Is 90k a lot of miles?

[davidds]

I bought my mk 2.5 VVT sport with 94k on the clock.
This year I’ve been to Spa and Le Mans on each trip doing about 800 miles and used no oil.
Now trying to sell it with 108k, with difficulty.
Regular oil changes are the key.

[PG1]

@72degrees

@tfrgreen

Always buy the lowest mileage you can afford. Remember that you will need to sell it on one day. Another three years at “average mileage” and it will have @ 130k on it and it will be virtually impossible to shift. It doesn’t seem to apply to Mk1s for some reason as they seem to go forever!

Heh. I bought my Mk1 1.8i with 105000 on the clock, but then I only do about 2000 miles a year in it (too many motorcycles). 8 years later and 121000 on the clock now and going as well as ever. The body doesn’t go on for ever though :(  It’s crunch time after the MoT today. Inner sill rot both sides. My local body place is having a closer look tomorrow but I’m not sure I can justify the seemingly  minimum 4 figure sum it will need to get it through. It really could also do with a cambelt change. Done at 107000 (plus water pump) but that was 7 years ago.

If it does have to go the way of all things I’ll miss it, but I’m afraid I can’t summon up any enthusiasm for a Mk2 or Mk3. I just love the seat of the pants experience of no PAS or ABS.

 

 

I think you need to get the odometer looked at as well, sounds like its going backwards

 

[72degrees]

@davidds

I bought my mk 2.5 VVT sport with 94k on the clock.
This year I’ve been to Spa and Le Mans on each trip doing about 800 miles and used no oil.
Now trying to sell it with 108k, with difficulty.
Regular oil changes are the key.

Indeed. Mine gets a diet exclusively of Mobil 1 full synthetic New Life 0w-40. It even cured the slight hydraulic tappet noise it had in cold weather when I first got it.

Doesn’t use any oil between changes.

Breathing a huge sigh of relief today as I managed to get it at least a temporary reprieve from death by tin worm and a fresh MoT. All for less than the price of a decent crash helmet.

 

[72degrees]

@PG

@72degrees

@tfrgreen

Always buy the lowest mileage you can afford. Remember that you will need to sell it on one day. Another three years at “average mileage” and it will have @ 130k on it and it will be virtually impossible to shift. It doesn’t seem to apply to Mk1s for some reason as they seem to go forever!

Heh. I bought my Mk1 1.8i with 105000 on the clock, but then I only do about 2000 miles a year in it (too many motorcycles). 8 years later and 121000 on the clock now and going as well as ever. The body doesn’t go on for ever though :(  It’s crunch time after the MoT today. Inner sill rot both sides. My local body place is having a closer look tomorrow but I’m not sure I can justify the seemingly  minimum 4 figure sum it will need to get it through. It really could also do with a cambelt change. Done at 107000 (plus water pump) but that was 7 years ago.

If it does have to go the way of all things I’ll miss it, but I’m afraid I can’t summon up any enthusiasm for a Mk2 or Mk3. I just love the seat of the pants experience of no PAS or ABS.

 

 

I think you need to get the odometer looked at as well, sounds like its going backwards

 

Eh? 105000 when bought, a new belt after a year at 107000, a further 7 years at about 2000 a year. 105000 + 2000*8 = 121000.

Or am I missing something?