utterly random picture thread.

[rodbargee]

what he eventually said to me was that in fairness it needed lots of work and he was happy with the 1K he got for it,. I think after my reply he realised he could have done somewhat better, anyhoo hope the lucky recipient makes it a nice bike lucky them!

[KungFooBob]

what he eventually said to me was that in fairness it needed lots of work and he was happy with the 1K he got for it,. I think after my reply he realised he could have done somewhat better, anyhoo hope the lucky recipient makes it a nice bike lucky them!

It was 100% a scam, check the other thread.

[JackyJoll]

Why has she got his phone?

And he took the time to put it in “Park” while stopped on the freeway to photograph his mileometer.

[David]

At antwhere near 123450 miles i would have parked up...jacked a wheel and let it run to that....

[Yorick]

At antwhere near 123450 miles i would have parked up...jacked a wheel and let it run to that....

I thought only poor people have cars with such high mileage ???

[Mussels]

At antwhere near 123450 miles i would have parked up...jacked a wheel and let it run to that....

As long as you had the foresight to zero the trip exactly 789 miles previously.
It was no accident but did it involve a drill?

[Saga Lout]

At antwhere near 123450 miles i would have parked up...jacked a wheel and let it run to that....

I thought only poor people have cars with such high mileage ???

You're probably right. I'm a poor person and I clocked up about 130,000 miles in the three years I had a company Sierra and about 120,000 miles in a Mondeo.

(The Sierra was an old banger when it went back, the Mondeo felt like it would easily do another 120,000 miles.)

[Mr. Dazzle]

My car is on 120 thousand and something....I used to commute 100 miles a day so I properly hammered it. I'm gonna check if I've gone past 123,456 next time I go out

[David]

At antwhere near 123450 miles i would have parked up...jacked a wheel and let it run to that....

I thought only poor people have cars with such high mileage ???

I am poor...i only own a bit of a mountain...but the beer is cheap ( i make it)

[Count Steer]

At antwhere near 123450 miles i would have parked up...jacked a wheel and let it run to that....

I thought only poor people have cars with such high mileage ???

Pah! I tried, but failed narrowly, to do 'moon miles' (~230,000) in my old Volvo 2.5T estate. I even kept it going when I had a new car.

[MingtheMerciless]

My old man ran his BMW 3 series 2.3(I think) auto petrol till 230 000ish miles. By that point reverse gear was sometimes optional, the heater was at best erratic and the electric accesories were beginning to be unreliable but it started every time and never broke down. After about 100K it was serviced occasionally by a "local" garage and thrived on neglect.

[KungFooBob]

When I put my Rover 216 upside down in a ditch I needed a car ASAP for as little money as possible.

I bought a Mk2 Golf GTI 8V 90-Spec for £500, it was a great car and it came with a foot high pile of receipts and history.... the last 8 MOT's all said 138,000 miles, so god knows what the real mileage was.

[Horse]

My old man ran his BMW 3 series 2.3(I think) auto petrol till 230 000ish miles. By that point reverse gear was sometimes optional, the heater was at best erratic and the electric accesories were beginning to be unreliable

I had a diesel Astra, 1.7TD, bought (for £1k) with 121,000 on the clock. I took it to 186,000, then sold it for £240 - to a mechanic who wanted to use it as a service loan car! Only fault was that the one-touch close on an electric window had failed.

I don't think I'll ever see that high a mileage again.

[Cousin Jack]

I had an ancient (1954 IIRC) Beetle with 70k (max 99,999 in those days) on the clock when I bought it. Took it to a local dealer in Falmouth and thee mechanic was all over it in a flash. Turns out he had bought it new, put it around the clock and sold it with about 20k showing.

I did the same, so that was 220k in total. Mind you it needed some fettling by then, but I still saw it occasionally for the next few years.

[Jody]

My colleagues laughed at me when I mentioned that my sprinter had "only" 160,000,
they were flabbergasted when I explained that sprinters of that age with that engine will reach 450,000 as long as it doesn't rust out first !

[Mr. Dazzle]

I had an ancient (1954 IIRC) Beetle with 70k (max 99,999 in those days) on the clock when I bought it.

My Bonneville is showing 5k on the (original) clocks. Its been 'round once already.

[Taipan]

[Yorick]

One for @Taipan

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[wheelnut]

I had an ancient (1954 IIRC) Beetle with 70k (max 99,999 in those days) on the clock when I bought it. Took it to a local dealer in Falmouth and thee mechanic was all over it in a flash. Turns out he had bought it new, put it around the clock and sold it with about 20k showing.

I did the same, so that was 220k in total. Mind you it needed some fettling by then, but I still saw it occasionally for the next few years.

My first car was a 1983 1.2ohv mk1 Astra. I bought it with 98k on the clock and sold it (albeit for peanuts) when it had 250k on the clock. Apart from normal stuff, i replaced the alternator and starter motor.

Fuck loads of welding though.

[Yambo]

I bought my Peugeot 405 GTDT tax free when I got promoted to Warrant Officer. It was a superb car. It had the 1800 turbo diesel engine and about a year later they replaced that engine in 405s with the ubiquitous 1900 diesel. My 1800 ran flawlessly up until I sold it with 216,000 on the clock. At that time one of the sunroof cables had broken and it had two tiny rust spots - the body was galvanised.

I did most of the work on it myself, which included steering bits, new shocks (twice iirc), brakes as and when, cam belts (2 x 8mm bolts to lock the engine and swap the belt) etc. I didn't want to rip the headlining out so hadn't sorted the sunroof.

It was quite simply an excellent car, comfortable, economic, roomy, and very reliable. My one criticism is not with the car but with Michelin. I ran it on Michelin MXVs and MXV 2s for a number of years and it worked beautifully but suddenly they stopped making them and the Michelin Energy tyres were nowhere near as good or lasted as well.

Best car I've ever owned.