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Wed Jul 06, 2005 3:18 pm

hi, zoners who has the most mileage on there e30 , let's see my 1990 325ise has 128k miles and still drives like a new car!!
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If i tell you i won't be able to give it a haircut when i sell it :lol:
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Martinaston wrote:If i tell you i won't be able to give it a haircut when i sell it :lol:
http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules/Forums ... s/nono.gif nice one mate, that's cheered me up cheers!!
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Wed Jul 06, 2005 3:36 pm

Offhand I can remember Richy325iTouring and Jamie325iSport both have over 200k (Richy on his original engine, he's now on his second I think), and Jesus325iTouring is the winner with I'd guess about 218k now.

I've got just over 185k on my 316i so not too far off with the amount of miles I do.

What's your mileage then e30geezer? Or do you not wanna tell? :mad:
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Wed Jul 06, 2005 3:56 pm

hahaha i loose i have done 290 miles in 2x months :O
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Wed Jul 06, 2005 4:04 pm

The owner of the company I work for had a 325i convertable from new. When he sold it last month it had over 204,000 on the clock. Only serious thing that went wrong in that time was the auto box at 150,000!
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Wed Jul 06, 2005 4:05 pm

Zayyan wrote:Offhand I can remember Richy325iTouring and Jamie325iSport both have over 200k (Richy on his original engine, he's now on his second I think), and Jesus325iTouring is the winner with I'd guess about 218k now.

I've got just over 185k on my 316i so not too far off with the amount of miles I do.

What's your mileage then e30geezer? Or do you not wanna tell? :mad:
hi, mate mines 128k miles!!
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Wed Jul 06, 2005 4:06 pm

BrAdZ wrote:hahaha i loose i have done 290 miles in 2x months :O
lol!!
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Wed Jul 06, 2005 4:06 pm

e30geezer wrote:mines 128k miles!!
You could call that "low mileage", don't worry about it :D
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Wed Jul 06, 2005 4:07 pm

JazzMan wrote:The owner of the company I work for had a 325i convertable from new. When he sold it last month it had over 204,000 on the clock. Only serious thing that went wrong in that time was the auto box at 150,000!
wow!
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Wed Jul 06, 2005 4:09 pm

Zayyan wrote:You could call that "low mileage", don't worry about it :D
i think that's fair , my brother in law's325i 89 cab had 295,000 with the original engine. now that's what i call lunar mileage incredible eh?
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Wed Jul 06, 2005 4:09 pm

150,033 as I type......

Clocked the big 150,000 on the way home last night.... :D
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fozzymonster wrote:150,033 as I type......

Clocked the big 150,000 on the way home last night.... :D
great stuff!! im so glad i own an e30 , you can travel to the moon and back in em!!
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Wed Jul 06, 2005 4:16 pm

im at 90394 at the moment....

gotta love one owner from new :cool: :cool:

currently putting about 1500 on it a month at the moment (damn work getting in the way of driving :x :x )
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e30geezer wrote:
fozzymonster wrote:150,033 as I type......

Clocked the big 150,000 on the way home last night.... :D
great stuff!! im so glad i own an e30 , you can travel to the moon and back in em!!
My last 318i had 164k on the clock and still ran fine.... :D

Most I've ever seen is 1.1 million on a VW bug some bloke had in the states......driven up and down for years.....imagine the drivers seat in that :lol:
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My M535 just clocked the big 190k on the way back from the ring last night on the M1 while doing 120mph at 3000rpm.... 190k and still running well enough to blast to Germany, round the ring a few times and back in 4 days :-D

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320Touring wrote:im at 90394 at the moment....

gotta love one owner from new :cool: :cool:

currently putting about 1500 on it a month at the moment (damn work getting in the way of driving :x :x )
that's very good mileage for a touring !!
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Wed Jul 06, 2005 4:33 pm

jonmsm wrote:My M535 just clocked the big 190k on the way back from the ring last night on the M1 while doing 120mph at 3000rpm.... 190k and still running well enough to blast to Germany, round the ring a few times and back in 4 days :-D

God Bless German engineering :-P
that's fantastic im so glad i own a beemer!!
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Wed Jul 06, 2005 4:34 pm

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fozzymonster wrote:150,033 as I type......

