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Thus spake Adrian ) unto the assembled multitudes:

Cheers for the reply Mike, Fiesta only has 16,000 miles on it even
though its 10 years old [...]

Such a massively low mileage is utterly irrelevant. All it means is that
the car's spent a LOT of time sat around doing sod all. One elderly
owner, by any chance? Only used for shops & church? So it's spent all
it's time being touch-parked at 5,000rpm with slipping clutch.

And in that 16,000 miles and 10 years how often (if ever) did it get an
oil
change? Loads of short journeys, oil rarely gets hot, lots of moisture
forms in it to emulsify it and get into the bearings... Don't wanna scare
you, mind...

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Andy Clews
University of Sussex
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14,500 of those miles have been done in the last 18 months. Just looked at
the service book and it had an oil change and service at 3,000 miles in May
2007, oil change and service at 8,100 in Dec 2007 and a full service at
13,000 this August by Ford main dealer.

Its been in an old guys garage in Sussex, his Daughter put 14,500 on it in
the last 18 months, were happy with it thats all that matters to be honest
and thanks but you didnt scare me at all

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wrote in message
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Thus spake Adrian ) unto the assembled multitudes:

Cheers for the reply Mike, Fiesta only has 16,000 miles on it even
though its 10 years old [...]

Such a massively low mileage is utterly irrelevant. All it means is that
the car's spent a LOT of time sat around doing sod all. One elderly
owner, by any chance? Only used for shops & church? So it's spent all
it's time being touch-parked at 5,000rpm with slipping clutch.

And in that 16,000 miles and 10 years how often (if ever) did it get an
oil
change? Loads of short journeys, oil rarely gets hot, lots of moisture
forms in it to emulsify it and get into the bearings... Don't wanna
scare
you, mind...

--
Andy Clews
University of Sussex
*** Remove DENTURES if replying by email ***

14,500 of those miles have been done in the last 18 months. Just looked at
the service book and it had an oil change and service at 3,000 miles in
May 2007, oil change and service at 8,100 in Dec 2007 and a full service
at 13,000 this August by Ford main dealer.

Its been in an old guys garage in Sussex, his Daughter put 14,500 on it in
the last 18 months, were happy with it thats all that matters to be honest
and thanks but you didnt scare me at all

sorry the latter milage should have said 15,000

(SteveH) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying:

The oil gets changed a couple of times a year. The Bentley goes for a
full service about once a year, and minor service maybe every 6
months..

Be interesting to know what the running cost per mile is :-)

Probably much more favourable than that of a new diesel repmobile -
neither will be losing anything to depreciation, and may even be
appreciating.

I seem to recall Pete mentioning maintenance costs on the Jensen... IIRC,
they were heading for a hundred quid a mile...

Adrian wrote:
(SteveH) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying:

The oil gets changed a couple of times a year. The Bentley goes for a
full service about once a year, and minor service maybe every 6
months..

Be interesting to know what the running cost per mile is :-)

Probably much more favourable than that of a new diesel repmobile -
neither will be losing anything to depreciation, and may even be
appreciating.

I seem to recall Pete mentioning maintenance costs on the Jensen... IIRC,
they were heading for a hundred quid a mile...

Yesss. That was definately the case early on with it.

Nowadays it's actually useable, well, it will be when it returns from
the bodyshop next week.

--
Pete M - OMF#9

BMW 325i SE Touring
Range Rover V8 Turbo
Renault 30 TX Auto

"Wait! We can't stop here, this is Bat Country"

Pete M gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying:

The oil gets changed a couple of times a year. The Bentley goes for
a full service about once a year, and minor service maybe every 6
months..

Be interesting to know what the running cost per mile is :-)

Probably much more favourable than that of a new diesel repmobile -
neither will be losing anything to depreciation, and may even be
appreciating.

I seem to recall Pete mentioning maintenance costs on the Jensen...
IIRC, they were heading for a hundred quid a mile...

Yesss. That was definately the case early on with it.

Nowadays it's actually useable, well, it will be when it returns from
the bodyshop next week.

At which point, the costs will be HOW much...? Going to be a LOT of miles
before that's down to "merely astronomical"...

