Who has the highest mileage?

MTND · Post by **MTND** » 12 Dec 2012, 21:46

Duke137 wrote:Some Epic mileages being thrown up here!

Keep them coming!

Hi Duke

Mine's gone over 154k this week so quite low really

It's a 1.9SX TD 1995N I've owned for 12 years. It had 29k on when I bought it!!

Mark

daviemck2006 · Post by **daviemck2006** » 12 Dec 2012, 22:53

I worked for a taxi company a few years ago, highest mileage one was a pug806 2.0hdi 16v that was over 500k. My highest mileage one was a fiat ullysse (same car and engine) that I bought off the bay with 227k on if and full service printout, only one clutch fitted at 202k, when I sold it, for more than I paid for it she had 257k on it, only problem I had was a burst turbo intake hose whilst towing caravan. One roll of ducktape round split and towed 150 miles to destination. The front of the caravan was black tho!

ashy90 · Post by **ashy90** » 14 Dec 2012, 07:30

No no no this thread is wrong.....everyone is talking about diesel's - everyone knows diesels last forever

What I want to know is, who has the highest mileage *PETROL* Citroen?

C5Alan · Post by **C5Alan** » 14 Dec 2012, 16:32

I was feeling quite proud of mine hitting 215,000 on Tuesday but seems this is nothing compared to some of these old buses still running around. The thing that gets me is that I know this car was only ever serviced once a year usually before and MOT so the idea of regular servicing to increase engine life has not helped her get this high more a case of the 55mph and driving her carefully.

citroenxm · Post by **citroenxm** » 14 Dec 2012, 16:58

ashy90 wrote:No no no this thread is wrong.....everyone is talking about diesel's - everyone knows diesels last forever

What I want to know is, who has the highest mileage *PETROL* Citroen?

no one! because petrols are knackered after 100k and either need throwing away or a rebuild!

on a serious note though aren't there some esj v6 24v xantias here with 200k on them? not sure if they are a rebuild or all original though...

Citroenmad · Post by **Citroenmad** » 14 Dec 2012, 20:58

C5Alan wrote:I was feeling quite proud of mine hitting 215,000 on Tuesday but seems this is nothing compared to some of these old buses still running around. The thing that gets me is that I know this car was only ever serviced once a year usually before and MOT so the idea of regular servicing to increase engine life has not helped her get this high more a case of the 55mph and driving her carefully.

Annual servicing is not too bad, its better than missing services. Though I guess in a way yours has, as it must have covered more miles per year than the annual service allowed (12,500 miles).

Of course cars should be driven with mechanically sympathy, but that doesn't mean they have to be driven slowly.

citroenxm wrote:
ashy90 wrote:No no no this thread is wrong.....everyone is talking about diesel's - everyone knows diesels last forever

What I want to know is, who has the highest mileage *PETROL* Citroen?
no one! because petrols are knackered after 100k and either need throwing away or a rebuild!

on a serious note though aren't there some esj v6 24v xantias here with 200k on them? not sure if they are a rebuild or all original though...

Yeah, my V6 Xantia had nearly 200K and was the original engine, never had a rebuild. The gearbox had ... also Jims old blue one is on a similar mileage and is in fine health.

My Activa has 123,000 miles and the engine is brilliant, I would say it has to be one of the best performing TCT engines (certainly the best I've experienced), it also uses no oil or coolant. Its quiet refined and pulls like a train. Regular servicing and a bt of TLC, there is no reason why petrols can't cope with a good mileage.

I'm sure there is someone on here with a 2.0 16v Xantia which has done 200K+

addo · Post by **addo** » 14 Dec 2012, 22:37

Give me two and a bit years. Over 150K now, with lots of towing, and never been apart.

Chris570 · Post by **Chris570** » 15 Dec 2012, 09:29

My XM was on 171k (before the HG went but that wasnt down to mileage) my activa is on 139k and again uses no oil or water.

Citroenmad · Post by **Citroenmad** » 15 Dec 2012, 11:15

Chris570 wrote:My XM was on 171k (before the HG went but that wasnt down to mileage) my activa is on 139k and again uses no oil or water.

And your diesel mountain goat?

Chris570 · Post by **Chris570** » 15 Dec 2012, 11:25

Citroenmad wrote:
Chris570 wrote:My XM was on 171k (before the HG went but that wasnt down to mileage) my activa is on 139k and again uses no oil or water.
And your diesel mountain goat?

The diesel mountain goat is only on 215k, i'm just starting now to come out of the running in process

ashy90 · Post by **ashy90** » 15 Dec 2012, 12:55

citroenxm wrote:
ashy90 wrote:No no no this thread is wrong.....everyone is talking about diesel's - everyone knows diesels last forever

What I want to know is, who has the highest mileage *PETROL* Citroen?
no one! because petrols are knackered after 100k and either need throwing away or a rebuild!

on a serious note though aren't there some esj v6 24v xantias here with 200k on them? not sure if they are a rebuild or all original though...

Hmmm dont be too sure! Are you refering to ALL petrol engines in general, or just Citroen petrol engines? Either way, my girlfriends parents old Xantia was a 1.8 16v petrol and at the end it had covered 160k miles. To my knowledge, apart from a couple of sensors and a new rad etc. the engine had never been taken apart. My own car is a Rover 45 which has 151k miles on the clock - and its a petrol 1.8 k series! (the in-famous, or famous one...which ever way you look at at!). Its the original engine and it runs just as well now as it did when I bought it 4 years ago.

I have though, had one or two petrol engined cars that feel very ropey even by 80 - 90k miles. Mind you, both of the cars in question I still see running around many years after we sold them (old Astra 1.4 and old Rover 214).

I guess it all depends on how they are looked after and driven.

ashy90 · Post by **ashy90** » 15 Dec 2012, 12:56

addo wrote:Give me two and a bit years. Over 150K now, with lots of towing, and never been apart.

What engine?

addo · Post by **addo** » 15 Dec 2012, 13:46

Hudson flat six.

No, really a 2.0 16V with autobox on a Xantia wagon.

PavlosV6 · Post by **PavlosV6** » 15 Dec 2012, 13:51

Confirming CitroJim's old V6 is still giving first-class service. See below.

Post by **Northern_Mike** » 15 Dec 2012, 14:03

citroenxm wrote:
on a serious note though aren't there some esj v6 24v xantias here with 200k on them? not sure if they are a rebuild or all original though...

My/Citroenmads/Jims/Dunk/'s old V6 was just coming up on 200k with no rebuild work, and it still went like, as Chris570 would say, a stabbed rat.

I've had a few classic petrol Saab 900s, Turbos and NA engines, with over 200k on them, and seen many Mondeos and Toyotas with over that mileage on them, all petrols.

I don't think modern engines actually wear out. The cars they are in fall apart around them making them uneconomical to repair. I mean, who's going to spend £1200-1500 quid if your car needs brakes, a set of front arm bushes and a wheel bearing or two, when you could have a known good motor for half that?

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