How many miles are there on your car?

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bnicho
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Re: How many miles are there on your car?

#21 Post by bnicho » Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:43 am

The Moke has done at least 196,000 miles (maybe even 296 or 396?) but hardly any original bits remain besides the bodyshell.

The Beetle still has it's original block and has done a whopping 429,000km judging from the few fragments of history I can find. I'd say the engine has been rebuilt as it's quite spritely but the gearbox is tired.

The Corona has done 134,000km, the engine is not original as the old one did not like the Australian climate. ;)

The MR2 has 172,000 miles on it, but the engine is not original.

Traveller - no idea until I find which box the speedo is in. But the engine is original.

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Brett.
Brett Nicholson
1965 Morris Mini Traveller - Trixie
1966 Austin Mini Super-Deluxe - Audrey
1969 Morris Mini Van - Desert Assault Van
1971 Morris Moke - Mopoke
1974 VW Super Beetle - Olive
2009 Nissan Pathfinder

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Re: How many miles are there on your car?

#22 Post by JIM » Tue Feb 22, 2011 3:53 pm

MY Escort 1979 has covered 150,000 miles, still uses no oil..no smoke...80 on the speedo still....change the oil and filters every 4,000 miles...decent oil..
no pinking....unleaded....original valve seats....work hardened after so long
Jim...........

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Re: How many miles are there on your car?

#23 Post by Richard H » Thu Feb 24, 2011 7:41 pm

Cambridge = 80808, A35 = 30795, Maestro = 33560, Landcrab = roughly 64000.
1958 Austin A55 Cambridge (daily driver)
1958 Austin A35 4 door (the show car)
1959 Austin A35 2 door (dead)
1971 Wolseley 18/85 (long distance cruiser)
1985 Austin Maestro 1.3 Base (the beige pensioner-mobile)

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Re: How many miles are there on your car?

#24 Post by BXBXBXBX » Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:20 pm

Hi, 1991 Citroen BX,Turbo diesel automatic.there's a surprise, Car 94,007. gearbox 20,000 and engine ???? older than car from a scrap yard. Long story somewhat modified.
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Geoff.

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Re: How many miles are there on your car?

#25 Post by bobbusmaximus » Mon Feb 28, 2011 3:05 pm

Maybe not 'stricly' a classic (yet!) but I've done close to 130,000 on a 2002 Ford Ka with the Kent-derived 1.3 Endura-E engine. It's clattery but isn't using any oil. Shame the rust will kill it before the engine goes! :roll:
Owner of a rusty Ford...

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Re: How many miles are there on your car?

#26 Post by RustEater » Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:10 pm

My 1983 Subaru 700 (685cc) has 261,000 miles on its clock!

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Re: How many miles are there on your car?

#27 Post by rld14 » Sat Mar 12, 2011 1:20 am

Hmmm...

PAs? Who knows... the 60 shows 51k miles but I have a feeling in 51 years it just might have flipped over.

07 Lexus 57k, 06 Jag 66k, 88 M5 198k :D
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Re: How many miles are there on your car?

#28 Post by ajsphead » Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:51 am

92 Saab 900 N/A has 127K and is beginning to feel used, the 92 900 Turbo has 107K and feels barely run in, the 85 SD1 has 83K and feels all of them, and maybe a few more besides.

Anthony
1992 Saab 900 Turbo 160 5dr 'Eric'
1992 Saab 900 N/A 3dr 'Bertie'
1985 Rover SD1 Vitesse 'Stan'
2003 Honda VTR 1000 'Ronnie'

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