I'm impressed with these mileages, chaps.
Chris
On 11 Jun 2013, at 13:18, Brian Swale <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> My first car was a 1961 ( I think) VW 1200cc Beetle. I ran up 100,000 miles
> on an already reconditioned motor in 5 years. 12,000 m a year going to work
> 50 miles a day, 8,000 m a year doing my stuff, mostly going skiing.
>
> Then I had to recondition it again; of course, because ( I imagine) nitriding
> etc hadn't been invented then. It was followed by a 1967 Peugeot 404 KF2
> with Kugelfisher fuel injection. I ran up 170,000 miles on that in about 15
> years. Wonderful car..
>
> My little Toyota Starlet has 330,000 km on the clock and it worth at least
> another 125,000. Could see me out the door.
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