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Chris AME

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When I was 17, my old man bought a Nova 1.2i saloon for me to learn in - it was 3 years old and bought from a driving instructor. It had 160k on it then at 3 years old, and the instructor claimed it had never had a new clutch - proof that it had so little torque that even learners couldn't toast it!

 

We took it up to 193k in the next couple of years, and the only problem it gave was a rear wheel bearing due to a bent stub axle - presumably caused by a learner 'parking' it on a kerb.

 

It was terrible to drive, but a remarkably robust little car.

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JUST HAVE TAKEN IN A TOYOTA AVENSIS ESTATE ON THE 54 REG WHICH HAS COVERED 357,000 MILES ON THE CLOCK,CURENTLY SELLING ON EBAY AS HAD NO IDEA HOW ELSE TO SELL A CAR WITH LEGS LIKE THAT ,NOT SURE IT COUNTS AS OWNED AS I TRADING IT STRAIGHT ON THROUGH BUT THOUGHT I ANSWER THE QUESTION AND WIN THE MEDAL :#1: FOR HIGHEST MILEAGE

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I had my Escort RS Turbo from new (1989) and sold it in 2001 with 116k on the clock. When I sold it it still had the original clutch, exhaust and Turbo and the brakes lasted until 80k. Other than the normal consumables the only thing that had to be replaced was the fuel pump, twice in fact at 43k and 80k. Sadly the car had considerable rust on the inner wings and underneath but the guy who bought it off me completely rebuilt the car and according to the DVLA site its still on the road.

 

 

Pete

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Puggy 106 1.5 XRD 156K was only on 65k when i got it and had it for a year and a bit

Jeez that must have been a painful year! I used my wife's 1.4d 106 for a few months and hated pretty much every minute. The soggy suspension was fun at times though.....

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My parents are taxi drivers, and we just got shot of the 04 plate Mondeo that had 298,500 miles on it.

 

It was still going strong.....right up until the point it got swamped in a flood and the engine hyro-locked and blew the bottom end off.

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