vtr milage...

[xcore]

Im looking for a 1999 vtr, they are usual abouk 80k?

whats the milage when the cars start dying roughly?
over 100k?

cheers

[Dan]

If looked after there's no reason why they cant go to 200k.

[xcore]

hmm yea you have a point

[Karl]

can find ragged to death 30,000 mile cars and cars that are 120k and run better than the day they came outta factory.

[xcore]

hmm ok whats the average milage they start dying then?:P

[David]

Im looking for a 1999 vtr, they are usual abouk 80k?



Works out at about 10k a year so its not too bad...

[xcore]

hmm ok il just go by servise history and when cambelt was changed

[Scattle]

Mine is 1996, and has been serviced every 6 months by my and my family, it's on 122k miles at the moment and no signs of major problems luckily.

[Ste]

Around 90k most cars start falling to bits..... in my experience anyway.

[Kelly]

Around 90k most cars start falling to bits..... in my experience anyway.

You're just unlucky :p lol

Look at Clouds (Alex's old) Black VTR thats got high miles on and it runs fine

[Karl]

imo I wouldnt want a car after 75k.

[Dan]

Milage doesnt really bother me, as long as I have proof and can see the car has been looked after then I would have no worries buying a car with 100k miles.

[Hanuman]

check whats been fixed, if its on 90k and its never had driveshafts clutch gearbox probs then they are the things that generally go,

but cars are cars anything could go wrong
i would rather buy a saxo on 90k with recent clutch driveshafts and gearbox problems which have all been fully fied, than i would one on 70k with no problems in years..

but its just luck. you could buy a saxo for 1k and have no problems you could push the boat and spend 2 k on one and have ENDLESS problems!

[Kelly]

Ever seen a brand new car a few days after release broken down at the side of the motorway... I have so obviously mileage isn't that big a deal providing the cars been well looked after

[Hanuman]

i put it down to luck, iv known people who treat there cars like crap, theres stories on the net of people who never change oil and never had a problem with it, people who hammer there cars about and dont get suspension problems yet someone elses might just go one day who drives it well and looks after it every week.

obviously if i had a choice between 2 identical cars one owned by a older women whos looked after it well and the other a little chav who i have seen hammer it about every other day i would obviously pick the womens but if that broke and me mate bought the chavs with no problems id just put it down to bad luck plain and simple

[JimoVTR]

My cars a 97/8 (R reg)
56K and runs perrrrrrfect! :P

[Jaytee]

bought my vtr with 93k on 2months ago its now got 96k on it an it still runs fine i wouldnt say perfect but its all good, and thats with occasionally driving it hard, obviously dont do it everyday but as long as its looked after cant see why it couldnt last well past 100k. another thing to check for as well is probably the timing belt.

[MaRiO89]

Cant say when a car starts to die, all are different, if you get a VTR with good service history etc, will do over 200k..

Mine is on 117k and i do trackdays etc, but because its looked after its fine..:d

[Ben_L]

mines on 131,310k atm and it still goes alright :y:

[Danr]

Usually start going wrong around one mile iirc.

[saxowebby]

i brought a grey vtr with 196,000 on the clock for £400, ran like a dream, but then i changed the engine for one with 28k on, cudnt tell the difference

[Agent-VIP]

Mine is at 10,500 and still gonig strong. Woop woop.

[saxowebby]

04 plate saxo, my m8s mums got a 54 reg one of the last ones ever produced lol, shed only done 7000

[Agent-VIP]

=O My car only had 8,000 when i bought it like.. 2 months ago.. sadly.. i like to drive :\

[Ben_L]

vtr_cris has a red vtr which was on around the 150k mark iirc. ran pretty well too

[Andybon]

mine may be up for sale soon, 1999 t reg with about 78k on the clock, just had new gearbox, and clutch, full exhaust and brakes, will also come with a full 12 month mot