Mondy hits 250k kms

cjmcork

aw - just wanted to share that my 07 Mondeo TDCi hit 250k kms yesterday.........I'll never hear a bad word against her..............take that Toyota with your 'best built cars in the world' slogan

keithclancy

cjmcork wrote: »

aw - just wanted to share that my 07 Mondeo TDCi hit 250k kms yesterday.........I'll never hear a bad word against her..............take that Toyota with your 'best built cars in the world' slogan

250k .... just about broken in then :pac::pac::pac::pac:

GE90

Roughly 155000 miles. Sure its only just about run in at that mileage. I drove a 1.4 petrol focus yesterday with 315000 miles. Bosses A4 has 275000 miles on it.

wonski

cjmcork wrote: »

aw - just wanted to share that my 07 Mondeo TDCi hit 250k kms yesterday.........I'll never hear a bad word against her..............take that Toyota with your 'best built cars in the world' slogan

Well done, but to be honest 250k km is expected from modern engines these days. Hope you get another 250 out of her.
My Scenic petrol gets close to 140k miles (210k km) and no work done to the engine yet. Failure rate = 0% for me. And who said French cars are unreliable???

wonski

GE90 wrote: »

Roughly 155000 miles. Sure its only just about run in at that mileage. I drove a 1.4 petrol focus yesterday with 315000 miles. Bosses A4 has 275000 miles on it.

315k miles? That is an achievement:eek:
How many engine swaps so far?

GE90

wonski wrote: »

315k miles? That is an achievement:eek:
How many engine swaps so far?

Its a 02 focus Original engine and gearbox, The driver is doing ~750miles a week commute.

In my opinion doing that mileage in a 1.4 focus is a form of torture :pac:

Cleveland Hot Pocket

Sure there's 424k miles on my carina, 1995 2.0 diesel non turbo.
Still on original engine and clutch :eek:

wonski

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

Sure there's 424k miles on my carina, 1995 2.0 diesel non turbo.
Still on original engine and clutch :eek:

Original clutch? Have you owned it from new?
Do you use a clutch at all?
Toyota should use the clutch in their next commercial. Well done.

Cleveland Hot Pocket

wonski wrote: »

Original clutch? Have you owned it from new?
Do you use a clutch at all?
Toyota should use the clutch in their next commercial. Well done.

No I only bought it in november, was a one owner from new.
Im killing the clutch though/// considering converting it to an auto!

ofcork

I passed 160k miles in my 04 avensis petrol last week and not a bother on it.

SamAK

310k miles on my old Corolla and she burned more oil than petrol by the time I scrapped it.

Nixer Jim

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

Sure there's 424k miles on my carina, 1995 2.0 diesel non turbo.
Still on original engine and clutch :eek:

The horror of putting up 400k in that.

Old diesel

Nixer Jim wrote: »

The horror of putting up 400k in that.

IME (generalising here I know) - but people with cars like that from new frequently don't drive other cars - or at least not very often.

So the diesel Carina E (to them) is just completely normal.

I fully expect a Honda Accord 1.8 will feel like a rocket compared to the NA 2.0 diesel in driving at the moment.

And why wouldn't it - its probably got close to twice the power

On a serious note - when you drive a car like that (NA 2.0 diesel) you just accept that your not driving something with massive power - and take that into account when planning overtakes and the like - and just go with the flow.

It probably felt the same after 300 k miles as it did after 120 k.

my Aunt used to have a Hillman Hunter - and she had it for 12 years from new. Bearing in mind it was a fairly late model Hunter* - I personally think that was a test of anyones patience.

I doubt she was overly bothered though - otherwise im sure she would have changed it sooner.

*meaning she would have been seeing nicer/more modern cars around the place when HER Hunter was still quite new

Mycroft H

02 Disco out back with 296,000km on the clock. <Insert pub talk of land rover reliability here>

Bpmull

My focus just passed 130k km last week. It's a 1.6tdci so that's a pretty big achievement :pac:

Mycroft H

Mine rolled over to 160k Miles there during the week. Wouldn't be worried yet :P

Supergurrier

A landmark in glacial movement a Fjord moving that distance.

Nuk Nuk Nuk

bop1977

Isn't there a big mileage tread on here somewhere?

My shed (04 octavia) rolled over 128000 miles in the last week.

Stavros Murphy

260k miles on my td primera at the mo. I'll be very sulky if it doesn't do the same again. The last car had 465k miles up, a Picasso. And a petrol at that. Still drove grand as well. And I sold it, not scrapped it..

Satanta

171k miles on my 04 Touareg. Just recently done some serviceable items that should see.it through another good few thousand. The car drives much nicer than my mates A6 too which has 70k less showing on the clock.

forestgray

376k km on my 2006 2.0 Avensis.
Original engine, clutch and turbo as far as I can tell. I've had it from 140k anyway.
Going great, can't see any reason to change it. ..

