Bit of a milestone and some bodging

Jun 25, 2006 44 Replies

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SteveH 20 years ago

Not really significant, but the 75 clicked over 130k miles on the way home the other day. I did try and take a shot of it with my phone camera, but it came out a bit blurred :-(

However, I noticed, whilst washing it, that the nearside rear arch extension was falling off, having previously been bodged back on with duck tape.

20 minutes of cleaning later, and it's stuck firmly back on using a hot glue gun :-)

It's going to need some fairly significant metalwork around the arse end as soon as my bonus comes in in Feb. next year.

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Conor 20 years ago

....if it lasts that long.

Seriously though, I couldn't drive a car around like that.

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SteveH 20 years ago

Why not? - it's just a dodgy outer arch, and you can't see it when the extension is back on it.

Besides, it'll get very little use after the Passat is delivered in a couple of weeks - and once October comes, it'll be SORNed and put under a cover for the winter.

It's purely a temporary solution until I have the money to have it done properly.

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Vamp 20 years ago

snob lol my Mk1 MR2 had a wing you could see through :)

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Carl Gibbs 20 years ago

...until I 'fixed' it :)

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Conor 20 years ago

I'd know it was there. Still, it's not as bad as gaffa tape you can see.

Fingers crossed that it's the worst you'll find.

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Dave Plowman (News) 20 years ago

So BMW improved Rover quality then?

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SteveH 20 years ago

*yawn*

Mine's a proper 75. Not one of those heaps of crap built by bored brummies.

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Tom Robinson 20 years ago

When's the last time we had a high-miler thread on here then? Mine is just coming up to 135k - it's a 2000/X Laguna.

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DanTXD 20 years ago

Mine ticked past 17k not long ago...

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Tom Robinson 20 years ago

So, not really a high miler then. Unless you're talking about a scooter or something.

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Dave Plowman (News) 20 years ago

I've yet to see a Rover 75 with bits of the bodywork falling off through rust. ;-)

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DanTXD 20 years ago

Nope :-)

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Bob Sherunckle 20 years ago

Mine's barely run in.

'94 M Audi 80 TDI - 156,000 miles. So probably about half way through it's life.

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DanTXD 20 years ago

'54 206 XSi 1.6 16v - 17,600 So probably about half way through it's life :-D

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AstraVanMan 20 years ago

And 135k on a 6 year old car is high miles?

-- "For want of the price of tea and a slice, the old man died."

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Carl Gibbs 20 years ago

1990/G Citroen BX 16v 103k 1989/F Volvo 360 GLT Reads 113k, but probably around 105k due to replacement speedo head 1987/D Toyota MR2 107k

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James Grabowski 20 years ago

1992/K volvo 940 181k and it's probably been clocked at some point.

James

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Tom Robinson 20 years ago

Well based on the responses of other people in the group, seems fairly high. 22,500 a year. I'm doing 120 a day on the M1 at the moment.

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Elder 20 years ago

The Octavia rolled past 101010 (and I didn't photo it) 2 weeks ago.

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