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Bill Walker

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A mate of mine has a Ford Falcon here in Oz, 4 litre 6 cylinder petrol motor that's done over half a million kilometers. 312,000 miles....Still going strong.

Anyway I just saw this bike for sale with more mileage than I've ever seen on 2 wheels.


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Anybody beat that ?
 
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I worked at BCA Commercials Belle Vue for 10 years and we used to regularly get vans with over 250k miles on the clock,and occasionally 400k -500k miles on the clock.
They were mainly Merc Sprinters and VW Crafters but there were other makes as well, sometimes the ones that you would least expect like Renault,Citroen and Ford.
As long as the diesel engine had been well maintained and serviced they just seemed to be able to run forever.
 
manclad said:
I worked at BCA Commercials Belle Vue for 10 years and we used to regularly get vans with over 250k miles on the clock,and occasionally 400k -500k miles on the clock.
They were mainly Merc Sprinters and VW Crafters but there were other makes as well, sometimes the ones that you would least expect like Renault,Citroen and Ford.
As long as the diesel engine had been well maintained and serviced they just seemed to be able to run forever.
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Amazing but what about motorbikes ?
 
A mate’s Dodge Ram with a Cummins diesel has well over 500k miles and is in great shape.
 
Going off at a slight tangent, I buy, restore, collect and use pre 1960s American outboard engines, so far I have 16 and the oldest one is a 1934 flat twin and the nicest, in my mind, is an almost mint condition 1955 Johnson, It runs like new and has spent its life on a Canadian lake by all accounts, which are frozen for most of the year, so little use.
These guys are over 60 years old and will still be around in another 60 years.
 
stonerblue said:
I had a Talbot samba that did 170k before dying on the M62 with a boot full of weed in the middle of the night.
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You'd have been safe with a puncture in a Samba - the spare was slung underneath in a cradle - just have the jack and wheel brace in the passenger footwell
 
There is a good chance in the older high mileage ones the odometer has been replaced like everything else and so they don't get full credit.
 
Most taxis do circa 300k before retirement. In theory things like tyres and brake pads will wear out on any car so you might as well keep replacing on older cars. It's when the clutch goes or the engine starts leaking /burning oil that you have to think is it worth it. Most people get the newer car itch well before that.
 
Gaudion M said:
Most taxis do circa 300k before retirement. In theory things like tyres and brake pads will wear out on any car so you might as well keep replacing on older cars. It's when the clutch goes or the engine starts leaking /burning oil that you have to think is it worth it. Most people get the newer car itch well before that.
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I seem to remember the old black cabs in London were good for a million miles, clutches are pretty cheap to replace as a rule and always do the water pump at the same time
 
I've only had four cars since I started driving in 1988. All bought second hand with a few thousand on the clock, all made 150,000+ miles before giving up the ghost. My fourth and current one, a Toyota Aygo, has done 205,000 in the six years since I retired and still going well.
 
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