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storitman

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Since: Jul 19, 2005
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 10:19 am
Post subject: 1990 240 has 225,000 miles: who can top that?
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Anybody out there got higher mileage, and it's still a daily driver? Please
reply...
Thanks!

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Bev A. Kupf

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 11:55 am Post subject: Re: 1990 240 has 225,000 miles: who can top that? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 10:19:15 -0400, storitman (storitman@sbcglobal.net) wrote: > Anybody out there got higher mileage, and it's still a daily driver? Please > reply... Neither of our Volvos are over 200,000 miles. But someone I meet often, and who used to post to this group (Karen B.) has over 300,000 miles on a daily-driver 1993 850 GLT. -- Many a smale maketh a grate -- Geoffrey Chaucer >> Stay informed about: 1990 240 has 225,000 miles: who can top that?

Steve

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:30 pm Post subject: Re: 1990 240 has 225,000 miles: who can top that? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

We bought our 97 850 with ~80 on the clock, it's now up to 135. I see no reason save a major failure, or the price of gas (just bought 91 octane shell for USD 2.649/Gal) keeping us from going well over 225. In France I was paying around 5ish us per gallon of deisel when I converted it out, has the price of gas risen in Europe as much as here--in the spring gas was ~USD 2.059/gallon or so, and 87 octane was around USD 1.909/gal. The rapidly rising price of gas is a big factor in my used volvo vs new Acura TSX calculus. 4 cyl, 200 hp 28 MPG...hard to beat... On the other hand nice used 960's are ~$3-5000... "storitman" <storitman.DeleteThis@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:e600ef0e950be8cedecffc26181e0559@localhost.talkaboutautos.com... > Anybody out there got higher mileage, and it's still a daily driver? Please > reply... > Thanks! > >> Stay informed about: 1990 240 has 225,000 miles: who can top that?

Randy G.

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 2:53 pm Post subject: Re: 1990 240 has 225,000 miles: who can top that? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

"storitman" <storitman DeleteThis @sbcglobal.net> wrote: >Anybody out there got higher mileage, and it's still a daily driver? Please >reply... >Thanks! I am headed out this weekend to look at and possibly purchase a 1990 240DL 5 speed stick wagon with 190,000 on it... __ __ Randy & \ \/ /alerie's \__/olvo '93 960 Estate >> Stay informed about: 1990 240 has 225,000 miles: who can top that?

Steve

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 2:55 pm Post subject: Re: 1990 240 has 225,000 miles: who can top that? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

In article <e600ef0e950be8cedecffc26181e0559.DeleteThis@localhost.talkaboutautos.com>, storitman <storitman.DeleteThis@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >Anybody out there got higher mileage, and it's still a daily driver? We just put down our daily driver last week, a 1990 740 GLE (16-valve) wagon with just shy of 240,000 miles (was hoping to make it to a quarter million). The timing belt unexpectedly (and catastrophically) failed with only about 35,000 miles on it. The car was being driven over 250 miles per week and averaged 26 - 27 MPG. -- Steve >> Stay informed about: 1990 240 has 225,000 miles: who can top that?

Howard Nelson1

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 3:55 pm Post subject: Re: 1990 240 has 225,000 miles: who can top that? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

"storitman" <storitman DeleteThis @sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:e600ef0e950be8cedecffc26181e0559@localhost.talkaboutautos.com... > Anybody out there got higher mileage, and it's still a daily driver? Please > reply... > Thanks! 1985 245 273K miles. Dying of rust. Howard >> Stay informed about: 1990 240 has 225,000 miles: who can top that?

jds

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(Msg. 7) Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:55 pm Post subject: Re: 1990 240 has 225,000 miles: who can top that? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

12th on the high mileage club! 452600 and climbing!! John "storitman" <storitman.DeleteThis@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:e600ef0e950be8cedecffc26181e0559@localhost.talkaboutautos.com... > Anybody out there got higher mileage, and it's still a daily driver? > Please > reply... > Thanks! > >> Stay informed about: 1990 240 has 225,000 miles: who can top that?

michaeltnull

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(Msg. 8) Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:58 pm Post subject: Re: 1990 240 has 225,000 miles: who can top that? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

"storitman" <storitman DeleteThis @sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:e600ef0e950be8cedecffc26181e0559@localhost.talkaboutautos.com... > Anybody out there got higher mileage, and it's still a daily driver? > Please > reply... > Thanks! > 235,300 miles on our '85 765T and I add about 100 miles per week. Original turbo and the head has never been off the engine. The original windshield, too, which is amazing in Arizona. A decade ago I gave away a 1970 145 on the high side of 290K miles - I rebuilt the engine at 190K because the rings had been broken by detonation before I bought it. I put in the thick head gasket and matching water pump ring and had no more detonation. Mike >> Stay informed about: 1990 240 has 225,000 miles: who can top that?

Robert Lutwak

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(Msg. 9) Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 6:17 pm Post subject: Re: 1990 240 has 225,000 miles: who can top that? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

My 1978 264 went to about 450K. I don't know exactly because the odometer broke at 375K. We drove it for another 5 years after that. -- ----- -RL "storitman" <storitman.TakeThisOut@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:e600ef0e950be8cedecffc26181e0559@localhost.talkaboutautos.com... > Anybody out there got higher mileage, and it's still a daily driver? > Please > reply... > Thanks! > >> Stay informed about: 1990 240 has 225,000 miles: who can top that?

