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Originally Posted by Gordon WR
My '84 wr quattro has 230000mls on it to date, who says we don't use them ?????
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It isn't nothing
Well, just one example - my daily B3. On odo there is 300k km. Before i changed engine [i changed gearbox as well, but this was half year earlier], condition of old engine was, let's say, 500k or 600k
Main bearings gone, head gasket gone and so on
This engine, what i am using now, also have main bearings gone
I'll save some money and overhaul it, because this at last is 2.0E 3A, and not 1.8 carburatted SF
Cars, older than 5-10 years with original mileage is rarity
Also, because many ppls are still stupid, and they buy mileage, not car. Also, there is so many turkish and other mzfckrs in germany, who fakes mileage. And we have neighbours lituanians, who are famous with their welding skills
Well, another example - my mother's mk3 golf. He bought directly from germany, 10 years old, 1.6 engine, 88k km, service book and so on. In that time i was small and stupid
So i only realized after two or three years, that mileage is at last 300k km [after clutch change
] and service book is fake too
In this year i also realized, that the engine is 1.4 and front of car is rewelded
It's so typical...