Who's got the highest mileage Passat?

[dean warren]

Ive got cambelt -itus at the moment,



I`m very twitchy as to when I should get it done, its coming upto 5 years since its been done!
Not sure if its worth doing the water pump too?

Still Crewe VW are doing the top price of £185...

Mark

should be done every 4 years if the 60 or 80k hasn't been reached, your on borrowed time i think.

[ljohnson]

It has been great to read the above. I have just bought a 93k Passat Tdi PD100 estate (4 yrs old ex-fleet with perfect SH) and hope to run it for at least the next five years up to around 150k. The above comments indicate 200k should be achievable without any real problem. (Hopefully the intermittent cutting out of the radio system will rectify itself - no turning the radio up to correct this problem!)

I have run a Citroen ZX TD upto 150k and it is still ok, but the flimsy bits and pieces are showing their age. Fingers crossed for the Passat then.

[warrtydog]

Good to see that Passat's are capable of coping with higher mileages. I'm looking to buy a 1997-2000 model & not having owned a car in my life, was surprised to find that even 8 year old cars quite often have 120,000+ miles on them.

There's a 1998 / S-plate SE TDI 90bhp on 86,000 miles that I'm interested in, looks like there could be plenty of life left in it, especially when I only expect to cover 7,000 miles per year (will still keep my bikes).

1998 with only 86K. Got to be a good buy.Should last you 10 years or more.
Go for it

[chips]

I have a 2001 1.8 20v with only 67k on.

I have a Laguna(oh the shame) 1995 2.0 petrol with over 150k on, and its still going well.

[macleod]

mines got 113000 on the clock 1998 se tdi my transporter 2.5 tdi is at 296598 kilometers or approx 185000 miles

[Mad bout Golf's]

i notice all the cars with high milage are diesiel....most of them should do at least 300,000 miles or more if well looked after!!! i give my respect to the guy with the 1.3 golf!!

my mate had a 1.4 golf 96 he got it in 01 with only about 76,000 on it.he used to service it every 5,000 miles but about 6 months ago his girlfriend wrote it off with 211,000 on th clock!!!! never a days bother.....never burnt a drop of oil!!

[RobBentley]

Now upto 134k miles on my 1.8T 2001 Passat. No major problems - should I be worried yet? Never had a car over 100k so I get worried . Still runs smooth and never fails to start :touch wood:

[rwswll]

passat 1.8t 20v sport 140k still going strong.