OMG HIGH MILEAGE?

Jez · 22 Oct 2008 at 22:39

My daily driver at the moment since my dad discarded it

The Mad Rapper · 22 Oct 2008 at 22:40

So how much life would you suggest this car has let in it? Is it a good buy? The mileage would scare me off, but it isn't very old, so what will have worn and wuld likely need replcing? Is the engine likely to be OK still?

Rotty · 22 Oct 2008 at 22:43

I once bought a car with 17k on the clock :eek:

thats highest I have ever had on a car when I got it

did get a 3 series coupe for the missus once with 114k on and its still going well in the hands of NickX and prob has about 150k on now

Jez · 22 Oct 2008 at 22:43

TBH all the usual stuff you get on any car, i'd check carefully as to what its had replaced. At that mileage i would want:

- Bushings and ball joints/gaiters overhaul all round
- Replaced airmatic compressor
- Replaced air conditioning compressor
- PSE pump replaced
- Bearings checked
- Turbocharger replaced
- Fully working glitch free fibre bus, drive it over rough ground with the cd changer going
- FSH showing wide intervals, although tbh this will have as its covered such mileage in such a short period
- Check exhuast system in full
- Check struts in full, ANY cracks and i'd want them resealed fully by a main dealer before purchase.
- I'd get a full pressure test done at a dealer on a star machine
- Oh, and i'd get the gearbox fully checked by MB too, give it a good thrash through the tiptronic modes in both S and W.

agw_01 · 22 Oct 2008 at 22:44

The Mad Rapper said:
Is the engine likely to be OK still?

It's probably spent all of its time on the motorway so the engine is probably in superb condition.

As Fox has said before, mileage is nothing. Condition is more important.

Jez · 22 Oct 2008 at 22:50

agw_01 said:
It's probably spent all of its time on the motorway so the engine is probably in superb condition.

As Fox has said before, mileage is nothing. Condition is more important.

S-class' are immensely complicated though, the engines are the least of your worries. And tbh the MB diesels are far from the reliability of the bombproof petrol V8's.

Griffo · 22 Oct 2008 at 23:45

You'd think he/she would have removed the bottle of water from the inside before taking that photo. It's a small thing but I hate to see stuff like that, especially if it's hanging from the mirror. I generally go and see it and then cut it off, whilst screaming hysterically and stripping naked. That learns them up good.

Abyss · 23 Oct 2008 at 00:01

Many of the people I work with (myself included now) do between 30 and 60k miles a year, so it doesn't necessarily have to be a taxi.

MarkDavis · 23 Oct 2008 at 00:10

Abyss said:
Many of the people I work with (myself included now) do between 30 and 60k miles a year, so it doesn't necessarily have to be a taxi.

In an S-Class which you've chosen as your company car?

Scania · 23 Oct 2008 at 06:48

[TW]Fox;12749026 said:
In 3 years it's damn good going, it's more the average miles per year thing I'm getting at. It's a 2005 car!

Not bad for a car, I know of plenty of 06 plate trucks with a lot more than that on the clock.

jamoor · 23 Oct 2008 at 08:44

Jez said:
S-class' are excessively complicated though, the engines are the least of your worries. And tbh the MB diesels are far from the reliability of the bombproof petrol V8's.

EFA.

Seriously, fibre bus? What is this, a rocket ship?

Jez · 23 Oct 2008 at 09:29

jamoor said:
EFA.

Seriously, fibre bus? What is this, a rocket ship?

A top end car which can stretch as far as £160k new from the top end mass market manufacturer which has pioneered the latest technology in cars since they began production.

The whole comand system is linked with fibre optic's, fibre is cheaper, lighter, and faster than normal cabling i guess.

Crowze · 23 Oct 2008 at 10:20

My old man was putting around 30k miles per year on our A6, got it to 276k miles in total before the cam belt tensioner seized resulting in 30 bent valves. The condition of the rest of the motor was incredibly good - if that hadn't happened I'm sure it would have easily hit 300k, but it wasn't worth fixing it. He's now giving the same treatment to a Volvo S80, which I suspect will last at least as long, barring any incidents.

Datamonkey · 23 Oct 2008 at 12:49

TaKeN said:
Thats a lot of miles per day! (I've never worked it out before )

and yes.. the price is a tad optimistic

EDIT - Infact.. how much was it costing the owner in depreciation.. each mile?

The price he is after. if he gets it!! not a lot

lol

Griffo · 23 Oct 2008 at 13:20

R420LA6X2/4MNA said:
Not bad for a car, I know of plenty of 06 plate trucks with a lot more than that on the clock.

What's the depreciation like on those? I might be getting rid of the vRS soon.

jamoor · 23 Oct 2008 at 13:57

Jez said:
A top end car which can stretch as far as £160k new from the top end mass market manufacturer which has pioneered the latest technology in cars since they began production.

The whole comand system is linked with fibre optic's, fibre is cheaper, lighter, and faster than normal cabling i guess.

More reliable?

Scania · 23 Oct 2008 at 14:48

Griffo said:
What's the depreciation like on those? I might be getting rid of the vRS soon.

Not as mileage dependent as on cars thats for certain!

An example....

2005 VOLVO FH12 460 GLOBETROTTER XL 2005 05 6x2
midlift, MOT Apr 09, chrome stack, chrome trims, 276,000kms, full electric pack, leather seats LEZ compliant.
Price:
£39,995

Would have cost the thick end of £100k when new.