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High Mileage Motors

  • 22-01-2011 12:38pm
    #1
    PAULWATSON
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 589 ✭✭✭


    What sort of mileage can you expect to get out of a modern diesel car before you have to throw boat loads of cash at it?


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  • #2
    Plug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭Plug


    All depends on your driving style and getting it serviced correctly at the right intervals etc.


  • #3
    JJJJNR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,791 ✭✭✭JJJJNR


    Depends on what type of life its had, just talking to my own mech yesterday and he's had the same car as mine (Altea 2.0TD) in with double the mileage with nothing going wrong. Well over 250,000 miles now its had the same owner from new, regular oils and belts is all its had and has the same turbo, it hasnt been remapped either.

    I think its oil changes that make the difference, the more regular the changes the better for the car, your not doing any harm anyway.


  • #4
    coolbeans
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,129 ✭✭✭coolbeans


    In my experience and that of several friends and acquaintances you'd be doing well to be get 100,000 out of a diesel BMW before very expensive problems crop up. The same goes for the Mazda6 2.0d. Diesel economy my arse! My family seem to have a knack for buying dodgy diesels. :o


  • #5
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,730 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    We have a passat or two in the family and to my surprise, one of them, a very early new model 05 reg has now 250,000km on it, having owned it from new & the only issues with it have been 2 x flywheels. Now the flywheels are expensive and it is a disgrace that they are going the way they are but with the reputation these early passats have for reliablility, I think this one has been excellent. No injector, steering column, handbrake issues etc.


  • #6
    GTDolanator
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 772 ✭✭✭GTDolanator


    i had an combo b with the N/A isuzu lump,268000miles when she was scrapped due to a rear shunt,regular services got me that far with her


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  • #7
    GTDolanator
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 772 ✭✭✭GTDolanator


    mickdw wrote: »
    We have a passat or two in the family and to my surprise, one of them, a very early new model 05 reg has now 250,000km on it, having owned it from new & the only issues with it have been 2 x flywheels. Now the flywheels are expensive and it is a disgrace that they are going the way they are but with the reputation these early passats have for reliablility, I think this one has been excellent. No injector, steering column, handbrake issues etc.


    is there not a solid fly conversion?


  • #8
    Plug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭Plug


    GTDolanator wrote: »
    is there not a solid fly conversion?
    It would be like driving a tractor then. The reason for a dual mass flywheel is to dampen vibrations.


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