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Title: high miles
Post by: tidla on 07 June 2010, 22:46:09
seen some german marques reach 250k on the same engine.

what sort of miles have other members clocked up on the original engine?

my "x" plate has 84k, hopefully i'll get a few more.
Title: Re: high miles
Post by: Andy B on 07 June 2010, 22:49:01
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my "x" plate has 84k, hopefully i'll get a few more.

Yours is still 'low milage'  ;) Mine has 163 000 but I know there are other s here with far more.  :y  :y
Title: Re: high miles
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 07 June 2010, 22:49:44
low miles on mine.

Both 1999

GLS 65K (V)

Elite 89K (T)
Title: Re: high miles
Post by: Del Boy on 07 June 2010, 22:49:44
Highest mileag car I've driven was a mercedes e class 2.7 cdi, that had done 304k on a 53 plate with about 250k round the town, worn out wasn't the word. My miggy was on 166k when I sold it I think.
Title: Re: high miles
Post by: Vamps on 07 June 2010, 22:50:08
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seen some german marques reach 250k on the same engine.

what sort of miles have other members clocked up on the original engine?

my "x" plate has 84k, hopefully i'll get a few more.[/quote]

I would hope a lot more..... :D :D :D
Title: Re: high miles
Post by: zirax on 07 June 2010, 23:04:31
I'd hope you get a lot more! Mine is approaching 120k and still revs/pulls fine. With doing about 30k /year (motorway miles) I think it will hold together till at least 200k  :y
Title: Re: high miles
Post by: TheBoy on 07 June 2010, 23:09:25
Mine is a young 164k...  ...most v6 are good for well over 200k, its the rest of the car that fails.

Highest miler I've driven recently is a 270k Audi 1.9TDi
Title: Re: high miles
Post by: joshwyatt on 07 June 2010, 23:13:54
I had a 1996 Volvo 850 2.5 petrol estate come in as p/x a few months ago. That had done 208,000 miles, and actually drove really well, everything worked and it wasn't a bad car.
Highest mileage Omega I've had is 122k, and lowest was 28k miles.
Title: Re: high miles
Post by: Shrek on 07 June 2010, 23:15:19
Only 84K on mine so hopefully a lot more life left in her  :y
Title: Re: high miles
Post by: albitz on 07 June 2010, 23:25:01
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Mine is a young 164k...  ...most v6 are good for well over 200k, its the rest of the car that fails.

Highest miler I've driven recently is a 270k Audi 1.9TDi
Sooooooooooo tempting, mustnt, got a post count to think off. :-X ::) :D ;D ;D
Title: Re: high miles
Post by: tidla on 07 June 2010, 23:32:08
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Mine is a young 164k...  ...most v6 are good for well over 200k, its the rest of the car that fails.

Highest miler I've driven recently is a 270k Audi 1.9TDi
Sooooooooooo tempting, mustnt, got a post count to think off. :-X ::) :D ;D ;D

and still the carrot dangles :-X
Title: Re: high miles
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 07 June 2010, 23:34:21
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Mine is a young 164k...  ...most v6 are good for well over 200k, its the rest of the car that fails.

Highest miler I've driven recently is a 270k Audi 1.9TDi
Sooooooooooo tempting, mustnt, got a post count to think off. :-X ::) :D ;D ;D

Have you got something on your mind.   ::)
Title: Re: high miles
Post by: Vamps on 07 June 2010, 23:35:51
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Mine is a young 164k...  ...most v6 are good for well over 200k, its the rest of the car that fails.

Highest miler I've driven recently is a 270k Audi 1.9TDi
Sooooooooooo tempting, mustnt, got a post count to think off. :-X ::) :D ;D ;D

Have you got something on your mind.   ::)

Please share it with you fellow offers...... :)
Title: Re: high miles
Post by: tidla on 07 June 2010, 23:46:40
A.  ...... nothing when i have finished with em.
B.its gona cost at least ......to put this one right.
C.??
Title: Re: high miles
Post by: Elite Pete on 08 June 2010, 08:38:08
My very first Omega was a pre mini facelift 2.5 CD estate with a manual box and running on an old LPG system. It had covered nearly 250,000 miles when I sold it and apart from the normal service items was still on its original engine/box/axle ect. It still ran really well and looked good when polished (star silver) but I thought its going to go bang sooner or later so I sold it. I still say it knocking around for about 12 to 18 months after I sold it :)
Title: Re: high miles
Post by: Hannah Judes Dad on 08 June 2010, 08:50:12
My 96 CDX state estate has only got 113K on the clock so hopefully it will last me a few more years yet.
Title: Re: high miles
Post by: des.allen on 08 June 2010, 09:30:27
230000 at the minute and still going strong, but I have no idea if its original engine.
Title: Re: high miles
Post by: Sixstring on 08 June 2010, 10:01:08
152k on my Elite 3.0 estate at the mo, but climbing rapidly as I'm currently doing about 800 a week...............
Title: Re: high miles
Post by: Varche on 08 June 2010, 10:28:51
139,000 miles recorded plus a fair bit more when the last ABS ECU failed.

I think I will be buried in this car if Mrs Varche can get a JCB to dig a big enough hole. ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: high miles
Post by: amba on 08 June 2010, 10:31:28
153,000 on 1998..all original and still goes very well,but it is lovingly looked after.
Usual service bits and age related scars,but same engine/gearbox/rear axle,and fully expecting it to reach 200k and more.
Title: Re: high miles
Post by: PC Techy on 08 June 2010, 10:40:16
95 cavalier diesel on 360,000 with original engine and box. still going strong when sold  :o   1990 shogun diesel on 250,000 sweet as a nut . Current tractor on 143,000, think the body will give out first though.
Title: Re: high miles
Post by: Hannah Judes Dad on 08 June 2010, 10:47:16
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95 cavalier diesel on 360,000 with original engine and box. still going strong when sold  :o   1990 shogun diesel on 250,000 sweet as a nut . Current tractor on 143,000, think the body will give out first though.

