high mileage club?
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Soldato
Just gave my polo 9n to my brother in law on 177k (2002 car). That's nothing compared to some of the numbers in the thread, but seemed a lot on a polo. I bought it 8.5 years ago (as a "stop-gap" car whilst we were buying a house!) on 90k.
The engine, 1.4tdi, is running as good as ever, but various suspension elements need replacing among some other odds and ends. He's not sure if he'll keep it or fix and sell. I'm hoping he'll keep it: would be good to keep in touch with the old girl
The engine, 1.4tdi, is running as good as ever, but various suspension elements need replacing among some other odds and ends. He's not sure if he'll keep it or fix and sell. I'm hoping he'll keep it: would be good to keep in touch with the old girl
Caporegime
My Polo 9N got to about 160,000 miles, impressive for a 1.2 petrol considering the last 35,000 miles were me relentlessly thrashing it to within an inch of its life! 
It is sadly dead now though...
It is sadly dead now though...
Associate
My Fiat Coupe is on about 180k, Volvo V70 173k, lot lower than some but still pretty high
Caporegime
Thats not high really. Not high high.
I'd say anything 300K+ is worth a mention haha.
someone posted on the Volvo facebook page not long ago with a v70 d5 auto with 500,000 miles on it and they did an acceleration pull and aside from a bit of gearshift hesitation it seemed happy enough!
I'd say anything 300K+ is worth a mention haha.
someone posted on the Volvo facebook page not long ago with a v70 d5 auto with 500,000 miles on it and they did an acceleration pull and aside from a bit of gearshift hesitation it seemed happy enough!
Not quite the same but many years ago when I drove lorries for a living, the Daf 3300 I drove was finally retired with 1.1m Km on the clock.
I personally put 450k of those mile on, was surprisingly still a decent drive but the new Scania I was given afterwards just blew it out of the water
In terms of cars, I had a Peugeot 306D with 300k on the clock when I sold it, & a ford scorpio estate 2.5D with 285k.
Both still drove really well & both engines had never ben apart for major work.
I personally put 450k of those mile on, was surprisingly still a decent drive but the new Scania I was given afterwards just blew it out of the water
In terms of cars, I had a Peugeot 306D with 300k on the clock when I sold it, & a ford scorpio estate 2.5D with 285k.
Both still drove really well & both engines had never ben apart for major work.
Caporegime
@Scania highest mileage lorry you've driven or seen?
Soldato
Seen plenty of trucks and buses with well over 2m miles on them. Pretty sure my pickup has at least 300k, more likely 500k, but it only has a 5 digit odometer so there’s no way to know. Technically it has 7000 miles, but after a couple of minutes riding in it, you’d know that definitely wasn’t accurate
Seen plenty of trucks and buses with well over 2m miles on them. Pretty sure my pickup has at least 300k, more likely 500k, but it only has a 5 digit odometer so there’s no way to know. Technically it has 7000 miles, but after a couple of minutes riding in it, you’d know that definitely wasn’t accurate
Had a laugh where I got my pickup from - they were selling a bunch of ~10 year old tractor units, refrigerated trucks, etc. all with moon miles plus on them - loads that were over 400K.
Sadly I think the chassis will rot out on my Navara long before it gets to those kind of mileages
one of the few things that makes me hesitate on buying a new Navara as otherwise there is a lot I like about them.
Soldato
Herpes?
They've massively improved lately in my experience. Whereas DPD are going downhill and UPS are absolutely abysmal, for example. I used to shy away from Hermes for eBay etc but now I tend to choose them!
Caporegime
Seems to be massively reliant on how good the last mile delivery driver is. Our local driver is great, I don’t tend to have any problems with inbound packages. But sending to other people is so hit and miss (still more often than not, miss) that I’d rather use RM.
I dunno what is going on with our RM - the postman drives a Thrifty van (possibly due to this new collection thing) but occasionally we've had a postman that has a Fed Ex van and a Fed Ex uniform under the RM jacket.
Caporegime
My Saab 9-5 is on 153K. Still going strong but like most things on here is a bit like triggers broom. Engine is still original however and still holds 180PSI compression on all cylinders which is impressive for a car of its age.
i thought there would be more high mile cars ha ha surely some people on here must do a fairly big commute like me ?
thanks for the posts very interesting !
thanks for the posts very interesting !
Caporegime
I always forget that people have different definitions of high mileage.
140K isn't high to me. 200K is barely high to me either.
140K isn't high to me. 200K is barely high to me either.
Caporegime
Some people think 50k is high. Modern engines aren't even fully broken in until then
Nutters.