2011 Superb combi cr170 with 127k on the clock. Pulls like a train!

same car and engine, 150 now, goes like brand new

98k 2005 MK2 Octavia Elegance. Had a new turbo, air con compressor in the past, now though I have an engine management Light on. Oh and been shunted twice! At traffic lights when stationary at a red.

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I've recently bought an 07 superb 2.0tdi elegance 152k fsh mot Sept remapped 180bhp £1850

2004 mk1 octy ALH 90bhp diesel - 182300, booked in for a wheel bearing change on wed if another guy confirms his cancelation tomorrow morning...

I hope he does or itll be after bloody christmas!!

2006 MKI Superb Elegance, 120,098 miles. Keeping for posterity as I still love it, and having spend a fortune fixing all the "normal feature" issues on the car, so it's generally worthless. But I think it could be a classic in 20 years, cos there's certainly won't be many left by then and it is in fabulous condition and always endeavour to keep it that way...

2002 Ford Focus 1.6 (petrol) - just failed its MOT catastrophically at 257000 miles!!! Mental. He pretty much stopped maintaining it at 120k thinking it was near end of life, I bet it would have done 400k if he'd looked after it.

 

That's bangernomics at its best that one! Probably the right call with no maintenance, with the benefit of hindsight - if he's run it 'for free' for 137k!!!

 

I'd expect with something like that, the value between a non-runner and it passing an MoT isn't exactly great?

My previous 2001 Audi A8 made it to 199K after I sold it. The steering rack failed leaking PAS fluid everywhere, which rendered the car beyond economic repair as its an engine out job to replace. Everything else was in perfect working order, and its now being used as a parts car for another owner in Scotland.

My current A8 2004 is just coming up to 150K miles at 11 years old, due to its complexity it wont take much to take this one beyond economic repair now either. Suspension is 1K per corner to replace the air struts when they fail, which they all do eventually. Suspension air compressor £800, and the valves and pipework etc.

Edited 15 December, 201510 yr by mannyo

That's bangernomics at its best that one! Probably the right call with no maintenance, with the benefit of hindsight - if he's run it 'for free' for 137k!!!

 

I'd expect with something like that, the value between a non-runner and it passing an MoT isn't exactly great?

 

True I suppose, but its not about 'value' so much as not having to source a replacement car for another year. And when you've done that many miles in a car you get sentimental about it. Even I was sad to see the old girl go!

 

I personally can't bring myself to not maintaining a car. :P

Yep, all depends on the owner

 

Could be he just views a 13yr old Focus as a box to get from A to B

My '04 1.4 tdi Fabia has just gone past 205,000 miles.

It has had:

Alternator

Temperature sensor

2 window mechanisms

1 door solenoid

The usual wiring fix

The leaky door fix

20 oil changes.

Been pretty reliable really, though the fuel economy is not what it used to be - lucky to see much more than 52mpg now.

 

Broken stuff:

Air-con

Heater sometimes gets stuck on hot

Lower strips of demister

Air recirculation flap

Driver's seat foam. Need to see if I can swap it with the passenger side foam.

Canadian Prius taxi ......if it's been seen, please move.

http://driving.ca/toyota/prius/auto-news/news/hybrid-highway-trailblazing-cabbie

Small beer to some on herr but Matilda ( 59 plate 1.9 TDI), is on 96500.

Front shock absorbers replaced at about 85K and the rears need doing soon.

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Jaaaag engine is on 152K miles.

Sweet as a nut.

The 2.5 V6 Duratec engine is a lovely bit of kit.

Matched to the 6 speed ZF gearbox a revelation.

Reporting over 40 mpg on a run, 70 mph is 2k revs and it revs to 7k revs.

Sports mode helps keep it on song when a bit it acceleration wanted (still only does 0-100kph in a slowish 8 seconds but feels nice when it does with the v6 howl).

Be interesting to see how close to 200 hp it is still produces. Gets to 120 OK but then the shock feel like they are not in control (private road, professional driver of course)

Mapping could give it 240 apparently, handling needs sorting first me thinks.

Who said petrol engine get tired at 100K? Even my fabia 2 VRS still felt good at 100k miles but spent most of its time in 7th gear at 70 mpg ie a mere 2600 revs or so out of 7k also.

Mor damage done in two minutes cold running than 2 hours at normal operating sped they say. Short journeys kill engines particularly big one and diesels.

Edited 14 March, 201610 yr by lol-lol

Petrol longevity??

My old Austin 1800 - 4300rpm/70mph and 200K miles.

My old PRV Peugeot 604 at 250k miles and no detectable bore wear (step or hone marks).....then there are the 504s etc

Aussie taxis get a million kms from the ancient straight six petrol

They'll do the 'designed' 10 years on their ear.

Petrol longevity??

My old Austin 1800 - 4300rpm/70mph and 200K miles.

My old PRV Peugeot 604 at 250k miles and no detectable bore wear (step or hone marks).....then there are the 504s etc

Aussie taxis get a million kms from the ancient straight six petrol

They'll do the 'designed' 10 years on their ear.

 

Indeed but many petrol and diesel cars get a hard life in the UK not measured by miles but by running hours, revs turned etc.

 

Much of the SE of England is a car park with an average cross ground speed of 8 mph between 6am and 7pm so do not clock up the miles but have had a hard life.

 

Some of the cars we had in customs had done only 30k to 60k miles but we fairly knackered as they had done thousands of short journeys of two miles or less.

 

This is where the hybrids or fully electrics do and can score.  Most engines hate short journeys where they do not spend much time at proper operating temperature.

 

It is also interesting to see what a compression test gives a reading of.  Many cars drop BHP output at a rate of 10% or so for every couple of years even in average use we found when I worked with Piper on a rolling road.

 

A car, or bike, with a lot of mile on it might only produce half it original horse power after a decade or so.  It would still run at the national speed limit etc but actually was only producing a fraction of the manufacturer quoted figure.   Some of the Top Gear programs of putting such cars on a rolling road showed just how much HP is lost over time. I would not the surprised if the Jaag was only producing 150 hp or so.

No old Honda and Peugeot 'bangers' is more about the turnover of the national 'fleet' than engines wearing out.

It once again comes down to the ancillary tech bolted on and the economics of maintaining them, I would think.

recently bought 2001 mark I octy vRS , has done a healthy 155,000 miles. everything works. 200+bhp. haven't even had to top up fluids yet, had it over a month, done a few thousand miles.

ive 317000 on my octy tdi. my mum had it for 9 years bought it with 98000 on it. still going strong might i add.

ive 317000 on my octy tdi. my mum had it for 9 years bought it with 98000 on it. still going strong might i add.

Dirty ones are reliable

My octy's just turned 117k miles now.

Went past 125k on Tuesday after a trip To Bristol.

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2004 Octavia II 1.9 tdi PD105 (BJB)164173 miles. Last tank full was a little disappointing on MPG. Also feel I pushed it a little as it took 54.98 litres before the pump clicked off.

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98k 2005 MK2 Octavia Elegance. Had a new turbo, air con compressor in the past, now though I have an engine management Light on. Oh and been shunted twice! At traffic lights when stationary at a red.

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Recently topped the big 100K. and decided to keep the girl. Just want to upgrade the sound system now.

Achieved on Thursday. Still runs well, once it starts (fuelling problems prevent starting at times; under investigation).