QUOTE (tonygriff @ Mar 6 2009, 08:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>very close to Half a Million Miles ! From a 1998 b5 passat TDi

 

and Yes it is a Taxi !
we have been servicing this for about the last 7 years. and just passed its NCT last tuesday too !

 

a nice bit of driving to get that up!! no doubt it will doa lot more!!

 

impressive

 

How many turbos and gear box's has it gone tru!?

 

QUOTE (paudieg60 @ Mar 6 2009, 10:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>How many turbos and gear box's has it gone tru!?

NONE ! and only one clutch !

 

wonder what would happen when it hits 999999, would it be like the so called millenium bug?!?!?

 

QUOTE (tonygriff @ Mar 6 2009, 10:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>NONE ! and only one clutch !
None

! Yee do a good job servicing it so!

 

QUOTE (paudieg60 @ Mar 6 2009, 10:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>None

! Yee do a good job servicing it so!

nothing more than regular engine oil and filter changes. never did anything with the gearbox bar replace the clutch.

 

Credit to yee in there Tony!!

 

That's fairly high a friend of mine's father had a 87 corolla van with 700,000 odd miles
on it & it was still going strong when he sold it

 

Excellent, you should get a pic of it every time it comes in for servicing and keep us updated, love to see it near 1,000,000

 

jezz i thought my 240-50 miles was high........lol its not!!!

 

How often is it serviced Tony? Is it in constant use? Meaning is it shared between two drivers one for days and one for nights?

 

QUOTE (kenneally_mark @ Mar 7 2009, 02:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>How often is it serviced Tony? Is it in constant use? Meaning is it shared between two drivers one for days and one for nights?

One driver only. oil change every 8 - 10 k
in fairness , i would say its more he is easy on it than our service

 

I agree, my Dad has a 00 Trooper and he treats it with respect when it comes to driving it but the body he doesnt care it has 230,000 miles and first clutch, gearbox, the turbo only got a bit of play in it lately.

 

My old man had B2 passat 1.6TD with milleage like this however the turbo was changed once.
I am impressed, didnt know the newer vw`s can be that good

good dirty diesels

 

My Dads last car had 365miles before he traded it in. It was a 2.4 diesel Caravelle

 

my dad had a MK1 jetta 1.6 diesel (no turbo) back before i was born, it had 310K on it when he sold it. he said he bounced it around the country something proper, never remembers going too easy on it. changed the oil and filters every 5K, and no matter how he drove it, it always returned 39MPG.

i really really love high milers, its kind of like and old man who face could tell a million tales. i have even been looking to get an old E-class taxi from germany, you know the ones with close to 700,000 kilometeres on them, OH THE THINGS THEY MUST HAVE SEEN!!!

 

i had a 99 1.9 sdi caddy with 470,000 miles on it,it was a company van and drove up and down the country every day for the last 7 years.
sold it during the summer for 300.wasn started in months before that i jumped it and off she went,it was a bit dead on the pedal tho

 

spanish island taxis have no less than 800k kms on all of them. all E-class mercs

 

QUOTE (paddy_cl @ Mar 9 2009, 07:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>spanish island taxis have no less than 800k kms on all of them. all E-class mercs

485,614 miles = 781,520 km
so not too far off 800,000 km all the same, maybe another week or two at the rate he's going!

 

Update

 

whats that off?

 

the start of the topic!