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Mine has just ticked over to 101.000 miles, so just about run in now. Don’t think it will ever get to the moon while I have it in my possession.
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My ZT 190 is at 181k and counting, although I think at this stage it's like triggers broom, think it'll need a 3rd engine by the time I get to the moon.
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excellent number 2 in the moon mileage list
I am giving her a rest, for the next few months but she is coming out the garage in the spring, and to add further miles to the miles!!
the best car i have ever bought from brand new and, the last brand new rover i WILL ever buy. as i cant any more :mad: OLDE FAITHFUL the car NUMBER 2 in the highest mileage, unbelievable !! but TRUE! |
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Looking through the list , I find it a bit strange that there are no mg zt diesel, yes there are a few zt-t and 1 lonesome petrol zt but the rest are all rovers.
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Rover 75, 210000 made; MG, 27000 made, maybe this is one of the reasons..
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Cool , didn't realize there was that big a gap in the figures , cheers guys.
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2000 to go when my got its mot it will only take 2000 miles for me to get to the moon club can't wait
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Mine has just passed halfway to the moon, and at current rate, would take another 7 years to get there, so doubt if it ever will. But these results make me reasonably confident that I could be driving it into my dotage, reinforcing its pipe and slippers image, (barring a diesel ban). And right now, rather pleased I bought it. Am I tempting providence?
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Well I've got an old one of these out the back, and if there is a diesel ban I'm converting mine to electric. :drool4:
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Really impressive what these cars have achieved, will there be a 'moon and back' sticker too?
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I'll never get that sticker ... don't think I've ever done more than 10,000 miles in a year, spend as much time as possible on the bike in the good weather so the mileage will always be divided by two vehicles.
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Well my tourer reached another little milestone the other day.......
Now got over quarter of a million miles on the clock :eek: :D |
Hi all, just to update, my celestial 75 is now on 303k and going very well! 😁
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Oh! well I have a long way to go at 31475, :shrug: Rev |
Just hit 250,000 miles
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At the rate I am now putting miles on the clock, I will be just over 100 years old. So I am not holding my breath. Hopefully someone else will get that job done.
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Yayyy! Another 75 makes it into the Moon Club! Tourer Connoisseur SE 2.0 131bhp. I think it's Trikey I need to PM for a sticker. :D
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Was so close but selling to get my first car looking at a rover 200/25/streetwise or the mg zr with a sunroof as I have a lot of memories in my moms rover 25 what saved her life and it had a sunroof
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My rover 75 2.0 diesel has only done 71,000 miles.. I feel like a baby compared to everyone else
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500000 and counting..in km.
I recently hit the magic 500000 kilometers.
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Sadly my 75 has expired at 251,000 miles, it was an 03 plate Connie. It was involved in an accident a few years ago, hit by a MX5 while I was waiting at a junction. It was written off but I used the settlement to repair it.
Although the repair looked fine underneath the water was getting into the sills where I could not see it. It failed the MOT on rust and when it was jacked it up in that place the sill gave way and the jack went through the sill. A very sad end, and I felt awful scrapping it. |
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Only 21,000 to go now for Banana.
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My 2002 Rover 75 Tourer after 1 year off in the garage
Just returned My Rover 75 tourer back to the road, had it in my garage for 1 year exactly ( a rest) shes on 311000 miles.
still on the same pumps, turbo, and fuel injectors, best car i have ever owned, went for a mot, full big service re taxed and shes rocking and rolling, owned it from brand new 17 years. amazing car, and still a good turn of speed, when pushed, CDT model. excellent car in copperleaf red, with all the lovely chrome still looks fantastic now.:} day one back on the road after one doing nothing knocked over 140 miles just like that! no problem, no noise etc, Before i gave her a breather, i had it T40 rust proofed, and if anything, there was not one creak on that car when it went back on the highways of England!, it's silent all door locks and doors, and windows silky smooth. could not believe how well shes performed for 1 year not doing much. |
That's a tale to warm the spirit of any 75 owner. As long as they can be kept going for less than the depreciation on a newer car, you might as well keep driving and enjoying it. And at that mileage, it's a credit to you and the marque.
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My ZTT has fallen behind in the last stretch to the magic number - I've been using the E46 for a lot of the 'grunt' work while working on the ZTT.
The trusty E46 is on the way back at 283,000 miles - I know we don't really 'do' BMWs here, but it feels just like a ZT to drive. Bit more 'ooomph' than the ZTT though, someone glued another 2 cylinders to the CDT engine! |
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262000 now and well on the way back from the moon :}
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Trikey where do i sit on the hit list numbers?
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how much the others are one then? After 1 years rest , my Rover 75 tourer just knocked out another 500 miles this week. No issues whats so ever well impressed with that after a one year park up. sooooooooooo goooooooooooooD on fuel too CDT:drool4: Getting to 312,000 miles now, next monday i think... southend on sea the week soon after that for a little break |
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i wonder what mileages these diesels do before even the very best looked after ones are kaput!!! if you think there are just 10 in the all time list above 300,000 miles looks like not many get past that mileage. and most of those except one is not above 320,000 miles. however that does not mean they wont, may be just expense to use reward is NOT viable, i guess |
Marinabrian T4d a taxi in Durham that had close to 600,000 on it, I think the main problem is folk get scared of the big mileage and get rid of the car.
