How many miles are too many miles...

...on a Coupe?

Mines a 97 and its got approx 78,000 miles on it.

Is that good, bad, average?

Good for a 97, 12k a year i sthe national average I believe, so at 7k a year its sounds ok.

121k and still have compression fingers around 156psi per pot, and even across the range

So essentially, more the miles, more the Coupe smiles?

a well looked after coupe will go on for quite some time. dont get me wrong i would love a 50k coupe (or less) but i judge on condition more than miles (and who they have used for service work)

I read somewhere on the internet that some guy had a 1970-something VW that had done over a million miles!

I wonder what the maximum a Coupe could go to is? Who has the highest mileage Coupe?

mines a 97 with 93.5k on it

isn't it Nigel??

Mine is a 1997 with 89k on it, and the donkey and transmission are in the peak of fitness. It still gives over 2.5 bar of oil pressure when hot, and has good compression, doesn't make any funny noises and hardy uses any oil.

Lower mileage may also mean a car has done lots of short trips, which is generally a bad thing on any car.

i dont think it matters, as long as it runs fine, compression is good, why does it matter??

p.s ive just hit 70k and its a R plate!!

hmmm well, although it is on a different scale, i drive hgv's for a living, and i once had a Y reg daf xf that had done over a million miles before the firm sold it!

i think mileage is not really that relevant, it all depends on how well the vehicle has been maintained, and also more importantly, how it has been driven.

a car that has spent most of its life bouncing off the redline is more likely to suffer from high mileage, just the same as a car that has never been above 3k (like your nans micra!!)

at the end of the day, cars are built to be driven, and therefore with a model of car like the coupe, which is not exactly new shall we say, you have to expect a good few miles.

mine has done just under 90k and has no real issues, mainly bodywork to be honest, stone chips, tesco dings etc.

98 r, 134k miles and still pulls like a train on steroids...

I've got 132k on an R reg. Gearknob and drivers seat are looking a wee bit tired, but otherwise you'd struggle to tell.

138k on an s here.. all seems fine to me!

Mine had 117K on it when I sold it, it produced 193BHP at the hubs as standard at around 116K

However, if I'm honest it had began to get a little tired, windows seemed to be slowing, diff had started leaking oil, and the suspension had seen better days.

Ben

R reg and very close to 130K and still pulls like a train!

Mines an r reg and just hit 167k and producing 335bhp, did 750miles last week and didn't use a drop of oil :), i might be cheating abit as the engine has done 110k.
I think its the same with every car if its driven well (revved well but not on the limiter) and maintained properly they can last and are often better then a 30k car that's been stood most of its life

Ash

97 'p' and 125k here

R reg and just approaching 70k
But I've just checked the MOT's and I've averaged 1100 miles per annum over the last three years.
No complains from the car though and its much more fun when I haven't driven it for a while.
So I guess I'll see 100K in about................27 YEARS !
I,ll be 76 !
Look out for a fast pensioner on his way to Bingo !!!!

I recently drove another 20VT coupe - same year as mine but with only 44,000 miles. (Mine has 59,000) Compared to mine the engine felt strained and coarse with a 'worn out' sounding noise. In my opinion I doubt very much that the mileage was genuine.

So mileage isn't everything.

R reg and 125k on mine

R reg and 117k

S Reg and just hit 61k

97 P 125k here.

Also drove a 350k London Taxi to Istanbul (long story) including a 34 hour stint with only stops for diesel and it didn't use a drop of anything. Was utterly indestructable. (apart from the bonnet catch)

Nope

I'll turn 214,000 on the way home tonight.

Apart from a stone-chipped front end, the only giveaway is my oil pressure - now down to below 1.5 bar when very hot. However, it still gets to 3 bar as soon as there's more than 2,000rpm on the dial, so I'm not at all bothered.

w reg 113k - with issues

R reg 138k and still goes fccukin well

mines on 127 thou and doesn't use any oil! Due for second cambelt....who's got the best deal on ?