Highest Mileage

[point n squirt]

Was talking to the lads about old cars of past and how we havent had a high mileage car for years , so got to thinking who has had the car with the hardest life.

Ford Transit E reg 270,000 ish
can anyone do better

[roadboy]

My neighbour has a '04 plate Merc Vito with 460,000 on the clock.

Drives like new!

Dan

[woody]

325 TDS, milometer stopped working at about 200,000K ish, reckoned to be on 250,000K ish when I sold it.

[Sanjøy]

best not ask scotty to comment on this thread.

[pete]

A rover 200 (the Honda engined one). 230k and the auto box failed.

[Corranga]

Was talking to the lads about old cars of past and how we havent had a high mileage car for years , so got to thinking who has had the car with the hardest life.

Not necessarily the highest miles, but hasn't one of Tut's Elises done way over 100,000
Surely that classifies as cruelty to Lotus?

Chris

[robin]

With Tut behind the wheel? That's not cruelty, that's a miracle!

[roadboy]

My racecar had done 98,000 when I bought it. It was registered in '95 though so one of the first S1s.

Stu, the developer on SELOC has done well over 200,000 in his S1.

Dan

[GregR]

My racecar had done 98,000 when I bought it. It was registered in '95 though so one of the first S1s.

Stu, the developer on SELOC has done well over 200,000 in his S1.

Dan

On the same engine?

[j2 lot]

My racecar had done 98,000 when I bought it. It was registered in '95 though so one of the first S1s.

Stu, the developer on SELOC has done well over 200,000 in his S1.

Dan

On the same engine?

..or is it like Triggers broom?

[MacK]

A rover 200 (the Honda engined one). 230k and the auto box failed.

Which Rover had a Honda engine?

I thought the Rovers all had K series (1.4, 1.6) and the Honda's had a Honda engine (1.5)

[MacK]

My neighbour has a '04 plate Merc Vito with 460,000 on the clock.

Drives like new!

Dan

Good to hear, I've just bought one, '05 plate with just over 100,000 on it.

[Andy D]

Took a VW Shuttle in p/ex last month - 57 plate with 315,000 miles.

They were queuing up to buy it at the auction

[_ali]

My 2002 S2 has done 110,000 and still going strong (if a bit of a shed looks-wise) Original engine gave up at KH around 87k...

[campbell]

Nice one _ali !

I thought UJI was doing well at 91,500 and climbing. In its favour...

> Original bottom end, refreshed head for aesthetic reasons only - not HGF
> Original clams
> Original roofs
> Original owner

It occurred to me that it may just make 100k miles in my possession!

It has also done more miles than any car I've ever owned. I've also owned it longer than any other car, at 11.5 years (previous record was 6 years for our Golf, or about 3 years for nearly every other car I've owned on my own).

As for hardest life, well, UJI has hardly been garage jewellery, but nor has it been cossetted or only allowed out "on dry days".

But I know when I'm beat

Campbell