Pity that several Omegas go that way  :(
Title: Re: high miles
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 08 June 2010, 11:04:46
I took an  F, 1989, reg Toyota Corina II from 160K up to 250k, and still goig strong.

On my company cars, especially the Carlton CD's,  I took one from 0 new mileage to 118k in 18 months, and another from 0 to 112k in two years.

Overall I have travelled 1 million miles, but the vast majority of that on business and at high average speeds so all my cars were in virtually the same condition when they went back as when they were new 8-) 8-) 8-)
Title: Re: high miles
Post by: Andy B on 08 June 2010, 11:07:44
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... and at high average speeds so all my cars were in virtually the same condition when they went back  ......

knackered??? ::)  ::)  ::)  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;)
Title: Re: high miles
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 08 June 2010, 11:12:07
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... and at high average speeds so all my cars were in virtually the same condition when they went back  ......

knackered??? ::)  ::)  ::)  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;)

Nop, as the engines were kept at the optimum temperatures with the oil fully circulating and the engines worked to their design speeds, with full regular servicing and no failures.  Those engines were as good at the end of my use as they had been at the beginning. ;) ;)
Title: Re: high miles
Post by: Hannah Judes Dad on 08 June 2010, 11:47:59
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... and at high average speeds so all my cars were in virtually the same condition when they went back  ......

knackered??? ::)  ::)  ::)  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;)

Nop, as the engines were kept at the optimum temperatures with the oil fully circulating and the engines worked to their design speeds, with full regular servicing and no failures.  Those engines were as good at the end of my use as they had been at the beginning. ;) ;)

It's just the interiors that fell apart around you  ;D
Title: Re: high miles
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 08 June 2010, 16:23:59
168k on my Mig,

Just had

coil pack
leads
plugs
new cats
new petrol tank
new catback exhaust
Brand new LPG kit (nearly done)
should last a while :D
Title: Re: high miles
Post by: Ploppy on 08 June 2010, 17:45:52
140k on my plod job...

201k on my old Volvo V70

220k on Volvo v70 t5 Job traffic car still in service !!
Title: Re: high miles
Post by: TheBoy on 08 June 2010, 18:44:25
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I took an  F, 1989, reg Toyota Corina II from 160K up to 250k, and still goig strong.

On my company cars, especially the Carlton CD's,  I took one from 0 new mileage to 118k in 18 months, and another from 0 to 112k in two years.

Overall I have travelled 1 million miles, but the vast majority of that on business and at high average speeds so all my cars were in virtually the same condition when they went back as when they were new 8-) 8-) 8-)
Reckon I'm only on about 400k driving miles....   ....though in my younger days, the driven wheels did substantially more miles than the non driven wheels ::)
Title: Re: high miles
Post by: TheBoy on 08 June 2010, 18:44:53
The Golden Nugget didn't quite manage 130k  :'(
Title: Re: high miles
Post by: TheBoy on 08 June 2010, 18:45:42
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I took an  F, 1989, reg Toyota Corina II from 160K up to 250k, and still goig strong.

On my company cars, especially the Carlton CD's,  I took one from 0 new mileage to 118k in 18 months, and another from 0 to 112k in two years.

Overall I have travelled 1 million miles, but the vast majority of that on business and at high average speeds so all my cars were in virtually the same condition when they went back as when they were new 8-) 8-) 8-)
Reckon I'm only on about 400k driving miles....   ....though in my younger days, the driven wheels did substantially more miles than the non driven wheels ::)
Actually, up that a bit, I forgot about 3 Omegas and 3 lease cars  :-[
Title: Re: high miles
Post by: MikeDundee on 08 June 2010, 18:45:52
I am at 212k at the mo :y
Title: Re: high miles
Post by: Danny on 08 June 2010, 18:54:52
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I am at 212k at the mo :y

on the omega??

my girlfriend's R reg 406 diesel has 173k on it
Title: Re: high miles
Post by: Radiomarko on 08 June 2010, 19:08:58
150k on my 1997 manual tractor, full SH shows no failures. Gave me 46 mpg on a 400 mile run over the weekend.

Wheel arches and other bits beginning to hole tho'  :'( :(
Title: Re: high miles
Post by: Jim on 08 June 2010, 19:20:43
I took my first P reg 1996 Omega 3.0 from 0 miles to 132,000 miles in 2 years on it was still as strong as new, that was a great car!

Mine was the one on the right:

(http://memimage.cardomain.com/member_images/11/web/275000-275999/275300_100.jpg)
Title: Re: high miles
Post by: mars on 08 June 2010, 20:56:19
My 2001 Y Reg cdx has done 86k :y
We have a Citroen Dispatch at my work which has done 217k and drives lovely but it has had a small fortune spent on it!  ::)
Title: Re: high miles
Post by: Lazydocker on 08 June 2010, 20:58:12
Highest mileage vehicle I've driven is an old Ford Cargo with some 350,000Kms on the clock, on at least the second (possibly third) time around! ::) ::)

As for driven Miles... I used to do 1000 miles/week private (and commuting) mileage for 3 years, plus another 2500 miles/week minimum in company vehicles.... I reckon I'm well past the 1 million mile mark as that was just one driving job ::) ::)