I didn't mention it should be read with a grain of salt. :-)

Post #315,680 by static 10/15/09 6:02:55 PM Reply	I didn't mention it should be read with a grain of salt. :-) Of course cars survive long after 150,000km. The guide's point is not to expect all (or even most) of them to. My first car, a 1970 Mini, survived well past 1,200,000 miles and was actually quite reliable. But my father and then I had had it so long we could see the very gradual decline in its performance over the years. I really only sold it because it was too small. Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
Post #315,681 by Another Scott 10/15/09 6:08:26 PM Reply	Typo? 1.2E6/39 = an average of 31,000 miles a year if you were still driving it. Not impossible, but that's a lot of driving for such a tiny car. Did you mean 120,000 miles? Cheers, Scott.
Post #315,683 by folkert 10/15/09 6:35:49 PM Reply	I don't believe so... I remember him mentioning it on z a couple of times.
Post #315,684 by static 10/15/09 7:42:25 PM Reply	Definitely over a million miles. I remember the odometer rolling over. The first wheel had a blank instead of a '0'. :-) It could have been older than a 1970 model. Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
Post #315,686 by Another Scott 10/15/09 8:28:56 PM Reply	:-) Wow.
Post #315,687 by pwhysall 10/15/09 11:11:08 PM Reply	Re: Definitely over a million miles. 85 miles a day, every day, for 39 years. Not that hard, especially in Australia, which is big even by American standards. However, I don't believe that Cowley's finest would do that on one engine, however. Or one gearbox. The Mini was made by British workers in the darkest days of our car industry, at a time when we were churning out unutterable shit like the Austin Maxi.
Post #315,758 by static 10/16/09 11:45:32 PM Reply	Aussie engines were a little different from UK ones. I don't know how different, but I know they were manufactured "under license" in Aus by Aussie workers. The model I had was 997cc which IIRC was one of the Au sizes, not a British one. Within a year of my purchasing it blew the head gasket, requiring the head be ground down a little. But the gearboxn never gave me trouble and after the head gasket was repaired, the engine didn't either. Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
Post #315,761 by pwhysall 10/17/09 7:01:56 AM Reply	Re: Aussie engines were a little different from UK ones. There weren't any special engines or sizes for other markets. Everyone had a choice of 1275 or 998.
Post #315,787 by static 10/18/09 12:32:44 AM Reply	My bad. IME, 998cc doesn't always come up in the lists of engine sizes for some reason. However, my point remains it was built in Australia. Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
Post #315,788 by pwhysall 10/18/09 3:35:11 AM 10/18/09 3:36:12 AM Reply	Re: My bad. Actually, it might not have been. Pre-1970, the cars were built in New Zealand. You might have had a car made by one of them. Edited by pwhysall Oct. 18, 2009, 03:36:12 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #315,805 by static 10/18/09 6:22:03 PM Reply	I was wondering last night if it was till going. I sold it years ago for more than I paid for it. :-) But, yes, it definitely clocked over 1 million miles: my father remembers it happening, too. It happened before I bought it off him. Must've been one of that 5% that lasted. Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.

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