Mileage Milestone

E21meister · Post by **E21meister** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 12:31 am

While on the way to the Ace Classic Night, this happened:

My friend took this one for me:

130,000! Not the highest mileage I've had on a car (I had a Merc 280CE Coupé with over 152,000 miles), but the most I've had on any E21 I've owned. Just over 4600 miles for every year it's existed and there's plenty of life left in it, thanks to all of the serving and maintainence it's had over the years. A shame we see a lot of sheds ready to be weighed in at 70 - 80,000.
What mileage shows on your E21s?

Danny043 · Post by **Danny043** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 12:35 am

Nice, I also have a picture of my 318i reaching 200.000km. It now has 209k something. 320i has 200k+ miles on it.

But I seriously doubt most mileages. If they're correct, they either weren't used for years, or not driven a lot when in use. There have to be lots of examples of 200k+ miles / 300k+ km, and how often do you see them?
I remember an article in one of my father's car magazines of a guy who had a million km's on the clock of his Merc, and finally decided to get rid of it

edit: did some googling to find something about that article, but found out there are cars with lots of millions on the clock (Merc taxi's)

nas80 · Post by **nas80** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 1:24 am

mine has done 88k.

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 1:33 am

tyson 320i/323i · Post by **tyson 320i/323i** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:42 am

had 425,000 miles on the clock when my piston rings gave out. had a few minor issues with seals starting to go on the gearbox and the rear end, but it was strong until the end

Tims · Post by **Tims** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 10:02 am

E23 240,000

E32 230,000

Volvo 164 (best car I have ever had, probably) 270,000

E39 470,000 Yes you read that correctly

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 11:08 am

I'm on 40862 miles since 1977!

Madhatter · Post by **Madhatter** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 11:25 am

dont think ive ever owned one with less than 190,000 miles on the clock.

petroscf · Post by **petroscf** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 11:36 am

how is life after 110k ??
I am now entering this phase...

--ALPINA-- · Post by **--ALPINA--** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 1:49 pm

17700 on the clock, but engine has been rebuilt and written down and only done 900 miles, my opinion its still running in and is due for an oil change which i cant be bothered.

J

pistonheader · Post by **pistonheader** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 1:58 pm

car was on 70k miles when i got it end of May 2008, it's now on 93500 miles. is anyone else doing over 10k per year in their E21?

or am i the only one flying the flag high

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:09 pm

Usually do same sort of mileage as it's my daily too.

pistonheader · Post by **pistonheader** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:16 pm

RetroBeemer wrote:Usually do same sort of mileage as it's my daily too.

good man

i think it's a shame when they are just locked away in a garage and never used. *cough cough* Jimi.

nas80 · Post by **nas80** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 4:06 pm

im doing roughly 6k per year - but i have only owned it one year :p

I have a daily driver but i do like to bring the bmw out whenever i can - having another car makes you appreciate toys more.

you guys all know that mileage doesnt actually matter on these things. Its all about condition and maintenance.

e21-Mark · Post by **e21-Mark** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 4:22 pm

BMW's love regular oil changes and will rack up starship mileages.