Cogsy88

Check out the mileage on this machine.
http://www.truckpaper.com/listingsdetail/detail.aspx?OHID=4759163

rwg

Stavros Murphy wrote: »

260k miles on my td primera at the mo. I'll be very sulky if it doesn't do the same again. The last car had 465k miles up, a Picasso. And a petrol at that. Still drove grand as well. And I sold it, not scrapped it..

Dear god, who on earth did you find to pay for a Picasso with 465k miles up?

GE90

Cogsy88 wrote: »

Check out the mileage on this machine.
http://www.truckpaper.com/listingsdetail/detail.aspx?OHID=4759163

Trucks are a completely different kettle of fish, their are plenty driving around with over a million miles.

Stavros Murphy

rwg wrote: »

Dear god, who on earth did you find to pay for a Picasso with 465k miles up?

It still flew along! Them 1.6 Picassos are as tough as old boots - well known for it. A Latvian guy bought it, admittedly for only €500, but still. It was NCT'd an taxed for a couple of months too. Borgain..

Old diesel

GE90 wrote: »

Its a 02 focus Original engine and gearbox, The driver is doing ~750miles a week commute.

In my opinion doing that mileage in a 1.4 focus is a form of torture :pac:

Probably thinks anything bigger than a 1.4 is a sow on fuel.

On a serious note - it makes no sense to me to run a 1.4 petrol Focus for 750 miles a week.

Wonder how the fuel savings would stack up - if you put a Mk 2 Avensis diesel on the job instead.

A good one should be well up to 750 miles a week plus - once you avoid the 2.2s

Truckermal

GE90 wrote: »

Trucks are a completely different kettle of fish, their are plenty driving around with over a million miles.

Indeed I regularly drive a Scania that has 1.2 million on it and pulls like a train..

mikeymouse

My Renault Megane , only 120k mls,
and I call her 'the ship of theseus'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUl6PooveJE

padma

220000 miles past this week, 354000 km, 97 Civic.

yawhat!

150K on my punto bombing up and down the motorway, not a bother on her. Never gave any trouble! 2003 have it 6 years now.

Kaiser D

Bit over 300k kms on my 96 Honda Legend.

44k miles on my Wolseley.

114k miles on my MK1 Fiesta.

debabyjesus

Have a 99 avensis on 285000 miles. Clutch could do with changing though and pressure plate feels work hardened. Only got a cv joint last year. Gave up putting links and bushes in it though. Eats them.

gerardk55

411k kms on my '05 Mazda 6, 1.8.

She's still sweet as a nut Joey.

Avns1s

debabyjesus wrote: »

Have a 99 avensis on 285000 miles. Clutch could do with changing though and pressure plate feels work hardened. Only got a cv joint last year. Gave up putting links and bushes in it though. Eats them.

In my experience putting spurious droplinks and bushes in these is a waste of time and money. Better off getting the Toyota ones.

Avns1s

ofcork wrote: »

I passed 160k miles in my 04 avensis petrol last week and not a bother on it.

It'll probably soon need gearbox bearings. They're noted for this at this kind of mileage.

lway

280k kilometers (174k miles) on my 2005 407 1.6HDi.

Did replace the clutch when the flywheel went about 20k ago.

advertsfox

gerardk55 wrote: »

411k kms on my '05 Mazda 6, 1.8.

She's still sweet as a nut Joey.

Great (albeit thirsty) engine IMO - fair play!

gerardk55

Thirsty for sure, not so bad on national roads, but the gearing in 5th isn't great for motorway cruising. If it was mated to a 6-speed box I reckon it'd be a fantastic improvement.

advertsfox

gerardk55 wrote: »

Thirsty for sure, not so bad on national roads, but the gearing in 5th isn't great for motorway cruising. If it was mated to a 6-speed box I reckon it'd be a fantastic improvement.

Ah totally agree, it rev's a bit too high in 5th - I was craving a 6th gear when I had mine. Never gave me a bit of bother when I had it, nice sound too

renofan

My wife's '05 Focus 1.4 is almost at the 300,000 kms mark. It has been 100% reliable apart from a starter motor and the wheel bearing the rear driver's side. Still original brakes/shocks/clutch i'm sure as it was just 3 years old with 91,000 kms on it when we bought it.

I have a '97 1.8 Laguna that has 191,000 miles on it and it's off the road since Nov '11.

I also have a '98 Micra that has 174,000 kms on it so for surviving that much in it I probably deserve a medal! (Only had 8,000 kms on it when I bought it)

jimgoose

Hup ourra dat. Well done, that car. :cool:

debabyjesus

renofan wrote: »

300,000 kms

original brakes

:eek:

renofan

debabyjesus wrote: »

:eek:

You think that's bad, on my '98 Micra the original front pads weren't changed until the car was 15 years old. Still has the original shoes on the back :eek:

ofcork

Avns1s wrote: »

It'll probably soon need gearbox bearings. They're noted for this at this kind of mileage.

How would you know they were on the way out, noise?