Racking up the miles

Telegram Sam · Post by **Telegram Sam** » Thu Apr 17, 2014 7:33 pm

Although mine is now deliberately restricted to fun miles only, I noticed that the clock has just recorded 225 K genuine owner-driven miles (most at - er - on the generous side of 70). 5 K more will take me to the moon! Do I qualify for the Telegram from the Queen? And/or from the CMk3OC?

Cavalier342 · Post by **Cavalier342** » Thu Apr 17, 2014 7:49 pm

You may get brownie points....

Quarter of a million miles is always a good milestone, looks like I have some catching up to do...

iancav6 · Post by **iancav6** » Thu Apr 17, 2014 10:39 pm

The V6 is on 229k now, its taken me almost 10 years to add 75k miles to it.
At the current rate it will take another 3 years or so to reach 1/4 million miles.

Rage · Post by **Rage** » Thu Apr 17, 2014 10:39 pm

nice going mine has clocked 204000 now and is 19 yro but the engine is 20000 less as i swapped it out from c18nz to c20ne for the bit more fun but i still have the old engine that was good when i took it out so will have a mini rebuild ready to drop in when i get round to boosting the ne

what age is yours?

Telegram Sam · Post by **Telegram Sam** » Thu Apr 17, 2014 10:49 pm

I took delivery of it late Jan 91, hardly expecting it to be my mate for the next ... years!
It will be a race between me and iancav6 who gets to the moon first.

Chip Pan Dan · Post by **Chip Pan Dan** » Thu Apr 17, 2014 10:56 pm

my cavs on 194k haha, bag of crap

fontayne56 · Post by **fontayne56** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 8:57 am

According to google the Moon is 238,857 miles from earth

Mine clocked around to that this morning !!! My Cavs a Mooner. I wonder if I can make it back again ... She is still my daily driver and still my first car !! I have the CDX 1.7td and she is still going strong !!

what's the highest recorded mileage you guys now of for a Cav.

Telegram Sam · Post by **Telegram Sam** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 10:14 am

"Lunar landing vehicle"?? NASA is waiting to hear from you, brownie points ready. Next stop Mars.

Cavalier342 · Post by **Cavalier342** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 10:32 am

I've not seen proof but have spoken to other owners (not registered on here) before and they claimed to have clocked a Cavalier before (1.000.000) miles obviously. To be honest, it's totally viable, if it was a company rep's car from new, plenty of motorway miles, then the next owner might daily commute up the motorway, I don't see why not, with regular servicing.

Telegram Sam · Post by **Telegram Sam** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 10:55 am

It would help to have a diesel under the bonnet, and an overdrive to boot with easy access to the M6. Special considerations apply for HC petrol SRi's approaching the 1 mill mark.

Rage · Post by **Rage** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 10:52 pm

with good servicing I see no problem with the engine seeing high mileages but its the bodys and other components that can sometimes get overlooked and so a dead body can often be what stops any vehicle from achieving high mileage

Post by **Envoy CDX** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 11:34 pm

Mines been stuck on 138k for a few years now.

Telegram Sam · Post by **Telegram Sam** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 11:38 am

Rage wrote: .. but its the bodys and other components that can sometimes get overlooked and so a dead body can often be what stops any vehicle from achieving high mileage

Tell us about it. My bank manager is listening in as the refurb bills come rolling in

Telegram Sam · Post by **Telegram Sam** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 11:38 am

Envoy CDX wrote:Mines been stuck on 138k for a few years now.

Dodgy speedo

Rage · Post by **Rage** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 12:30 pm

mine has self waxoiled itself from throwing the dipstick out a couple of times before I cured it with a new cam breather gauze and a decoke

Cavalier342 · Post by **Cavalier342** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 12:32 pm

My V6 is doing so as we speak

VauxhallGirl · Post by **VauxhallGirl** » Fri Jun 13, 2014 7:44 pm

My old TD has only just been run in then, at a youthful 176k.

Apparently I am told it runs sweet as a nut, and doesn't "breathe". I use him daily, and he is a workhorse, so may be in the running for the next Eric The Shed position before long.

If the bodywork holds out, I am going for the moon too.

5853moore · Post by **5853moore** » Sun Jun 15, 2014 4:18 pm

Lost track of what my SRI is on as the engine has done less then 10k, the clocks say 103k and the shell before i swaped the clocks and engine said 153k.

I used to know of a mk3 1.7td astra that had done over 800k.

hipo1024 · Post by **hipo1024** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 6:03 pm

My td has 223011 atm (I'm sat in it about to start my domino's delivery job lol). I'm hoping it'll make it to the moon before it goes bang or the boot falls off lol

Metallicav · Post by **Metallicav** » Wed Jun 18, 2014 4:40 pm

My TD is at 229k and it unfortunately will stay at it for about year or two.

VauxhallGirl · Post by **VauxhallGirl** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 6:18 pm

Looks like mine won't be going to the moon....undercarriage too rusty for MOT.

Telegram Sam · Post by **Telegram Sam** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 6:59 pm

If all else fails try Rustbuster (Spalding, if you can get there)

Post by **Envoy CDX** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 10:02 pm

Telegram Sam wrote:
Envoy CDX wrote:Mines been stuck on 138k for a few years now.
Dodgy speedo

Nope, the car hasn't moved since October 21st 2011.

btcctroy · Post by **btcctroy** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 10:05 pm

Mines on 186,000. I bought it on 83,000

Post by **Robsey** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 12:14 am

Do we have a mileage for one owner?

Mine is an ex-lease car from London.
So I bought it in December 1995 with 23, 000 on the clock.
Today - the old girl is still with us as my daily driver, and clocked about 254, 450 miles today.

So - 231, 000 miles with no other private owners.

She will be 20 yrs old in a couple of weeks B-)

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