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01-16-2004, 11:39 PM
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Location: Ontario, Canada
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^^ I dont think much on that car is original tho, if anything. I wouldnt really count it, its almost like putting a car on a set of rollers and running it 24/7 since its been rebuilt so many times he might as well. My dads car has had these replacements from what I can remember:
Radiator
One Drive Shaft
Brakes, I think 3 times
2nd battery
2nd rear tail-light
2nd rear-view mirror (broke off)
2nd inside door handle plastic moulding
Tires obviously, but I dont know how many times.
Steering Rack - Biggest replacement on the car.
last year installed 2nd Clutch
I think thats everything he's done to it so far. Not bad for 12 years old. Most of it required replacement due to wear, and not due to failure. Drive Shaft was bent from hitting a curb I think, so it vibrated a bit. Rack was making some wierd noise and was stiff.
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01-16-2004, 11:53 PM
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Location: Hellevoetsluis, the Netherlands
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And which Volvo is, do you think, a close 2nd ?
A 1990 Volvo 480 ES, from John Gilfoyle UK citizen with a mileage of 1,749,270
http://www.volvoclub.org.uk/high_mileage.htm
So I still have a loooooong way to go 
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01-17-2004, 12:25 AM
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I dont think much on that car is original tho, if anything. I wouldnt really count it, its almost like putting a car on a set of rollers and running it 24/7 since its been rebuilt so many times he might as well.
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I agree. I can say that I heard that the paint job was original.
Holly cow, that's 368 mls per day, you'd think his hands and feet
would be num by now. He must be a travaling salesman. The other
cars on that list have impressive gas mileage to.
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01-17-2004, 07:00 AM
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Location: New York, USA
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There was an article in BMW magazine a couple years ago about a guy with a mid 70s (I think) 2002 that had 845,xxx miles on it. He said he replaced/rebuilt the engine twice, but nothing else out of the ordinary had been replaced. He even had the original tags on it. Even with the engine replaced, that's a respectable mileage on each engine.
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1989 Porsche 951 Leinengrau Metallic - 86 Engine, K27/6, Lindsey Stage 2 MAF, Seimens 55lb injectors, TiAL 38mm, LBE, Nickerson Engineering Custom Chip, 3 bar FPR, SPEC Stage II Clutch, Fabspeed SS 3" Exhaust, 33/5 Bias Valve, Uego WBO2, VDO EGT, KLA Strut Brace, Loose nut behind the wheel.
1990 BMW M3 Sterlingsilber Metallic - Dinan Chips, GSPerformance Magnecor Wires, Cross-Drilled Rotors, Winged Frogs, Other stuff.
1983 Honda Accord - Now we're talkin' style!
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01-17-2004, 08:49 AM
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Location: Mallorca, Spain
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My Yugo dead with only 40.000 km. this is the diference betwen a good car and a bad car.
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01-17-2004, 09:20 AM
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Location: Belgium
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Wow, that's not much. :shock: I hope it didn't cost too much.
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01-17-2004, 10:05 PM
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My Yugo dead with only 40.000 km. this is the diference betwen a good car and a bad car.
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Well if I had a Yugo I'd probably kill it before it had a chance to get 40K on it.
Maybe Jeremy Clarkson could help me do it, he seems to be good at that
kind of stuff.
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