500,000 Miles & He's Never Broken Down!
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the truck i drive in america is coming upto 800,000 miles and its only a 2005, and i put 13,000 more miles on it every month
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Tbh a German engineered land rover was always gonna be a pretty good bet for reliability.
Two cars I broke down the most in we're my fiat UNO turbo and my first series one.
Never broke down in the second series one or any cossie,xr2i failed a few times and my mk1 gti engine blew but it still got me 10 miles knocking its tits off!!!
Modern car reliability should be pretty good as long as you service them well,I'd say most things 1998-2005 should be relatively bombproof if well cared for,older and your seeing sensor issues,rot etc newer things get a bit too complex and beyond the level of the home mechanic.
I'd say my Nissan vanette is pretty damn reliable,I've heard of them doing huge mileages with no issues mainly cos their so basic,there's not a lot to break!!!
Two cars I broke down the most in we're my fiat UNO turbo and my first series one.
Never broke down in the second series one or any cossie,xr2i failed a few times and my mk1 gti engine blew but it still got me 10 miles knocking its tits off!!!
Modern car reliability should be pretty good as long as you service them well,I'd say most things 1998-2005 should be relatively bombproof if well cared for,older and your seeing sensor issues,rot etc newer things get a bit too complex and beyond the level of the home mechanic.
I'd say my Nissan vanette is pretty damn reliable,I've heard of them doing huge mileages with no issues mainly cos their so basic,there's not a lot to break!!!
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Ive seen a few vids of old merc diesels with a million km's on them all original running gear etc.
Wasnt a mk2 cavalier the first British built car to do a million miles?i know the black cabs cover stupid mileages but this was a car.
Could be a slight myth but I think the guys pretty straight when he told me that back in the 80's "rank films" had a fleet of fiesta 1.6 diesels that ran 24/7 from london to Bristol,up to Manchester,across to newcastle and back to London again delivering the latest films to different cinemas etc.
He claimed they were hitting 500000 miles after 3 years when they went to auction but due to the 5 digit speedo nobody was that aware of the mileage apart from the seat/steering wheel/carpet etc and often the traders would just replace these items and sell the cars as "first time round" mileage.
Impressive if true.
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Tbh a German engineered land rover was always gonna be a pretty good bet for reliability.
Two cars I broke down the most in we're my fiat UNO turbo and my first series one.
Never broke down in the second series one or any cossie,xr2i failed a few times and my mk1 gti engine blew but it still got me 10 miles knocking its tits off!!!
Modern car reliability should be pretty good as long as you service them well,I'd say most things 1998-2005 should be relatively bombproof if well cared for,older and your seeing sensor issues,rot etc newer things get a bit too complex and beyond the level of the home mechanic.
I'd say my Nissan vanette is pretty damn reliable,I've heard of them doing huge mileages with no issues mainly cos their so basic,there's not a lot to break!!!
Two cars I broke down the most in we're my fiat UNO turbo and my first series one.
Never broke down in the second series one or any cossie,xr2i failed a few times and my mk1 gti engine blew but it still got me 10 miles knocking its tits off!!!
Modern car reliability should be pretty good as long as you service them well,I'd say most things 1998-2005 should be relatively bombproof if well cared for,older and your seeing sensor issues,rot etc newer things get a bit too complex and beyond the level of the home mechanic.
I'd say my Nissan vanette is pretty damn reliable,I've heard of them doing huge mileages with no issues mainly cos their so basic,there's not a lot to break!!!
With older cars if something goes wrong it's simple to sort out at the roadside, we have a Sierra that we have had from new virtually, done about 150K now and it's been 100% reliable, I really don't think you could say that about modern cars.
My Cosworth has done 113K, and too has never let me down.
As you say as long as you have a decent car to start with and maintain it, it should look after you accordingly.
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