Highest Mileage on a normal car
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Hicky
Guru
Fuel bills for the Disco I meant.
I had a Fabia VRs 130bhp TDi when they first came out '05 I think mine was. Apart from the interior not being child compatible ie half of it was white the car was amazing. Rather than going petrol they should of upgraded the car to the 150bhp lump and stayed diesel.
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
@Hicky
We had a first shape Fabia estate, essentially driven out of the showroom, as SWMBO liked the colour
It was the 1.4Mpi, we tried a vRS at the time, a bit of a ‘Q car’!
We had a first shape Fabia estate, essentially driven out of the showroom, as SWMBO liked the colour
It was the 1.4Mpi, we tried a vRS at the time, a bit of a ‘Q car’!
Hicky
Guru
It was a sleeper definitely, ours was black so apart from the badge was quite unassuming. If the v5 had a towing weight stated and you didn’t have to cut half the rear bumper for a tow bar, I would have never sold it.
1st gear was pointless in the wet, the tyres survived quite well, where it was fast was 30-70, 40-80 roll on.
Proto
Legendary Member
- Location
- East Devon/West Dorset
My Saab 9-5 was showing 140k miles when I decided to pass it on. Needed steering rack and some other stuff so I sold/gave it to the fellow who looks after our cars, and he passed it on to his postman who needed some wheels. Never serviced, neglected, it was dead with engine failure within two years. 
Took a taxi from Pollenca to Palma couple of years back, Toyota Prius. I was immaculate inside and out, looked brand new. A little surprised to see that it was showing over 100,000km on the clock, so got chatting tenth driver about it. He told me, iirc, that the owner/drivers expected to get something like 600,000km out of them without any problems, but that proper maintenance was a must. Regular oil changes, anything that needed adjusting or fixing was done immediately. Slow, easy driving, no racing about, engine at optimum temperature, etc. etc.
I recall reading about some American who used to drive cross country Florida to Washington State weekly in a Honda Civic or something, and had clocked over 1 million miles without any dramas.
Took a taxi from Pollenca to Palma couple of years back, Toyota Prius. I was immaculate inside and out, looked brand new. A little surprised to see that it was showing over 100,000km on the clock, so got chatting tenth driver about it. He told me, iirc, that the owner/drivers expected to get something like 600,000km out of them without any problems, but that proper maintenance was a must. Regular oil changes, anything that needed adjusting or fixing was done immediately. Slow, easy driving, no racing about, engine at optimum temperature, etc. etc.
I recall reading about some American who used to drive cross country Florida to Washington State weekly in a Honda Civic or something, and had clocked over 1 million miles without any dramas.
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Sterlo
Early Retirement Planning
- Location
- East Riding of Yorkshire
I saw a Nissan Navara for sale the other day with just over 100k on the clock and it was only a 21 plate.
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-de...ice-from=10000&radius=20&year-to=2025&fromsra
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-de...ice-from=10000&radius=20&year-to=2025&fromsra
gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
Having looked at a Kodiaq earlier last year when we got an 'itch' which in the end, we didn't scratch, I suspect to get decent economy out of them, you'd need the diesel top end models. I think the one we looked at had a small turbo petrol engine and while it's stated economy was 'ok'...the reality is you'd probably have to knock 5mpg of, plus the big car / small engine scenario always makes me nervous.
I'd love one but never been keen on owning a diesel...but as above, small engines in big cars, I'm not keen either.
I'd love one but never been keen on owning a diesel...but as above, small engines in big cars, I'm not keen either.
My Saab 9-5 was showing 140k miles when I decided to pass it on. Needed steering rack and some other stuff so I sold/gave it to the fellow who looks after our cars, and he passed it on to his postman who needed some wheels. Never serviced, neglected, it was dead with engine failure within two years.
Took a taxi from Pollenca to Palma couple of years back, Toyota Prius. I was immaculate inside and out, looked brand new. A little surprised to see that it was showing over 100,000km on the clock, so got chatting tenth driver about it. He told me, iirc, that the owner/drivers expected to get something like 600,000km out of them without any problems, but that proper maintenance was a must. Regular oil changes, anything that needed adjusting or fixing was done immediately. Slow, easy driving, no racing about, engine at optimum temperature, etc. etc.
I recall reading about some American who used to drive cross country Florida to Washington State weekly in a Honda Civic or something, and had clocked over 1 million miles without any dramas.
The 9-5 is one of those cars that they slowly managed to ruin with each successive facelift, by the time they got to facelift 3 they had turned a handsome understated car into an absolute pigs ear.
DRM
Guru
- Location
- West Yorks
My work van is on a 21 plate, currently just shy of 104,000 miles, but I didn't get it issued until 1 month before the '71 plate was released
Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
There was a period when I was contracting, when I was clocking up around 40K miles per year. Was going through cars every three years, buying them with a bit under 100K and getting rid of them somewhere between 210 and 230K. Always diesel estates.
About 30 years ago I was doing around 40,000 miles a year, fortunately back then I had a new company car every three years. To start with I had a BMW 320i touring, then a Golf VR6, my first diesel was in 1996 a BMW 325tds touring, absolutely brilliant car, it just ate up the mileage completely trouble free.
Marchrider
Senior Member
not a car, but my previous small white van (which was in fact red) X plate Berlingo 1.9D I sold it to the back street garage that I use for my repairs with 125k on the clock in 2010 - he has kept it going and it is now approaching 360,000 miles
He reckons its the last of the generation of small diesels that can go on indefinitely - modern diesels have to be high performance engines to return the mpg they do, they don't last, or more to the point their injectors don't last, and modern common rail injectors are so expensive as to effectively right them off if one needs replaced
I sometimes get to drive my old van when mine is in getting repaired, it is a better van than the Berlingo that replaced it
He reckons its the last of the generation of small diesels that can go on indefinitely - modern diesels have to be high performance engines to return the mpg they do, they don't last, or more to the point their injectors don't last, and modern common rail injectors are so expensive as to effectively right them off if one needs replaced
I sometimes get to drive my old van when mine is in getting repaired, it is a better van than the Berlingo that replaced it
