Highest Mileage Car You Ever Owned

joebloggs09

Hi

Always see many high mileage cars for sale would like to know your stories of cars you have had and if they had service history!

Kind Regards

mkirkby

joebloggs09 wrote: »

Hi

Always see many high mileage cars for sale would like to know your stories of cars you have had and if they had service history!

Kind Regards

1991 Mercedes 300TD (Touring Deluxe, not Turbo Diesel!) on 382000 miles. No history but it's built like a tank so I wasn't bothered.

Xantia 1.9TD on 198000 & tons of history.

Both running just fine on waste oil

GlynD

I did 200,000+ on a Nissan Sunny diesel. That's what I call "well run-in".

iolanthe07

I had a Pontiac Parisienne in the US with more than a quarter of a million miles on it. It had a huge V8 motor and just ticked over at Freeway speeds, so not stressed and probably good for another quarter of a million. It only did about 12 miles to the (US) gallon, but at less than $1 a gallon at the time, who cares? Million mile Chevvy & Ford trucks are not that unusual over there.

Rolandtheroadie

Audi 80, 216000 and a Chrysler Voyager, 149000.

Both current cars, both running on bio.

paddedjohn

1998 VW LT350 van, had 240,000 miles on it when I sold it and it is still on the road now.

Fender1963

1998 Ford Mondeo Ghia 1.8 TDI . I bought it with 80,000 on the clock and sold it 5 years later after 180,000. I loved that car.

In all those miles the only item that needed replacing apart from routine stuff was an advance/retard sensor. which cost about 100 quid IIRC.

It still drove like new but the engine was starting to show it's age and the performance was getting a bit flat. I replaced it with a TDCi Focus because I thought all diesels were as reliable :rotfl:

Oh well, you live and learn

w211

Mercedes E320 CDi, currently on 213,000 miles. Full Mercedes service history up to 95,000 miles, serviced at an independent Mercedes specialist thereafter. Nothing wrong with it, and running fine.

GlynD

Fender1963 wrote: »

1998 Ford Mondeo Ghia 1.8 TDI . I bought it with 80,000 on the clock and sold it 5 years later after 180,000. I loved that car.

In all those miles the only item that needed replacing apart from routine stuff was an advance/retard sensor. which cost about 100 quid IIRC.

It still drove like new but the engine was starting to show it's age and the performance was getting a bit flat. I replaced it with a TDCi Focus because I thought all diesels were as reliable :rotfl:

Oh well, you live and learn

I agree - I had a Mondeo too and it was one of the best cars I've ever had. In the 2 years I owned it I only had to replace one stop/tail bulb and a set of wipers.

vikingaero

I bought a Saab 900 Turbo in 1995. Three years later it had covered 149,000 miles before I sold it. Best car I've ever owned for reasons of journeys, experiences and shagging!

GlynD

vikingaero wrote: »

I bought a Saab 900 Turbo in 1995. Three years later it had covered 149,000 miles before I sold it. Best car I've ever owned for reasons of journeys, experiences and shagging!

Speaking of horizontal activities - I used to have an old Vauxhall Viva van - ex Post Office. Ahhh, memories................:p