This one's been a long way

Stempy · Unread post by **Stempy** » 11 Feb 2008, 22:26

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1996-CITROEN-XANT ... dZViewItem

check out the milage!

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 12 Feb 2008, 08:19

Seriously, has any Xantia been known to rack up this sort of mileage?

Unread post by **lolingram** » 12 Feb 2008, 15:15

Mistype.... should have read 75000 miles.
However I know personally of a 305D (XUD) Pug van used for small parcel deliveries up and down the M1 that did 650000 miles before refusing to start on a cold morning... makes you think, eh?

Seriously, has any Xantia been known to rack up this sort of mileage?

Unread post by **Peter.N.** » 13 Feb 2008, 23:11

My last XM had done 292k when I sold and I reckon it would have been good for at least another 100k

Unread post by **lolingram** » 14 Feb 2008, 07:32

Agreed.

PSA mileages approaching 500k are not unusual.... it is mostly other things rather than the engine condition that dictate when the car goes to the scrapper. Other makes (i.e. Merecdes/VAG) are no better, and sometimes much worse - Renault are not in the ballgame IMHO.

My last XM had done 292k when I sold and I reckon it would have been good for at least another 100k

rowanmoor · Unread post by **rowanmoor** » 14 Feb 2008, 14:16

My Indy used to lend me a BX diesel with over 450K on it. I took it on a motorway 160 mile round trip at least once and it drove better than most other older cars. It disappeared after a while and I think it was because it sprung a fairly major oil leak and they couldn't justify repairing it.

Unread post by **lolingram** » 14 Feb 2008, 16:50

Almost certainly the HG oil feed to the camshaft...

My Indy used to lend me a BX diesel with over 450K on it. I took it on a motorway 160 mile round trip at least once and it drove better than most other older cars. It disappeared after a while and I think it was because it sprung a fairly major oil leak and they couldn't justify repairing it.