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Was reading the other day in a Mercedes benz Van advertising magazine,

their is this guy in South Aus I think from memory who drives 700km's a day and has done over 1,000,000 km's in it. still going strong.

Couldn't believe it... Courier worker. crazy. discuss

I know taxi's do a shitload but lets leave those suckers out I reckon... trucks would do a fckload too

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I have a friend with a shorty GQ patrol - TD42 diesel, had ran the clock over, and was onto 10,000kms again.

i.e. 1,010,000 kms :thanks:

Not original engine, the first one died, but the new engine that's been there for 10+ years, did all those kms.

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I have a friend with a shorty GQ patrol - TD42 diesel, had ran the clock over, and was onto 10,000kms again.

i.e. 1,010,000 kms :thanks:

Not original engine, the first one died, but the new engine that's been there for 10+ years, did all those kms.

How do they drive the cars?

Do they trash them or are they ok? It's amazing what some cars can put up with.

Our builder has got an old Toyota Hilux, has had it for 10 years and hasn't changed the oil once!!!

Have an XF Falcon that I got from my brother. AFAIK, it's still original engine, has a bit over 447k on it. Probably lasted this long because my brother lived in quite remote places, but worked in Sydney (Qantas international pilot, so only drives to work once a week! every couple of weeks - 400k up the Hume).

Tow truck at work has 980,000km+ on it now, still drives well but has had a fortune spent on it over the years. Also seen a >TR MAGNA< ohmy.gif that comes into work for it's servicing/repairs etc with 600,000+ km on it now, old guy (70's) owns it and anything it needs, it gets. See quite a few falcondores in the 300-400k km bracket....

i know of a few people who have had cars with the clock on their second time around the clock.

i had a commodore that was an ex company car. was 12 months old (almost to the day) when i got it and had 80,000kms on it. my sister in law used to drive from gympie to noosa and back everyday for work (about a 130km round trip). she used to have a liberty but as the kms started racking up she started having problems with it so got a vx commodore. it has been pretty much hassle free other than a problem with the fuel pump.

if i had to choose between an import with 400,000kms on it or a commodore/falcon with the same, i'd probably take the aussie car.

my mazda had 470, on it, still going fine but was getting tired so i traded it before it died, few days later i get a letter from the EPA saying it was witnessed blowing smoke, good timing ey, could of fixed it with a new set of slugs,but the suspension was rooted and it didnt really feel very safe anymore...

theres a bunch of guys at my work up in the 6-700s and ive seen more than a few taxis over 800...but the one that took the cake for me was this bloke i was talking to oneday had an 80s model mack truck.

he had lost count of how many times its been around the clock, reckons it was at least 4 or 5..original engine..amazing..

i know of a few people who have had cars with the clock on their second time around the clock.

i had a commodore that was an ex company car. was 12 months old (almost to the day) when i got it and had 80,000kms on it. my sister in law used to drive from gympie to noosa and back everyday for work (about a 130km round trip). she used to have a liberty but as the kms started racking up she started having problems with it so got a vx commodore. it has been pretty much hassle free other than a problem with the fuel pump.

if i had to choose between an import with 400,000kms on it or a commodore/falcon with the same, i'd probably take the aussie car.

My first car i owned was a 2000 Model Subaru liberty RX 2.5, had 250,000 km's went like a dream... only thing i had to change was the brakes and that was it.

Great car, car had done mainly country KM's, maybe that had something to do with it.

2 patrols I had come to mind. one was the rb 30 powered carburetor variant. It did 400,000 kay in my posession and was still running around town some 5 years later being driven by a family of coconuts.

The other was the 2.8 litre turbo diesel variant that every body claimed was a pos. I traded it at 740,000 kays of hard abuse. That thing took everything I could throw at it and then some.

sum total of maintainence other than regular servicing was a clutch and worn brake pads.

i know this is not km's but we have straddles at work (big cranes on stilts ) that have done over 400,000 hours on the origonal merc diesl motor !

come on man, start a crane thread? hahahaha.. thats a fair few hours though

My first car i owned was a 2000 Model Subaru liberty RX 2.5, had 250,000 km's went like a dream... only thing i had to change was the brakes and that was it.

Great car, car had done mainly country KM's, maybe that had something to do with it.

i think most of the problems she was having with it was with the centre diff. apparently a lot of highway driving causes the diff to have issues. and at the price they are to replace, the mechanics were telling her to get rid of the car rather than fix it.

i think most of the problems she was having with it was with the centre diff. apparently a lot of highway driving causes the diff to have issues. and at the price they are to replace, the mechanics were telling her to get rid of the car rather than fix it.

maybe mine was different, i know the engine mounts were on there way out though... dealer bought it off me for a ridiculously low price..

My old R31 Silo had almost 400K on it when i sold it. That thing had a very hard life. I looked after it with oil andfilter changes every 5000kms, but it got an absolute flogging.

The weird thing is the old RB30 just seemed to get stronger and stronger.

Those things are scary bullet proof with regular oil changes etc.

My last Datto (180b) was on it's 5th trip around the odo, so in the high 400's.

But better than that, my mum had an '88 Pintara station wagon which had over 700,000ks on it when it got traded and all it had replaced in that time was the diff. The engine and box were still fine and that despite my best attempts to kill it. I learned to drive in that car and used to drive it when I was on my Ps. So it didn't have the easiest life.

My last Datto (180b) was on it's 5th trip around the odo, so in the high 400's.

But better than that, my mum had an '88 Pintara station wagon which had over 700,000ks on it when it got traded and all it had replaced in that time was the diff. The engine and box were still fine and that despite my best attempts to kill it. I learned to drive in that car and used to drive it when I was on my Ps. So it didn't have the easiest life.

its funny how long cars last, you get some good ones and some bad ones i guess.

I haven't had cars that have done way-out figures like the ones above...

but I must admit that I've been so concerned about several cars getting close to 200,000km, so I'd sell them.

That mentality I guess, is a carry-over from my parents saying pearls of wisdom like...

"There comes a time when repairs can cost more than maintenance" (with me thinking of buying their own Fiat 2300)

"Don't buy other people's problems" (whilst looking at a Monaro)

"If you can afford to run it, you can afford to buy it" (when I considered a Jag XJ-S)

"You'll kill yourself" (when I had my heart set on a used MG-B as my first car > got a new Datto 1600 instead)

:thanks: Mum and Dad

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