mileage vs reliability?

[jooliona]

hi all, newbie alert!

looking at getting myself a clio 172 of some sort, but i am a 30k/yr miler and am just a teeny bit worried whether the clio can cope with this sort of demand?

i do a lot of call-out work so i need a car thats not going to cause me problems every couple of months, but at the same time i want something thats fun to drive since i generally spend 3-4 hours per day on the road!

so, just wondering what sort of mileage u guys get out of your clio's? i'm looking at starting with something around the 40k mark but obviously i need some reassurance that its going to survive another 60k without too many major issues!

any advice appreciated

 

[Neil82]

Don't bother with a 172 then, get a Civic VTiS, Jordan, Integra or a CTR...

 

[jooliona]

ok, that was simple...!

 

[R20 CWH]

test drive one and get a feel for the car.

It would do 30k a year, but is quite boomy at 80 on mway

 

[Gaz_]

i've stuck nearly 30 thou on mine, and its never missed a beat!!!

 

[Rip3z]

Don't buy french.

 

[Tim172]

The Hondas are reliable, but thirsty over the sort of mileage!

 

[jooliona]

thanks ppl. i'm kinda hoping that if i buy something thats already done around 40k, the biggest problems will have already been dealt with and then i will only have minor stuff bothering me. i dont generally drive THAT hard so hopefully i would have that in my favour!?

i sat in one this morning but it really hadnt been cared for and i think the dealer saw my face and decided a test drive would be waste of his time lol

 

[Gaz_]

mine is driven hard (once warmed up) and it loves it! Think it just depends on luck tbh

 

[Fletcher]

My MK 172's done 54K now and she runs fine, even faster then when i brought her on 43K.

 

[The Hoff]

People have a big stigma about milage. On a car thats been looked after, on modern engines with quality oils, 100k is fk all!

Be surprised to see engines dying before well into a 100 tbh.

 

[Fletcher]

Who's to say that a car with 20k on the clock thats been ragged from cold and not looked after is in better nick then a car with 100k which has been looked after?

 

[KyleB]

iirc a car, think it was yozzas old one, was on 80k when its engine died. Altho alot of them miles had been hard track day milage.

so the car will last you 30k easy/

 

[Fletcher]

Mine gets a mixture of long motorway journeys in the week, and B roads at the weekend.

 

[jayxx83]

Get a diesel!

 

[Waitey]

LOL my last valver was on 150k when i sold it and it didn't have an easy life. Still though it was even on its original clutch. If you can care for a car and are a good driver any car will last yonks.

 

[docwalker]

HI mate

Though call, I am currently doing 20,000+ a year. The car has been pretty reliabile so far, however not as good as a I imagine jap car would be. It is also a fairly expensive car to run over high mileages as the resale value of the car drops, tyres servicing etc all add up.

On the plus side I manage 40 mpg and have a 50-50 fast a-roads/motorway journey and it never fails to put a smile on my face on the a roads. Not too badly behaved on the motorways all in all.

 

[jooliona]

well i've managed to get 172k out of my rover, still with its original clutch, gbox & engine bits. make of that what u will!

i dont really wanna go down the diesel/jap route as i will have a company car foisted on me in a couple of years that will tick all those boxes... in the meantime i want something a bit more fun! and none of the responses have really put me off which is