annavr6 Posted August 4, 2015 Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 Hi AllIve lurked for a long time on here as i have had my TDI for 10 years in April next year and have just bought a raven blue GTIMy TDI is pretty high mileage on 173K adn still going strong, original battery and clutch although it desperatly needs a clutchso who has the highest mileage TDI? whats yours on, anyone know any higher than 173K?Im hoping to make 300K i dont plan on selling anytime soon, have just bought a full stainless exhaust for it as mine is rot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wehey Posted August 4, 2015 Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 I will be interest in the replies.I have seen a tdi locally to me with 142k on the clock. I really want it but am a bit concerned about the mileage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annavr6 Posted August 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 I wouldnt be concerned if its got full history etc, mine on 173k is still going strong. ive not met someone with mileage anywhere near 173 though 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skezza Posted August 6, 2015 Report Share Posted August 6, 2015 Not that it matters at all to this thread, seeing as it's a different engine, but the 1.9 PD 150's which are the most common taxi engine on the planet, can run well above 500k. You routinely find ex-taxis available for quite cheap in very nice condition but with an engine with 500k miles.It's all about the service history imo. There's a lot more emphasis on servicing a turbo-charged car than say a N/A SDI. I know that'll go against some of the scaremongerers out there who reckon you should service your car every 3000 miles or something ridiculous, regardless of the engine, but there we go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annavr6 Posted August 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2015 Not that it matters at all to this thread, seeing as it's a different engine, but the 1.9 PD 150's which are the most common taxi engine on the planet, can run well above 500k. You routinely find ex-taxis available for quite cheap in very nice condition but with an engine with 500k miles.It's all about the service history imo. There's a lot more emphasis on servicing a turbo-charged car than say a N/A SDI. I know that'll go against some of the scaremongerers out there who reckon you should service your car every 3000 miles or something ridiculous, regardless of the engine, but there we go.Ive seen a couple of mk4s with 500k not personally but online. pretty impressive to be honest. Mine has had regular servicing every 10k without fail, something like its 4th cambelt now too, as ive had the car so long i know all of its history. but i agree servicing regular is important. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skezza Posted August 7, 2015 Report Share Posted August 7, 2015 Ive seen a couple of mk4s with 500k not personally but online. pretty impressive to be honest. Mine has had regular servicing every 10k without fail, something like its 4th cambelt now too, as ive had the car so long i know all of its history. but i agree servicing regular is important.Just keep those servicings on time and those cambelts changed and it'll run for a long long time, even on the original turbo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weslangdon Posted August 7, 2015 Report Share Posted August 7, 2015 Not that it matters at all to this thread, seeing as it's a different engine, but the 1.9 PD 150's which are the most common taxi engine on the planet, can run well above 500k. You routinely find ex-taxis available for quite cheap in very nice condition but with an engine with 500k miles.It's all about the service history imo. There's a lot more emphasis on servicing a turbo-charged car than say a N/A SDI. I know that'll go against some of the scaremongerers out there who reckon you should service your car every 3000 miles or something ridiculous, regardless of the engine, but there we go.I've been in a Merc 190d taxi with 800,000kms under its belt, these are old school diesels and seem to be indestructible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skezza Posted August 7, 2015 Report Share Posted August 7, 2015 I've been in a Merc 190d taxi with 800,000kms under its belt, these are old school diesels and seem to be indestructible Yup, there's a guy on ClubPolo with an SDI with over 1 million miles on the clock. I think it was an SDI Saloon and he used it to drive from London to Newcastle, two or three times a week, so he rapidly put the miles on it. I believe it's still going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annavr6 Posted August 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 Yup, there's a guy on ClubPolo with an SDI with over 1 million miles on the clock. I think it was an SDI Saloon and he used it to drive from London to Newcastle, two or three times a week, so he rapidly put the miles on it. I believe it's still going.thats an epic amount of miles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlipFlops Posted August 11, 2015 Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 The Lupo TDI that ive just bought has 199,240 miles on the clock but it's still going strong. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annavr6 Posted August 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 The Lupo TDI that ive just bought has 199,240 miles on the clock but it's still going strong.pics of said lupo and clocks :-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loop_de_Lupo Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 Yup, there's a guy on ClubPolo with an SDI with over 1 million miles on the clock. I think it was an SDI Saloon and he used it to drive from London to Newcastle, two or three times a week, so he rapidly put the miles on it. I believe it's still going.My Polo Variant SDI finally died last summer at 260,000 although it was a bit of a Trigger's Broom, being on its second engine after the original seized at about 100,000. This was probably the result of poor maintenance on my part, although it did happen suspiciously soon after having had the belts changed.I want to enter our TDI Sport as having the lowest mileage. It's a 54 plate, which we bought when it was about two years old. I need to check but I think it's only done around 65,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skezza Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 How did your Polo SDI die? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlipFlops Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 (edited) On 18/08/2015 at 0:58 PM, annavr6 said: pics of said lupo and clocks :-) Â Edited February 1, 2016 by FlipFlops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sausage Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 Nice motor FlipFlops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skezza Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 What a strange looking TDI. Black bump strips? I've never seen that on an S model Lupo (and there was no such thing as an E TDI). For a car with 200k, it looks very tidy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loop_de_Lupo Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 How did your Polo SDI die?The timing belt on my second engine stripped its teeth and it went crunch. The rest of the car was beginning to get rather tired and it was a lost cause. It was also Evergreen, and it was beginning to affect my eyesight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skezza Posted August 21, 2015 Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 The timing belt on my second engine stripped its teeth and it went crunch. The rest of the car was beginning to get rather tired and it was a lost cause. It was also Evergreen, and it was beginning to affect my eyesight.Oh, so the engine itself was alright?Case and the point, the engines (if serviced on time and what not) will last for a long long time.That said, I'm tempted to play cambelt roulette from here on out on mine now. It's got 150k on, and will need a cambelt near 200k. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loop_de_Lupo Posted August 21, 2015 Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 Case and the point, the engines (if serviced on time and what not) will last for a long long time.I wish I'd been (much) more diligent with mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlipFlops Posted June 5, 2016 Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 (edited) Mines on 230k now and still going strong, although i think i'm replacing the turbo next weekend, not bad considering its on it's original. I can see it reaching 300k within the next 18 months. It just eats up the miles and costs peanuts to run even with servicing it. Edited June 5, 2016 by FlipFlops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tchouki85 Posted July 29, 2022 Report Share Posted July 29, 2022 so far my Lupo 1.4tdi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ObjectiveAway Posted July 29, 2022 Report Share Posted July 29, 2022 9 minutes ago, tchouki85 said: so far my Lupo 1.4tdi Thats only 153500 miles. I got 333333km on mine a week ago, but I have 1.4 8v petrol engine, therefore I can not participate in highest milage 1.4tdi topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarahs Lupo Posted August 17, 2022 Report Share Posted August 17, 2022 169k on my SDI haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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