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[Tony H]

Nice one ,your Miggys just about run in now.  :yYou can start giving it some welly 8-)

[rickyboy]

Yes turned out to be a bit of a nightmare.  Sump needed changing and the oil pick up strainer modified to fit the sump.  Also had to tap the block to get the old sump back on - different threads.  Won't be using one out of a cavalier again as it was alot of hassle.  Vectra engines are alot easier to do if you can't get ahold of an omega engine.

[HerefordElite]

Does it still have the original engine in it?  Not doubting it as I replaced mine at 165,000 and it was an ex-rental car so had the arse ripped out of it.  To shock you more I replaced it with a 170,000 mile cavalier engine - that's how confident I am with Vauxhall engines.  If they are well maintained they can last forever...

Trigger only ever had one broom in 20 years sweeping the streets of Peckham. It had only had 17 new heads & 14 new handles
 

[rickyboy]

Does it still have the original engine in it?  Not doubting it as I replaced mine at 165,000 and it was an ex-rental car so had the arse ripped out of it.  To shock you more I replaced it with a 170,000 mile cavalier engine - that's how confident I am with Vauxhall engines.  If they are well maintained they can last forever...

Trigger only ever had one broom in 20 years sweeping the streets of Peckham. It had only had 17 new heads & 14 new handles
 

 

[Banjax]

you've just done 5 laps of the earth!!!!!!!

nice goin  

Actually it is EIGHT laps of the Earth at 25,000 miles (24902 at the Equater to be precise) per lap = 200k .

ooops - earth circumference is 40000 km - not miles - my bad  

[dieseldean]

a huge debate on my cars high mileage and its reliability.
it currently shows 156???miles but due to minor fire had to have binnacle replaced showing 196???miles.
this totals over 355000miles the cars history says it had to have complete bottom end rebuild at 84373miles.
but it still on original 6 diesel injectors.

bought my 2nd omega diesel yesterday and it 198423 on clock. am i crazy??? :-/
but it was cheap and i plan to use 1 of them for spares but undecided which one :-/ :-/ :-/

[FRE07962128]

All the replies so far indicate what I have always found; always service your engine with the correct oil and parts, including cam belts at the right intervals, and 'modern' cars will keep going!

When I had new Carlton's, a Senator and an Omega for business my mileage in one year could easily top 100k, and at that point I considered them just "run in".

Indeed the Carlton's I had changed at 18 months (approx. 150K) as normal policy, although techniqually still "as new".  The Senator got to about 180k before I part exchanged it for an Omega that I eventually sold at 146K, when I briefly (well for 6 years) departed to a Toyota Carina II.  This I took to 240,000 and it was still going strong when I PX'd it for my current miggy.  All these milages are 'small ' compared to some examples mentioned on this thread, and my brother-in-law had a Volvo Diesel Estate (engine size unknown, but he stated was the same one they fitted in small lorries) that he took to 600k!!

Personally it is the body work I have found that eventually condems a car (as with the Senator! ) as the mechanical parts are always maintainable, even if it means an engine / transmission strip down.  Major engine failures on at least Vx's (and Toyota's!) are down to poor maintenance programmes, although I know with certain other manufacturers engines it can be due to bad design.

[rickyboy]

All the replies so far indicate what I have always found; always service your engine with the correct oil and parts, including cam belts at the right intervals, and 'modern' cars will keep going!

When I had new Carlton's, a Senator and an Omega for business my mileage in one year could easily top 100k, and at that point I considered them just "run in".

Indeed the Carlton's I had changed at 18 months (approx. 150K) as normal policy, although techniqually still "as new".  The Senator got to about 180k before I part exchanged it for an Omega that I eventually sold at 146K, when I briefly (well for 6 years) departed to a Toyota Carina II.  This I took to 240,000 and it was still going strong when I PX'd it for my current miggy.  All these milages are 'small ' compared to some examples mentioned on this thread, and my brother-in-law had a Volvo Diesel Estate (engine size unknown, but he stated was the same one they fitted in small lorries) that he took to 600k!!

Personally it is the body work I have found that eventually condems a car (as with the Senator! ) as the mechanical parts are always maintainable, even if it means an engine / transmission strip down.  Major engine failures on at least Vx's (and Toyota's!) are down to poor maintenance programmes, although I know with certain other manufacturers engines it can be due to bad design.

Totally agree never scrapped a car for any other reason.