High mileage cars

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Originally Posted by AndyN01

While it's all very interesting I'm a bit baffled about how a car can rack up 750K miles.

Let's say the Rover's are 20 years old. That means 37.5K a year, every year or roughly 100 miles a day each & every day of its life.

Can't see how that's realistically possible in a car. Taxi maybe?

I knew a truck driver a few years ago who ran trucks with stellar mileages but they had a team of 3 or 4 drivers who basically ran the truck 24 hours/day 6 or 7 days/week.

Maybe folks in the Moon Club can offer some insight?

I remember taxi driving as a stopgap job about 55 years ago. In a year I drove just over 100,000 miles. We were using Hillman Avengers which were amazingly reliable and economical, mine achieving just under 38 mpg which was 2nd to another guy who managed just over 39 mpg. I never had any mechanical issues, even the clutch was original when it was exchanged for a far less reliable Fiat Mirafiori.