The 200,000+ km thread

Mahindra Scorpio double cab

203 000km's on the clock, touch my woody, no issues so far.
 
eg2505 said:
Never though I'd make it, but here I am, Joining the 200000 km club here with the Picanto.
Either it runs perfectly , or is an endless source of problems, 3rd lockset on it, services ect.

Running okayish for the time being, except for a hesitation when accelerating sometimes.
Coils? Ignition leads? Not sure.
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I like how its so reliable even the Image is broken.
 
That's 1,25 Million kilos!:

This Mercedes-Benz Diesel Wagon Has 782,000 Miles And Still Looks Mint

It’s not unheard of for old Mercedes diesels to have some miles on the odometer, but they don’t always get there looking like while looking like a museum piece. This 1979 Mercedes-Benz 300TD for sale on Bring a Trailer has 782,000 miles, but looks like it has 7,800 miles.

These little Benzos are famous for their ability to rack up a million miles or more and just keep going. They operate all over the world with odometer readings that would make my 357,000-mile Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen blush.

The seller of this Medium Red W123-chassis diesel wagon says that they’ve owned it since 2006 and their contribution to the mileage on the odometer amounts to 150,000 miles.

This car was a daily driver, but when it wasn’t being driven it was parked in a garage. Given the car’s current location in Arizona, it’s not too surprising that the body is free from major damage with the only real noticeable rust being some minor surface rust around the fuel-filler door.

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This Mercedes-Benz Diesel Wagon Has 782,000 Miles And Still Looks Mint - Jalopnik

It’s not unheard of for old Mercedes diesels to have some miles on the odometer, but they don’t always get there looking like a museum piece. This 1979 Mercedes-Benz 300TD for sale on Bring a Trailer has 782,000 miles, but looks like it has 7,800 miles.
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2001 Nissan Sentra 160Gxi, done 276,000km. Used it as a subsidised callout vehicle to remote transmitter sites for about 10 years, did some bad dirt roads, sometimes in the snow, carried large heavy equipment in the front seat (wouldn't fit in boot). In that time I've never had a puncture in this car, even after hitting a humungous pothole on the Memel road at 120km/hr. Been a brilliant little car.
 
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2001 Nissan Sentra 160Gxi, done 276,000km. Used it as a subsidised callout vehicle to remote transmitter sites for about 10 years, did some bad dirt roads, sometimes in the snow, carried large heavy equipment in the front seat (wouldn't fit in boot). In that time I've never had a puncture in this car, even after hitting a humungous pothole on the Memel road at 120km/hr. Been a brilliant little car.
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have similar one. any issues with shuddering when accelerating and/or braking?
 
ronz91 said:
have similar one. any issues with shuddering when accelerating and/or braking?
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I did have that for awhile. First fix was to get the brake disks skimmed - they had sort of waves on the metal. This fixed the problem for awhile. After a few years I found that my rims were not round any more from hitting the thousands of badly made speed bumps in my travels. This had made two of the rims slightly oval. (I must admit I had a policy with speed bumps of taking them at speed.. ) I took the rims in and got them fixed and it's been better since then.
With accelerating, only when the clutch plate was worn. Had it replaced once.
 
This Ford Ranger has clocked 450 000km in eight years without skipping a beat

According to Ford South Africa, quality, reliability and durability are the three founding characteristics that would best describe the Ranger owned by Louis du Toit that you seen in these pictures. Du Toit’s story and experience is an example of many Ford Ranger bakkies that have done high mileages around the country for work and leisure purposes. Ford South Africa recently caught up with Du Toit in the Eastern Free State where he and his 2013 Ranger XLS 4x4 were living up to the Built Ford Tough promise.“I am the co-owner of a trading enterprise based in the Eastern Free State and my 2.2-litre Ranger XLS currently has over 455 000km on the clock with a full service history from the Ford dealer in Bethlehem,” says Du Toit. “We even had to order a new service book because the original service book only goes up to 300 000km, and we’re halfway through the second one already,” he proudly confirms.

“We use the bakkie as a workhorse every day and I average about 60 000km per year, with 70 percent of that distance covered on tar roads and the other 30 percent on gravel. This is because a lot of our work is done in rural areas and includes travelling to timber harvesting sites.

“When somebody gets into the vehicle with me now, they ask if it’s still new,” Du Toit says. “When I tell them that it has more than 455 000km on the clock, they say ’it still drives like a new bakkie!”

Speaking on the condition of his Ranger and the performance of the 2.2-litre engine, he says: “I’m very happy with the Ranger 2.2. We use it as a workhorse bakkie carrying different loads all over the place, and it is used every day to travel to work and back. It still has the same standard factory-fitted suspension and I think it’s on a second set of shock absorbers, and a fifth set of tyres,” he adds.

https://www.iol.co.za/motoring/indu...g-a-beat-289b6dde-ad8b-49fa-b836-b696468cb0b6

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