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Yes the M47R turbo is pretty much bulletproof if a little low on boost - a credit to Mitsubishi. :}
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Creeping ever closer at 200K. If I hadn't changed job and moved house mine would have reached the Moon first half of last year. Barely use the car at the moment as it's cycling distance (and quicker by bicycle) to work now.
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Yes hit 312000 miles now on my 2002 Model:}
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Only 20,000 to go on Banana now she has hit 205,000.
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Mine has just hit going around the equator and a bit at 35216. Rev. |
I guess this one has a bit to go then 😮
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And not likely to in my ownership Andrew. ;)
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Shut ya!face you, my bus pass isn't old age I only got it a couple of months ago, Any way besides the insults how are you keeping, unwell I trust. LOL!! Rev. |
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just clocked up 314000 miles whilst down looe in cornwall the weekend!! she was fully loaded 5 people and luggage to the roof in the tourer!!
got back from Cornwall to Upper Midway in 3 hours 40 minutes on a none stop express and at high speed lovely!! as normal used zero oil 281 miles marvelous |
UPDATED Olde faithful now on 327000 miles!! and counting!!
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You have done more in your car than both of mine put together. Almost 109,000 in the diesel, and 105,000 in the KV 6.
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Here we go :D:getmecoat:https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...d6ef895f9c.jpg Rover 75 2.0 Diesel Tourer
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Time for a quick update methinks - Big Ron has now got 404k under his belt and still going strong. :D
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I don’t think I will ever make starship enterprise mileage on my two. I think all my mileage was done as a transport driver. Sat down and worked it out once, and it was well over 1,000,000 miles. Wish I had a £ for everyone of those. Ahh well, you can’t have everything.
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Still going to get my moon sticker for Banana, currently about to trip over onto 210,000. But this lockdown has meant we have hardly gone anywhere this year. Hopefully next year we will restart our mini tour.
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Olde faithful just got back from another monster trip went down to Eastbourne/Hastings/Brighton/ Battle on a road trip just polished off another 600 road trip in miles.. fully loaded...no problem we went down in three cars One rover 75 tourer ( olde faithful) and a MG3 and a Morris Ital 1.3 saloon we lost the Ital half way through the holiday ( a gasket went) first time that car has ever broke down. that went back to the Midlands on a low loader so the 9 of us had to make do with the remaining two cars.... R75/MG3 and the Rover pulled the five adults and all the luggage around in ,to the South Downs around Beachy head cliffs fully freighted......no problem heading for nearly 330000 miles... still does not need any oil...... never bought a single can in nearly 19 years amazing.... what a car, it seems to be getting better on fuel year in year out..... £43 quid and she will do close to 370 miles plus on miles fully loaded. excellent!!
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Fresh MOT and heading towards 240,000!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wZ1...ew?usp=sharing 2002 Rover 75 2.0 Diesel Tourer |
Mines getting to 242k now but my sticker has half peeled off :(
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Another 65,000 km and that equates to 620,000 miles. That really is some going. But they do say if you keep the engine moving, therefor warm/ hot, like taxis, there is less engine wear.
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Brilliant, my 1.8t Tourer is a little way behind on 177,500 and still going strong !
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Forgot all about this thread on here... My 2003 Diesel Tourer is now on 246,299 miles, and despite how many 75's we have its the one that is used the most.... does everything and goes everywhere... love it to bits.. bought in 2012 at 114,000miles, serviced every 6 months, and is still on its 2nd clutch that I fitted in 2013. and its service day today... :) Kev |
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My R75 saloon 2002 vintage with 236080 miles. Hope the pic of the mileage attached!
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Just wondering why two scrapped cars are on the list, I mean, they don't exist anymore???
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Got a ways to go yet in my HR-V - only 145k so far.
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No problem, send me a pm with your address and I’ll post a sticker up to you 👍
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olde faithful now on 334000 miles as of june 21st :}
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My tourer is closing in on the big 250,000. She is less than 150 miles off it.
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I've driven my car from new and being a manual diesel it averages over 50miles to the gallon with a fair bit of motorway driving. So over the last 20 years 414000 miles at 50 to the gallon is 8280 gallons. If I had a petrol engine and used your figures then 414000 at 35 to the gallon is 11829 gallons, an increase of 3549 gallons.
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Hi Andy, time for an update:
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We have reached 212,000. So getting closer.
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Soon to be entering Earth Orbit,,, Not long now..;)
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And achieved on peasant grade oil too - 10W40 NPS (Not Proper Synthetic)! :D |
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Banana will be hitting the 223,000 mark tomorrow on our trip to Frimley breakfast meet.
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If you are asking about my car then the engine has never been apart. The injectors, HP pump and crank pulley are all original as are the cam chains. I've replaced the cam sensor, MAF, alternator brushes, engine mounts, starter motor solenoid and it is on its third water pump (the first one lasting just shy of 300k miles).
It's a manual so the gearbox hasn't been apart either but it has had the usual clutch hydraulic failures and I did replace the DMF with a good used one. Over the twenty two years I have had it (from new, so apart from the 186 delivery miles I've driven just about all of the rest) most of the suspension parts have been replaced, along with a couple of exhaust back boxes. |
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