300,000 miles (482,700 kilometers) on a 1990 Audi 100

Comment by Germaine P on May 17, 2011 at 10:56am

HAHAH...good for you!    did that just turn 300k?   or is it now 1/2 million??

Comment by Jim on May 17, 2011 at 11:05am

Wow.  I am impressed.  I had an Audi that crapped out at 100K! 

 

Oh - and I dont think filiming why driving is legal...hahahahh!

Comment by Andrew on May 17, 2011 at 11:06am

Great that you captured the moment though.  Did you see the article someone posted on here about the guy who drove the ford for a million miles?

Comment by Peter Elias on May 17, 2011 at 12:38pm

Hey, at least I wasn't texting!  ha ha...  I have also "filmed and driven" extensively in Europe (try it on the Autobahn at 100 mph!).

 

Yeah, back in the 1970's, I had 2 Audi's (a '72 100LS and a '73 100GL) and I don't think any of them ever made it past 100K (usually Michigan's salted winter roads did them in well before then), but these days most cars are just getting "broken in" at 100K!    200K should be doable with most cars if you try, but beyond that it gets trickier (and much more $$$ to keep a car running).

 

Biggest problem with a 22-year old Audi seems availability of parts (at least here in the USA); sourcing them from Germany would be a hassle....   I think it would be a lot easier to find parts for older BMW and Mercedes than for Audi...

Comment by Peter Elias on May 17, 2011 at 12:51pm

The car turned 300,000 miles in Sept. 2009, it turned 310,686 miles (= 1/2 million kilometers) on December 31, 2010, it now has over 312,700 on it ...

Comment by Jim on May 18, 2011 at 8:30pm

If you have video of you filming on the Autobahn, PLEASE upload that.  I have to see this. hahaha

 

True on parts

Comment by Peter Elias on May 18, 2011 at 10:51pm

Yes, I do have some short vidoes driving 93 - 102 miles per hour on the Autobahn last year.  Since I was driving and filming, the segments are short, but there are shots of the speedometer. 

 

The car I was driving:

Citroen C5 with a 1.9 liter Diesel engine.   I had it up to about 125 mph on some segments of the Autobahn.  At "normal" Autobahn speeds (ie: 80 - 100 mph) the car would get about 32 mpg!   In Switzerland, with combination freeway (70 mph) and mountain (35 - 45 mph) driving, I got a whopping 43 miles per gallon!   In a mid-size sedan (similar to an Audi A4).

The fuel range on this car was an astonishing 720 miles (over 1,160 kilometers).

I've edited a quick video and will upload it to YouTube shortly  and then post the link on this site!

Comment by Merc on May 19, 2011 at 7:58am

Old cars/Old Guys rule!      Remember, it "aint the years, it's the miles!"

 

 

Comment by Manuel Carrillo III on August 6, 2011 at 12:27am

Yes!! Every car should look like this at age 20.

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