Author Topic: Insane miles (Read 6236 times)

smutts · « **on:** September 30, 2008, 01:01:26 pm »

Due to present financial situation I am having to do a 160 mile commute at 80mph every day with a 155,000 mile 1990 Golf GTD. Job lasts till Christmas, anyone care to predict when she will grenade? :twisted:
Who else has daft commute mileages or "inappropriate" cars doing sterling service?

mk2diesel · « **Reply #1 on:** September 30, 2008, 01:20:40 pm »

100 km roundtrip each day plus minimum 75 KM at work on an 88 jetta gasser with 780,000 km on the engine ...

Smokey Eddy · « **Reply #2 on:** September 30, 2008, 02:54:23 pm »

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780,000 km on the engine

Jesus christ!
I thought i had at ton at 395,000

jtanguay · « **Reply #3 on:** September 30, 2008, 03:00:05 pm »

run a good synthetic oil and keep it to halfway on the dipstick otherwise the top half will just get lost with blowby at those speeds.

make sure the car is warmed up before hitting 80mph (doesnt have to be up to running temp, just enough so that the oil is flowing good) and make sure the turbo has a chance to cool down before you shut it down.

i see no reason why the motor wouldn't be able to take those speeds. i've been at 100 mph with my first diesel jetta.. that thing was solid! the turbo loved the high speed and the transmission was geared perfect! the only problem was oil consumption, and the fact that new rings were put in the motor which i didn't know i had to give them time to break in :oops: during one trip i burnt up about a litre of diesel (dino diesel) in about half an hour. i also got the car up to about 110 mph for short spurts keeping up with some of the larger vehicles, and i think they must have had their foot to the floor trying to get away from my '*** box' :lol: i wasn't brave enough to push any harder though.

Turbinepowered · « **Reply #4 on:** September 30, 2008, 03:04:49 pm »

Quote from: "smutts"

Due to present financial situation I am having to do a 160 mile commute at 80mph every day with a 155,000 mile 1990 Golf GTD. Job lasts till Christmas, anyone care to predict when she will grenade? :twisted:
Who else has daft commute mileages or "inappropriate" cars doing sterling service?

Commuting all the way across the island, eh? :lol:

I love my commute. 1.2 miles to the bus stop, 7 miles from the stop to the city core, 1 mile by bike to the transit office. Drive a bus for eight hours, bike 13 miles home.

smutts · « **Reply #5 on:** October 03, 2008, 01:43:29 pm »

[/quote]make sure the car is warmed up before hitting 80mph (doesnt have to be up to running temp, just enough so that the oil is flowing good) and make sure the turbo has a chance to cool down before you shut it down.

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Amen to that, it also helps to prevent the heads from cracking. A mate of mine has a BMW, lives 30 yards from the dual carraigeway, at the bottom of a long hill, starts the car stone cold and is at 90mph thirty seconds later.
He was wondering why he has cracked four cylinder heads....

....................I have a theory! :wink:

smutts · « **Reply #6 on:** October 03, 2008, 01:44:38 pm »

DOH! :roll:

How does the quote thingy work?

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Turbinepowered · « **Reply #7 on:** October 03, 2008, 01:52:38 pm »

Quote from: "smutts"

DOH! :roll:

How does the quote thingy work???

Put [/quote] at the end of the text you want to quote, that tells the forum software you're done quoting someone else and want to speak on your own.

If you're using the "Quote" button, it does it for you automatically, just start typing your own text after that [/quote] bit.

zukgod1 · « **Reply #8 on:** October 03, 2008, 04:07:41 pm »

124 miles pr day, I stay under 70 for best mpg (44 currently) 2203180 miles on body and less than 5000 on engine.

tylernt · « **Reply #9 on:** October 04, 2008, 06:33:31 pm »

Remember these things were designed to run on the Autobahn, so sustained high speeds aren't as crazy as it might seem at first.

As long as your oiling and cooling systems are in good order, I see no reason why 160MI @ 80MPH would be a problem. Actually I would be worse off than the car... I would move, or find a new job if I had that kind of commute.

jtanguay · « **Reply #10 on:** October 04, 2008, 07:30:55 pm »

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Remember these things were designed to run on the Autobahn, so sustained high speeds aren't as crazy as it might seem at first.

except the ones with low ratio tranny's

tylernt · « **Reply #11 on:** October 04, 2008, 07:39:28 pm »

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except the ones with low ratio tranny's

Touché.

madmedix · « **Reply #12 on:** October 05, 2008, 08:14:28 am »

Until a few years ago: 370 km round trip (20 times over 6 weeks, not every day) on a 92 NA with 525000 on her.
Now 166km round trip on a 90 Jetta TD with 497670km on the clock.

There is no other car to commute in; unless you own an helo. That's why I love these little chicks.

ANdy

gldgti · « **Reply #13 on:** October 05, 2008, 04:49:50 pm »

140km a day @ (120km/h) 70mph on my '94 CLi AAZ Golf, CHD tranny code (3200rpm cruise).

I get consistent 5.8l/100km on B100 from a servo.... freeway has a good few grades that i stick at 120 all the way up - k14 20psi. EGT's stay under 400C.

I use about 0.75l oil between each 6000km interval. Semi synthetic 15W-50 (Penrite HPR Diesel)

smutts · « **Reply #14 on:** October 14, 2008, 02:51:57 pm »

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780,000 km on the engine

Jesus christ!
I thought i had at ton at 395,000

Lots of good work here! Its only 250,000 miles to the Moon.