Petrol engine in not exploding at 100k shocker!

So long as all the relevant work has been done to the engine at the correct intervals, it could well prove to be a good deal assuming you are going to run it into the ground!
 
Not sure what's supposed to be funny/interesting about that :confused: Just looks like a well described high mileage run of the mill car?
 
It was an attempt to point out that you don't have to buy a diesel engine to ensure long engine life and that petrol engines don't expire after they reach 100k as per accepted Motors knowledge.

Apparently i was being too obvious.
 
SB118 said:
It was an attempt to point out that you don't have to buy a diesel engine to ensure long engine life and that petrol engines don't expire after they reach 100k as per accepted Motors knowledge.

Apparently i was being too obvious.
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110k on one of the highest state of tune petrol engines here ;)
 
That Toledo has probably had 10X the value of the car spent in maintenance on it over the years.
Its worth about £500 of those £1495.
 
Simon said:
110k on one of the highest state of tune petrol engines here ;)
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My Civic VTi has 143k and still going strong. In fact since a certain exhaust emissions component has errmm...been misplaced it's going better than ever. The distributor is almost certain to fail sometime though, they all seem to.
 
SB118 said:
It was an attempt to point out that you don't have to buy a diesel engine to ensure long engine life and that petrol engines don't expire after they reach 100k as per accepted Motors knowledge.

Apparently i was being too obvious.
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If anything its the other way round, diesels have hugely expensive injection systems and turbochargers to fail. Petrols dont. With my car for example the petrol is miles more reliable than the diesel equivalent.
 
Jez said:
If anything its the other way round, modern car diesels have hugely expensive injection systems and turbochargers to fail. Petrols dont. With my car for example the petrol is miles more reliable than the diesel equivalent.
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Fixed that for you. Turbo diesels in big lorries and busses can manage a million miles or so.
 
Dogbreath said:
My Civic VTi has 143k and still going strong. In fact since a certain exhaust emissions component has errmm...been misplaced it's going better than ever. The distributor is almost certain to fail sometime though, they all seem to.
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Biggest probelm with the D and B series in the dissys. Luckily mine's got coil on plugs
 
My old ex-rep H reg Cavalier SRi had 210K on the clock when I sold it for 50 quid. Had 110K when I bought it. Wish I still had it tbh, it was a bloody good car.
 
Some one at my old work had a T Reg 1.8 Petrol Mondeo in silver with 250,000 mile on the clock

traded it in at a ford garage and got £1500 for it PX
 
wish i had never sold my 170k mondeo to R124's misses,

In the 18months i owned it the only thing it cost me was 2 suspension springs and 1 tyre :(
 
my 150k Mondeo finally died last week. Engine wouldnt run properly at all, was running on 3 cylinders and sounded horrible.

So I replaced the ignition coil with one from a scrappy for 20 quid.

It works again now :D
 
[TW]Fox;11176225 said:
my 150k Mondeo finally died last week. Engine wouldnt run properly at all, was running on 3 cylinders and sounded horrible.

So I replaced the ignition coil with one from a scrappy for 20 quid.

It works again now :D
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i payed less than that for a brand new part :( (i consider it routine servicing hence not in above post)
 
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