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22-09-04, 01:04 GMT+10#81 A guy at work has a metalic brown rusty VL with over 600,000km,the motor has never been washed filthy black,blows absolutely no smoke,has never broken down except when the computer got wet.goes to the wreckers next week 5sp SL. R.I.P
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22-09-04, 19:57 GMT+10#82 265,000 n very very healthy still
Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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30-09-04, 02:18 GMT+10#83 My gfirst vl had done 570,000 klms before i stripped the motor down
my 2nd one had done about 517,000 before the crank pulley **** itself and i pulled the motor down.
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30-09-04, 17:28 GMT+10#84 My current one has 250,000...my old one had 650,000... a 5L VL Wagon.
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19-12-04, 12:43 GMT+10#85 mine has about 235000, ex g/f has about 510000 with nothing replaced
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19-12-04, 13:50 GMT+10#86 vl wagon at work the other day had a geninue 720600 km on the clock
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28-12-04, 22:28 GMT+10#87 [I]hey guys,
well i converted my girlfriends n/a vl to vlt and it had 278000 or so on it.
Motor was always very quiet but now after a quick couple of thoasand everything seems to be cool and i reckon if i dont batter it when i use it there will be plenty of kilometers left in her.
Probably another 100000k at least.
later guys
markoshyp
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29-12-04, 12:10 GMT+10#88 My 88 berlina has done 230k with nothing major except 2 afm's and one cas since i've owned it for 3 years, i've put 45k on it myself in that time. My grandparents 88 executive did 360k with nothing more than a melted fusebox that i know of b4 they sold it at the start of the year (they owned it since new)...
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29-12-04, 22:00 GMT+10#89 mines done 237,000ks, still runs very healthy, starts 1st click and idles really well. Picked it up off a pensioner, 68year old lady who owned it since new.
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29-12-04, 22:22 GMT+10#90 i dont think this is something will be bragging about.
highest i have seen on a vl is 360.... WOW probly had a different engine. i reckon there are a few which would have seen a few round oz trips...
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30-12-04, 07:42 GMT+10#91 had 400,000 on my old one before I traded it. Never missed a beat, always started first time. Little bit of noise from the lifters, but thats to be expected.
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06-01-05, 10:25 GMT+10#92 hey
i got 317000 but and its running fine
i just changed the dash cos the old fuel guage wasnt workin so now i got 307000 on the clock....lol
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20-01-05, 21:16 GMT+10#94 sorry guys i got 44000klms some guy had it in his shed and picked it up fir $8000 4 yrs ago
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20-01-05, 21:33 GMT+10#95 my bt1 has 245,000, the calais turbo has 156,000
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24-01-05, 17:11 GMT+10#96 mine got 220 000kms and my best mates done 315000kms not a spanner nearthe two as far as we know, tho will be soon i will either turbo or vn v8 wat u think???
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25-01-05, 11:23 GMT+10#97 mine stopped on 270but easy 300k now no rebuild it was my uncles. sat around all 2004 then i did box and clutch and a water pump then drove her to tweed heads from sydney, caned it the whole way, didnt miss a beat, starts every time. leaking a bit out cam gear seal though
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26-01-05, 09:45 GMT+10#98 mines done 283000km, still starts first pop and goes like **** off a shiny shovel. only problem is the auto's a bit tired because it spent the last 8 years of its life towing horses.
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06-02-05, 06:10 GMT+10#99 Mine reads 425 325 but my speedo is stuffed. I got the real KM's checked and it's really only got just over 210 000 on the clock. Only had the radiator changed, everything else is stock and my mates are jealous cos it's the smoothest ride they've ever been in!!
Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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06-02-05, 06:46 GMT+10#100 Mine's just nudging on 318,000kms and the only thing done to the engine was the replacement of all piston rings 94,000kms ago - only a month after I bought it off my lead-footed mate. It's been serviced meticulously ever since (every 5000kms) and has shown no signs of slowing down at all.
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