We often see Peugeot/Citroen XUDT diesel engines in excess of 200K still running nicely!
Incidentally, the service booklets on these cars are always full of service stamps....funny that!
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It's odd that a car's value drops like a stone as soon as it gets to 20,000, then 40,000 then 60,000. Just think of the life left in it, as long as it has been run-in well when new and serviced at the correct times. After 60,000 miles, a main dealer probably isn't interested except to part exchange into an auction. (Perhaps a lot more cars are clocked than I thought!)
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My 2 litre petrol Citroen XM reached 247000 miles. The engine had a new headgasket at 195000 miles. I expect the car is still going somewhere, but I fancied something newer.
The service book stopped being stamped at around 70K miles ;-)
I had regular oil changes every 6000 miles at Kwik Fit. Apart from that the car never saw the inside of a garage for servicing.
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My "New" car is a 1998 Passat tdi 110bhp with 120000 on the clock. I do 40k a year.
Last car was a montego countryman 2.0d./ When I bought that it had 115000 on the clock. Lasted 2 years before it got broken into.
Nothing wrong with 100k+ miles on a diesel (as long as it is serviced)
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Car engines don't really last that long.
If you assume that a car travels at an average speed of 25mph (probably about right these days....) then 25000 miles equates to 1000 hours of running. 100,000 miles equates to about 4000 hours. There are about 9000 hours in a year, so 100k is less than 6 months continuous running.
There are lots of engines (eg 'industrial' engines) that run for years, more or less continuously. I admit they are much less stressed that automobile engines, but as someone else said, its the starting and warm-up phase that wears the engine.
These cars that run up 1 million miles running 24/7 round a track don't prove anything. Give it to a little old lady who drives 2 miles to the shop and back every day and then see how long it lasts....
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Just thought you might be interested in this which I stole from a BX message board when someone was taking the pink fluffy dice out of me about my penchant for old BXs (170,000 from one which I sold to a friend who took it to 200k and sold it on for more than he gave me. Current one has 147k on clock. Neither have had anything done to engine except new cambelts every 50k, oil changes every 5k and one set of new glow plugs each)
\"Posted by Mike 1703 on September 24, 2002, 12:58 pm , in reply to \"Perfect car?\"
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I drive a BX diesel which I use as a taxi. It\'s my 5th. BX 19 diesel & all gave me the greatest satisfaction in both reliability & economy. I still have my 1987 BX which I cannibalise for spares, not that I need many. It was retired for \'scrap\' after a crash @ 350,000 miles. It\'s replacement was sold off for less than the value of its parts @ 450,000 miles; one has been retired to my driveway @ 740,000miles & my current workhorse is now @ 380,000 miles. I\'ve never changed a wheel-bearing, only one gearbox and a few suspension bits; one major engine overhaul; two head-jobs but never a tow-home failure [unless you count the one time I let the cam-belt snap!]. Why is it Ford drivers keep telling me \'You\'ve just been luck mate\' which is usually followed by \'anyway, no car can do that sort of mileage, who are you trying to kid\'!\"
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