saw a long distance coach here in Korea recently which was on 853,000 kms. Plenty of the public buses drive round all day, everyday and are on 500k-700k kms!
I can't imagine the true mileages of some of the old trucks I saw in Africa. I guess their odometers aren't working any more to tell us
Really, your joking, right? I can't imagine the true mileages of some of the old trucks I saw in Africa. I guess their odometers aren't working any more to tell us
Remember hearing on the news that the old double Decker buses that were withdrawn from Birmingham had covered 1,000,000+ miles. Not sure how true this is but some of them were on a y reg (the old one with the age determining letter at the end) and in daily service for upto 27ish years. Good old Gardner diesel engines.
petrolinveins said:
Remember hearing on the news that the old double Decker buses that were withdrawn from Birmingham had covered 1,000,000+ miles. Not sure how true this is but some of them were on a y reg (the old one with the age determining letter at the end) and in daily service for upto 27ish years. Good old Gardner diesel engines.
I always laugh at eco warriors say we should ditch cars for busses.That's done 1,000,000 miles with its 12000cc diesel engine, chugging around all day, most of the time being empty....
Piepiepie said:
petrolinveins said:
Remember hearing on the news that the old double Decker buses that were withdrawn from Birmingham had covered 1,000,000+ miles. Not sure how true this is but some of them were on a y reg (the old one with the age determining letter at the end) and in daily service for upto 27ish years. Good old Gardner diesel engines.
I always laugh at eco warriors say we should ditch cars for busses.That's done 1,000,000 miles with its 12000cc diesel engine, chugging around all day, most of the time being empty....
And 500k on a commercial vehicle is nothing. Their wheels spend more time turning than not.
A local 406 Diesel taxi had 350k miles on it - I thought that that WAS impressive.
petrolinveins said:
Remember hearing on the news that the old double Decker buses that were withdrawn from Birmingham had covered 1,000,000+ miles. Not sure how true this is but some of them were on a y reg (the old one with the age determining letter at the end) and in daily service for upto 27ish years. Good old Gardner diesel engines.
Yeah, but a lot of these will be like Trigger's Brush!! 18 new engines, 4 new gearboxes, countless new hubs/bearing. Look after your Bus.........................Lol.
Pistonheads: Bearding MattersThe usual high milers that I spot are taxis.
Just back from Germany and a taxi ride in a VW Touran that was showing 598,000, but the highest i've seen was a Merc 208 minibus with about 880,000 on.
A mate is running an ex taxi Skoda Superb that has done more than 300k and it still drives well!
Just back from Germany and a taxi ride in a VW Touran that was showing 598,000, but the highest i've seen was a Merc 208 minibus with about 880,000 on.
A mate is running an ex taxi Skoda Superb that has done more than 300k and it still drives well!
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