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[STEMO]

Think again


https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-10104051/Most-common-vehicles-road-750k-miles-clock-revealed.html

[dave the builder]

to do 750.000 miles in an omega would use over 34 thousand gallon of petrol ,over 213 thousand quid 
and if you change the oil every 4000 miles ..... £££££         

[dave the builder]

not sure how many green shield stamps that is though 

[STEMO]

I reckon most (all) of those will be diesels. I was a bit surprised to see the Prius was the one with most over 250,000 miles.

[dave the builder]

you couldn't do 750000 miles in a diesel Omega
you[d have died of boredom by 5K 

[Rangie]

Quite surprising to see what vehicles are included, have heard about diesel Mercs covering mega miles read an article a few years ago about a Volvo that had clocked up over a million miles , in fact it was a P1800 with 3.2 million miles..

[STEMO]

to do 750.000 miles in an omega would use over 34 thousand gallon of petrol ,over 213 thousand quid 
and if you change the oil every 4000 miles ..... £££££         

19 cambelts and water pumps 

[dave the builder]

to do 750.000 miles in an omega would use over 34 thousand gallon of petrol ,over 213 thousand quid 
and if you change the oil every 4000 miles ..... £££££         

19 cambelts and water pumps 

or you could just chance it and keep the original 
spend the money on magic tree air fresheners instead
(removed during the MOT tests obviously      )

[Marks DTM Calib]

How many of them are as a result of the MOT man incorrectly entering the mileage 

[STEMO]

How many of them are as a result of the MOT man incorrectly entering the mileage 

I think your insurance company might pick up on that 

[Shackeng]

you couldn't do 750000 miles in a diesel Omega
you[d have died of boredom by 5K 

Certainly not true of my chipped TD which was a pleasure to drive, and I miss it still. 

[TheBoy]

you couldn't do 750000 miles in a diesel Omega
you[d have died of boredom by 5K 

I loved my old tractor, despite the early headaches it caused us all here.  Chipped, obviously, as the BMW engined 2.5TD was a dog in standard form.

Not sure I could have afforded to do 750,000 miles in it, as that would have worked out at about 188 sets of rear tyres, at about £50k

[Doctor Gollum]

Your headaches with it stemmed largely on GM not bothering to use nuts and bolts to hold the front upper cross member in place... The BMW lump being a fair old size

[TheBoy]

Your headaches with it stemmed largely on GM not bothering to use nuts and bolts to hold the front upper cross member in place... The BMW lump being a fair old size

Eh?

[Doctor Gollum]

Proper cars have a handful of bolts holding the slam panel in. Makes hoiking the engine in and out much easier