300,000 and still purring

[gmartin]

My 2002 V40 1.9D hit the 300,000 milke mark today. Not bad for a car I bought 6 and a half years ago for £1450 with 128k on the clock. I've spent about £6k keeping it on the road during that time so that works out at less than £100 p.m. purchase and maintenance costs for over 170k miles of driving. Puts the costs of the PCP deals on new cars these days into perspective. Would I want a brand new Volvo, absolutley yes. Would I want to be paying £300 to £400 per month plus servicing costs for the pleasure - probably not. I can't see the current generation of new Volvos reaching this sort of longevity but I could be wrong. Any thoughts anyone? When this V40 retires I'll be looking to get another one the same which can be got with a bit of patient hunting for around £1000 with 150k mile on them so they've only done half their lifespan by that point. Maybe I'll get my current V40 up to 400k miles before then but I reckon I'll need to get the welder out before then, but I believe that if the engine and gearbox is still sound then it would be worth it.

[canis]

Well done. 300000m isn't trivial.

[jmz]

359,537 and not quite purring, but not too bad for a 1.8 petrol, but only humble Kilometres though, so a mere 223,000 miles !

[baldmosher]

Welcome to the 300 club 😁

[Whyman]

Almost run in then.