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Highest Mileage
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:19 am
by 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
Re: Highest Mileage
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:35 am
by roadboy
My neighbour has a '04 plate Merc Vito with 460,000 on the clock.
Drives like new!
Dan
Re: Highest Mileage
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:47 am
by woody
325 TDS, milometer stopped working at about 200,000K ish, reckoned to be on 250,000K ish when I sold it.
Re: Highest Mileage
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:16 am
by Sanjøy
best not ask scotty to comment on this thread.
Re: Highest Mileage
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:40 am
by pete
A rover 200 (the Honda engined one). 230k and the auto box failed.
Re: Highest Mileage
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:31 am
by Corranga
point n squirt wrote: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
Re: Highest Mileage
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:13 am
by robin
With Tut behind the wheel? That's not cruelty, that's a miracle!
Re: Highest Mileage
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:59 pm
by 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
Re: Highest Mileage
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 3:52 pm
by GregR
roadboy wrote: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?
Re: Highest Mileage
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 4:57 pm
by j2 lot
GregR wrote:roadboy wrote: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?
Re: Highest Mileage
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:41 pm
by MacK
pete wrote: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)
Re: Highest Mileage
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:43 pm
by MacK
roadboy wrote: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.
Re: Highest Mileage
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:36 pm
by 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
Re: Highest Mileage
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 1:00 am
by _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...
Re: Highest Mileage
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 3:19 pm
by 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