Chris Whelan wrote:
Pete M wrote:

[...]
The oil gets changed a couple of times a year. The Bentley goes for a
full service about once a year, and minor service maybe every 6 months..


Be interesting to know what the running cost per mile is :-)

Worked out a while ago that the Bentley is a lot cheaper than a new
diesel repmobile to run provided the mileage is kept low. £250 a year
fully comp insurance, "B" service is around £150, "A" service around
£450. Does between 12-18 mpg and hasn't depreciated at all in 2 years.
Bought for £21k with 12,400 miles on the clock, now on 17,400 miles and
still likely to fetch £21k as it's still perfect and still very low mileage.

Even the best diesel repmobile will lose around 35% of its value in the
first couple of years.

--
Pete M - OMF#9

BMW 325i SE Touring
Range Rover V8 Turbo
Renault 30 TX Auto

"Wait! We can't stop here, this is Bat Country"

Adrian wrote:
Pete M gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying:

The oil gets changed a couple of times a year. The Bentley goes for
a full service about once a year, and minor service maybe every 6
months..

Be interesting to know what the running cost per mile is :-)

Probably much more favourable than that of a new diesel repmobile -
neither will be losing anything to depreciation, and may even be
appreciating.

I seem to recall Pete mentioning maintenance costs on the Jensen...
IIRC, they were heading for a hundred quid a mile...

Yesss. That was definately the case early on with it.

Nowadays it's actually useable, well, it will be when it returns from
the bodyshop next week.

At which point, the costs will be HOW much...? Going to be a LOT of miles
before that's down to "merely astronomical"...

It does nearly 12 mpg now. That's bloody good for an Interceptor.

--
Pete M - OMF#9

BMW 325i SE Touring
Range Rover V8 Turbo
Renault 30 TX Auto

"Wait! We can't stop here, this is Bat Country"

Pete M gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying:

I seem to recall Pete mentioning maintenance costs on the Jensen...
IIRC, they were heading for a hundred quid a mile...

Yesss. That was definately the case early on with it.

Nowadays it's actually useable, well, it will be when it returns from
the bodyshop next week.

At which point, the costs will be HOW much...? Going to be a LOT of
miles before that's down to "merely astronomical"...

It does nearly 12 mpg now. That's bloody good for an Interceptor.

MMmm.. And how long will it do 12mpg for, before something else demands
substantial cash injections...?

Adrian wrote:
Pete M gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying:

I seem to recall Pete mentioning maintenance costs on the Jensen...
IIRC, they were heading for a hundred quid a mile...

Yesss. That was definately the case early on with it.

Nowadays it's actually useable, well, it will be when it returns from
the bodyshop next week.

At which point, the costs will be HOW much...? Going to be a LOT of
miles before that's down to "merely astronomical"...

It does nearly 12 mpg now. That's bloody good for an Interceptor.

MMmm.. And how long will it do 12mpg for, before something else demands
substantial cash injections...?

It's happily managed to run for a whole hour before breaking down. I've
managed a 15 mile run in it with no issues...

Then again, there isn't much left which is likely to cause any issues.
It's had a new starter, alternator, discs, pads, shocks, gearbox, carb,
battery, coil, plugs, leads, dizzy cap, rotor arm...

--
Pete M - OMF#9

BMW 325i SE Touring
Range Rover V8 Turbo
Renault 30 TX Auto

"Wait! We can't stop here, this is Bat Country"

Pete M gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying:

At which point, the costs will be HOW much...? Going to be a LOT of
miles before that's down to "merely astronomical"...

It does nearly 12 mpg now. That's bloody good for an Interceptor.

MMmm.. And how long will it do 12mpg for, before something else demands
substantial cash injections...?

It's happily managed to run for a whole hour before breaking down. I've
managed a 15 mile run in it with no issues...

Then again, there isn't much left which is likely to cause any issues.
It's had a new starter, alternator, discs, pads, shocks, gearbox, carb,
battery, coil, plugs, leads, dizzy cap, rotor arm...

So just the rest of the running gear, bodywork, electrics...