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Offline ED57

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Is 103K a lot of miles?
« on: March 24, 2017, 03:13:23 pm »
Took my car for MOT yesterday and the tester couldn't believe my Edition 30 has done 103K then he said "not long left with this one"  :signLOL: anyway the #ghost has full documented history from birth Original Turbo,Original clutch & Revo Stage 1 Oil changed every 5k with Quantum 5W40,so the question im asking as the header states Do you think 103K is nearly the end of the BYD?????
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Re: Is 103K a lot of miles?
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2017, 03:23:24 pm »
I would say not at all.

It might be approaching an expensive stage in its life but far from the end.
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Re: Is 103K a lot of miles?
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2017, 03:48:31 pm »
103k - pah my GTI is on 177k and still runs like a dream!
Yours is just run in!
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Re: Is 103K a lot of miles?
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2017, 03:55:41 pm »
Mines done 95k, had service and MOT last week...the chap at the garage commented how well it drove and how good and clean everything on it was for the miles, wouldn't have believed it's approaching the 100k mark!

Guess it all boils down to how it's been looked after for it's life, but age comes into as well, things start to wear/corrode/perish over the years...especially rubber parts, the miles have no bearing over that.
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Re: Is 103K a lot of miles?
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2017, 08:24:02 pm »
My Eddy is on 102k and still feels top notch.

To be honest mileage is not the important thing and how it has been looked after is more important. A 50k car that has a chequered Service History and ragged around is going to be a hell of a lot worse than a 103k car that has been serviced correctly and treated with respect :)
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Re: Is 103K a lot of miles?
« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2017, 08:40:55 pm »
Much?!!...... Not at all, my is clocking 215k - Just swapped the clutch there was on it from fabric  :jumping:
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Re: Is 103K a lot of miles?
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2017, 10:21:27 pm »
No way. There was an owners feature not so long ago in Volkswagen Driver magazine about some chap who had covered well over 350k in his mk5 GTI. I can't find the mag at the moment, but remember it well. Quite astonishing when it listed how many tyres, etc the car has been through!
Think he said he was aiming for 500k!

Pretty sure your MOT tester was having you on & was a tongue in cheek comment over how well they last! Don't want to change mine  - '08 on 82k - feels spritely enough! Only issue with mine so far has been failure of the LPFP...
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Re: Is 103K a lot of miles?
« Reply #7 on: March 24, 2017, 10:49:32 pm »
Before I bought mine (2 months ago) I saw one on Auto Trader being advertised with 250k on the clock but it wasn't an ED30, it was a standard 2005 GTI. The car is no longer listed  :wink:
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Re: Is 103K a lot of miles?
« Reply #8 on: March 25, 2017, 08:57:03 pm »
I'm on nearly 124k and it still feels as fit as a fiddle and it's never had a single advisory in its life!
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Re: Is 103K a lot of miles?
« Reply #9 on: March 26, 2017, 07:20:08 pm »
300,000 on this one, http://hilllaneconsulting.co.uk/blog/?page_id=287

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Re: Is 103K a lot of miles?
« Reply #10 on: March 26, 2017, 07:46:01 pm »
Wow - thats fantastic, 302k and still going strong!
Two £1500 dsg controllers though! Ouch  :congrats:
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