MK5 Golf GTI

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Title: 300,000 mile MK5 Golf GTI
Post by: PT82 on October 05, 2015, 09:31:26 pm
Blatantly stolen from pistonheads but here is a link to the guys blog.

http://hilllaneconsulting.co.uk/blog/?page_id=287

@StuF (http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=3501) you need to pull your socks up lol  :driver:
Title: Re: 300,000 mile MK5 Golf GTI
Post by: StuF on October 05, 2015, 09:39:25 pm
Great story!
Yep I am a few miles behind but still plugging away
174k is on the horizon and have a good run down to London coming up next week
300k is impressive though :congrats:
Title: Re: 300,000 mile MK5 Golf GTI
Post by: Darren on October 06, 2015, 07:52:01 am
Great story and he has to go for the 500,000 miles   :jumpmove:
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Post by: Rossimac on October 06, 2015, 07:58:29 am
That's a lottt of petrol!
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Post by: prp74 on October 06, 2015, 08:15:30 am
Great story. 300k  :notworthy:
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Post by: GTIEagles on October 06, 2015, 10:21:53 am
Good read, I wonder if he has ever actually replaced the cam follower?!
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Post by: Paradox1 on October 06, 2015, 10:30:02 am
I wonder how many oil changes that totals up too
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Post by: AJG09 on October 06, 2015, 10:32:36 am
This is great, makes me think my 106k has plenty left in it.. Fingers crossed   :happy2:
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Post by: skard on October 06, 2015, 10:35:23 am
And to think there are people on here afraid to put miles on cars and get so hung up about 'high mileage'.
It's a fantastic every day car, enjoy it like this guy has
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Post by: john87 on October 06, 2015, 12:23:51 pm
I wonder how many fuel pump cam followers he replaced  :wink:
Title: Re: 300,000 mile MK5 Golf GTI
Post by: Dan_FR on October 06, 2015, 01:29:28 pm
At the end of the day to get to that kinda miles, the car has been on the motorway cruising...... a lot. Lot less stress than a car that is driven hard, tuned and does a lot of short journeys.
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Post by: omeydz on October 06, 2015, 01:37:00 pm
Great testament to VWs when maintained properly, driven normally and loved, they plod on
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Post by: xjay1337 on October 06, 2015, 01:41:31 pm
Not really surprising lol.
Engines will pretty much last forever if looked after.  :happy2: nice to see it's being used.
 
Title: Re: 300,000 mile MK5 Golf GTI
Post by: Rossimac on October 06, 2015, 01:50:02 pm
Did someone clock it... badly?
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Post by: wayneitb on October 09, 2015, 06:59:34 pm
I have to say, these cars are rock solid, i'm on 107K at the moment, and still going strong.
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Post by: Scottymon on October 09, 2015, 07:46:09 pm
Damn, I've pretty much rebuilt mine with the amount that's gone wrong with it and it's "only" on 145k.
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Post by: dazza on October 09, 2015, 08:46:38 pm
My wife thinks our car is unreliable "i'm always working on it".  :evilgrin:
Title: Re: 300,000 mile MK5 Golf GTI
Post by: omeydz on October 10, 2015, 11:28:43 am
My wife thinks our car is unreliable "i'm always working on it".  :evilgrin:

Only we understand dude!
Title: Re: 300,000 mile MK5 Golf GTI
Post by: GrayMK5GTI on October 10, 2015, 09:16:09 pm
Wonder if he has ever changed the cam follower  :popcornsoda:
Title: Re: 300,000 mile MK5 Golf GTI
Post by: pudding on October 12, 2015, 11:30:13 am
I bet the intake valves are nicely clogged up!
Title: Re: 300,000 mile MK5 Golf GTI
Post by: rashg60 on October 12, 2015, 11:06:16 pm
I'm always scared to rack up the miles on my car and hardly drive it - it's still on 66k.

We need to invite this guy to the Forum - he's a legend (well his car is).
Title: Re: 300,000 mile MK5 Golf GTI
Post by: xjay1337 on October 13, 2015, 12:24:12 am
I'm always scared to rack up the miles on my car and hardly drive it - it's still on 66k.

We need to invite this guy to the Forum - he's a legend (well his car is).

Well thats no fun?!?!?! Sell it and buy a bus pass.  :popcornsoda:
Title: Re: 300,000 mile MK5 Golf GTI
Post by: rashg60 on October 13, 2015, 12:00:00 pm
I'm always scared to rack up the miles on my car and hardly drive it - it's still on 66k.

We need to invite this guy to the Forum - he's a legend (well his car is).

Well thats no fun?!?!?! Sell it and buy a bus pass.  :popcornsoda:

I just use the wife's car and rack up the miles on that instead........
Title: Re: 300,000 mile MK5 Golf GTI
Post by: GrayMK5GTI on October 19, 2015, 08:22:52 pm
@4ndy (http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=11625)  :happy2:
Title: Re: 300,000 mile MK5 Golf GTI
Post by: PT82 on October 19, 2015, 09:00:55 pm
I'm always scared to rack up the miles on my car and hardly drive it - it's still on 66k.

We need to invite this guy to the Forum - he's a legend (well his car is).

Well thats no fun?!?!?! Sell it and buy a bus pass.  :popcornsoda:

I just use the wife's car and rack up the miles on that instead........

Why? Are you keeping the miles low for the next owner? (66k isn't really low) Selling it with an extra 10-15k on it than the miles you do in it now isn't going to affect the price of it that much. They aren't really worth much anymore in the grand scale of things.
Your car at the end of the day but doesn't sound like you are enjoying it as much as you could be.
Title: Re: 300,000 mile MK5 Golf GTI
Post by: Dave J on October 19, 2015, 09:29:54 pm
That's some mileage! I love driving my mk5. In an ideal world where I've won the lotto, I'd have a mint, low miles, pampered one tucked away, but I'd still not think twice about using one every single day...