Joe Blizzard

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(Msg. 10) Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 6:47 pm Post subject: Re: 1990 240 has 225,000 miles: who can top that? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

"storitman" wrote > Anybody out there got higher mileage, and it's still a daily driver? > Please > reply... > Thanks! Not a Volvo story, but I traded in an 86 Nissan Stanza Wagon (called a "Prairie" outside the US) a few years ago with 265K miles on it. The salesman grabbed all his cohorts and dragged them over to see it as none of them had taken a trade with that many miles on it before. And yes, I was driving it every day up to then. Here's hoping my little V40 does at least as well. >> Stay informed about: 1990 240 has 225,000 miles: who can top that?

Peter K L Milnes

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(Msg. 11) Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:55 pm Post subject: Re: 1990 240 has 225,000 miles: who can top that? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Check out Irv Gordon in NY state. His 1800 has more than 2,000,000 miles certified and is still his daily driver. He is number 1 on the High mileage listings. All the best, Peter. "storitman" <storitman RemoveThis @sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:e600ef0e950be8cedecffc26181e0559@localhost.talkaboutautos.com... > Anybody out there got higher mileage, and it's still a daily driver? > Please > reply... > Thanks! > >> Stay informed about: 1990 240 has 225,000 miles: who can top that?

Judy and Brad

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(Msg. 12) Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:55 pm Post subject: Re: 1990 240 has 225,000 miles: who can top that? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

My 1990 240 has over 300,000 km and still gets daily use at 120 km/h on the highway. "Peter K L Milnes" <Peter.K.L.Milnes DeleteThis @btinternet.com> wrote in message news:dbk2hc$i7b$1@nwrdmz02.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com... > Check out Irv Gordon in NY state. His 1800 has more than 2,000,000 miles > certified and is still his daily driver. He is number 1 on the High > mileage listings. > > All the best, Peter. > > "storitman" <storitman DeleteThis @sbcglobal.net> wrote in message > news:e600ef0e950be8cedecffc26181e0559@localhost.talkaboutautos.com... >> Anybody out there got higher mileage, and it's still a daily driver? >> Please >> reply... >> Thanks! >> > > >> Stay informed about: 1990 240 has 225,000 miles: who can top that?

James Sweet

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(Msg. 13) Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 11:55 pm Post subject: Re: 1990 240 has 225,000 miles: who can top that? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

"storitman" <storitman.TakeThisOut@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:e600ef0e950be8cedecffc26181e0559@localhost.talkaboutautos.com... > Anybody out there got higher mileage, and it's still a daily driver? Please > reply... > Thanks! > Sure, '79 242 with 229K, '86 245 with 243K and '87 744 Turbo with 270K, all still daily drivers and running strong. >> Stay informed about: 1990 240 has 225,000 miles: who can top that?

Steve

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(Msg. 14) Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 12:00 am Post subject: Re: 1990 240 has 225,000 miles: who can top that? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Not to rain on your parade, but in the USA, a car with 186,000 miles on it going 75 MPH every day is perhaps not common but surely not unusual, especially in the west (where the miles are quite a bit easier, so it might not be apples to apples...) My 91 Acura (honda) has ~152,000 and it goes 80-85 MPH fairly frequently--and it runs fine, either full size Ford and Chevy, or quality Japanese (e.g. toyota and Nissan) pick up trucks tend to get 300,000 miles all the time, but then with their heavy duty components not a real fair comparison. It seems to me that one sees many many more cars on the road with well over 100,000 miles on them--when I was a kid in the 60's it was quite uncommon. Perhaps the type of driving has a huge effect on the impressiveness of the miles driven... "Judy and Brad" <formathe.RemoveThis@rogers.com> wrote in message news:ROadnexxBu8tO0DfRVn-sg@rogers.com... > My 1990 240 has over 300,000 km and still gets daily use at 120 km/h on the > highway. > "Peter K L Milnes" <Peter.K.L.Milnes.RemoveThis@btinternet.com> wrote in message > news:dbk2hc$i7b$1@nwrdmz02.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com... > > Check out Irv Gordon in NY state. His 1800 has more than 2,000,000 miles > > certified and is still his daily driver. He is number 1 on the High > > mileage listings. > > > > All the best, Peter. > > > > "storitman" <storitman.RemoveThis@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message > > news:e600ef0e950be8cedecffc26181e0559@localhost.talkaboutautos.com... > >> Anybody out there got higher mileage, and it's still a daily driver? > >> Please > >> reply... > >> Thanks! > >> > > > > > > >> Stay informed about: 1990 240 has 225,000 miles: who can top that?

bob

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(Msg. 15) Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 7:37 pm Post subject: Re: 1990 240 has 225,000 miles: who can top that? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

89 240 daily driver 255,000 and I still get it up around 100mph at least 3 days a week and sideways every chance I get... >> Stay informed about: 1990 240 has 225,000 miles: who can top that?

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