High mileage motors

[dodger 2,660]

Whats the highest miles you've put on a car or what you know of, iv put 200000 on a 1.7 Cdti was thinking of trading it in however it still seems to be running well n after speaking to someone who's running an octavia with over 300000 on the clock I might just keep it a while longer what are your experiences..

[dytkos 17,528]

When father died mother sold his Volvo 244 to a local milkman (1979), that car was last year to be still running on nearly 400K.

Depends how they've been driven/serviced/repaired. We've just put 160k miles on a Peugeot Partner van, 32 months, it's fooked.

Cheers, D.

[DIDO.1 20,802]

I've done 90,000 in just over 3 years

[Daniel cain 42,796]

Mk1 Mitsubishi L200 384,000 odd...still be going now it some silly cnut hadn't pulled out in front of me

 

[dytkos 17,528]

1 minute ago, DIDO.1 said:

I've done 90,000 in just over 3 years

Me and Mrs done 90k between us in 6 years in our own vehicles.

Cheers, D.

 

[WILF 44,177]

Half a million miles on a merc sprinter 

[Daniel cain 42,796]

2 minutes ago, WILF said:

Half a million miles on a merc sprinter 

They just keep going

[Gypsydog94 4,326]

2 minutes ago, WILF said:

Half a million miles on a merc sprinter 

Didn’t they suffer from rust issues? 

[WILF 44,177]

Just now, Gypsydog94 said:

Didn’t they suffer from rust issues? 

Yes, round the tops of the windscreens and bottoms of the doors mate.

[dodger 2,660]

2 minutes ago, WILF said:

Half a million miles on a merc sprinter 

Really?

Have you had to do a lot to it to get so much out of it..

[kanny 19,322]

I had a vauxhall cavalier 1.7 td as a cheap  in-between  cars car and it had 370k on it , it was still running well and everything worked as it should,  a mate had a mk1 golf gti  with  400k on it

[dodger 2,660]

I heard the old dti was a good engine but never heard of any car capable of 500000 that is some going 

[WILF 44,177]

2 minutes ago, dodger said:

Really?

Have you had to do a lot to it to get so much out of it..

That’s was years ago I had that motor mate, just kept it services and had a limiter in it so it wasn’t thrashed to f**k.

It got nicked in the end, but I’d had a couple of the old 308 and 310 d mercs  before with 300 and 400 thousand on them.

The older mercs were better.

Edited July 8, 2021 by WILF

[dodger 2,660]

1 minute ago, WILF said:

That’s was years ago I had that motor mate, just kept it services and had a limiter in it so it wasn’t thrashed to f**k.

It got nicked in the end, but I’d had a couple of the old 308 and 310 d mercs  before with 300 and 400 thousand on them.

The older mercs were better.

Real shame that after it served you so well but just goes to show what some will do if looked after do you think I modern diesels are as capable even tho there's more that can go wrong compared to older simpler diesels

[WILF 44,177]

Just now, dodger said:

Real shame that after it served you so well but just goes to show what some will do if looked after do you think I modern diesels are as capable even tho there's more that can go wrong compared to older simpler diesels

I think modern motors are built to sell parts mate, there’s f**k all money in selling you the motor, all the money is in parts and repairs.