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Dec 3rd, 2020, 09:31 | #1 |
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Mega mile S80 for sale
Saw this S80 on eBay with 717,000 miles for sale.
I do hope it sells to someone that will continue to put more mikes on it. Cheers, Luke https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/274598431835 |
Dec 3rd, 2020, 10:28 | #2 |
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Someone needs to take this to 1 million !
Interior looks suprisingly good for that amount of miles
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Dec 3rd, 2020, 12:29 | #3 |
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I so want to get this, but i dont put high miles on cars, and the wife probably wont let me get another car now im working from home for the foreseeable future!
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Dec 3rd, 2020, 12:49 | #4 |
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I'm in the same boat. Also have four cars at the moment so based on my average annual miles it would take me 70 years to get that one to 1 mill
Would still quite like to own a car with 717k on it though
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Dec 3rd, 2020, 13:18 | #5 |
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It mentions in the description that he thinks it has fallen off the top 10 high milers, but if you go on the website (https://www.volvoclub.org.uk/hmc/), there is a 2001 S80 2.5D from England that has 713500 miles on it in 10th place, which must be the same car.
On a related matter, Can anyone provide an explanation for these mileages ? Why is this car still running at this mileage when many of it's brethren have found their way to the scrap yard, many miles before ? It surely isn't just down to maintenance, plenty of other cars will have been serviced appropriately ? Is it luck ? Is it just getting the mileage high enough before age takes it's toll, but there will be a lot of components that are mileage related rather than age ? Or is just a willingness to put the money in to keep it going, is it like Trigger's broom ? |
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Dec 3rd, 2020, 15:24 | #7 |
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In 2006-07 it did 78,600 miles or over 200 miles every single day.
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That's mental !
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This one in the first year of life was doing the equivalent of a return trip from London to Manchester every working day of the year. I'd far rather buy a car which has done journeys with an average of 50 miles, or 100 miles, than 2 or 3 miles. If the mileage is equal, the car which has averaged 100 miles per journey will have a lot less wear on suspension, trim and so on. Motorway miles are very forgiving for cars compared to bumping and stop-starting around town roads. Not to mention that engines wear comparatively very little when up to operating temperatures. |
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Dec 3rd, 2020, 17:35 | #10 |
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The same trusted Indy has serviced it for the last 87 years.
Makes a difference, I'd say. Much rather high miles with that provenance than a lower miles with patchy record. |
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