Clocked the big 150,000 on the way home last night.... :D
great stuff!! im so glad i own an e30 , you can travel to the moon and back in em!!
My last 318i had 164k on the clock and still ran fine.... :D

Most I've ever seen is 1.1 million on a VW bug some bloke had in the states......driven up and down for years.....imagine the drivers seat in that :lol:
crikey now that's what i call mileage !!
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Wed Jul 06, 2005 4:41 pm

my sister had a 318i (m40) and that did 254,000 on the original engine, but it failed its mot because of excessive chassis flexing, from the side it looked like it had been bent in half!
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Wed Jul 06, 2005 4:43 pm

jamesroools wrote:my sister had a 318i (m40) and that did 254,000 on the original engine, but it failed its mot because of excessive chassis flexing, from the side it looked like it had been bent in half!
that's great mileage from a 318 , blimey!!
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Wed Jul 06, 2005 4:51 pm

Mine's done 161k, but had at least the camshaft replaced at about 135k. It's still good for an indicated 135mph at 6000 rpm before I ran out of 'runway'. :D
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Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:08 pm

JoeP wrote:Mine's done 161k, but had at least the camshaft replaced at about 135k. It's still good for an indicated 135mph at 6000 rpm before I ran out of 'runway'. :D
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Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:10 pm

ThatÔš's a very interesting thread indeed! It will give us interesting info on longevity, reliability, etc. I read on another site somewhere that a guy did 1 million km in the US in his 325i (thatÔš's 621,000 miles, if true). We could also look for the Ԛ… lowest mileage! My 1990 318is has 99,000 miles, thatÔš's only 6,600 annual but not that low after all. However, my brother has just bought a 1991 316i Touring at 57,000 miles only Ԛ—a 4K miles annual! HowÔš's that possible? The car is from Ԛ… the Isle of Wight!
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Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:10 pm

I have about 176k on mine now :eek:

Can't imagine there's many higher mileage M3's, nor or there many that run as well though 8) :lol:
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Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:11 pm

i aint any where near jesus but im on 192800 8O
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moonraker wrote:ThatÔš's a very interesting thread indeed! It will give us interesting info on longevity, reliability, etc. I read on another site somewhere that a guy did 1 million km in the US in his 325i (thatÔš's 621,000 miles, if true). We could also look for the Ԛ… lowest mileage! My 1990 318is has 99,000 miles, thatÔš's only 6,600 annual but not that low after all. However, my brother has just bought a 1991 316i Touring at 57,000 miles only Ԛ—a 4K miles annual! HowÔš's that possible? The car is from Ԛ… the Isle of Wight!
wow very intresting read!!
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AARONM3 wrote:I have about 176k on mine now :eek:

Can't imagine there's many higher mileage M3's, nor or there many that run as well though 8) :lol:
cheers mate nice to see an e30 m3 being used , as intended
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mines on 68k atm - bought it on 53k last Oct 8O
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TOURINGDADDY wrote:i aint any where near jesus but im on 192800 8O
fantastic they just keep going !!
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Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:15 pm

Jhonno wrote:mines on 68k atm - bought it on 53k last Oct 8O
wow that's low !!
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Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:23 pm

:offtopic: sorry
when i p/ex'd my last truck, it had 1.3 million miles on it 8O 8O
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get in GLENN :lol: :lol: :lol: 8O 8O 8O
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glenn wrote::offtopic: sorry
when i p/ex'd my last truck, it had 1.3 million miles on it 8O 8O
nice 1 mate !! that wins at the moment!! lol!!
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Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:39 pm

e30geezer wrote:
glenn wrote::offtopic: sorry
when i p/ex'd my last truck, it had 1.3 million miles on it 8O 8O
nice 1 mate !! that wins at the moment!! lol!!
not an e30 i know, but i thought i'd mention it anyway :lol:
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