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Old 25-08-2005, 06:07 PM   #1
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Yes, yes today at 10 minutes past ten I pulled over, got out the camera and took this.



Not that 300,000 is much to brag about a car with, just thought I would share the joy of such a rare sight on a car

Pity the first number isn't a zero as well.

And it's still going strong, bought in April 1998 with 87,000k's on it at $15,000 and travelled well over 213,000k's with me for over 7 years, I'm proud of my EB.

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Old 25-08-2005, 06:11 PM   #2
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Old 25-08-2005, 06:12 PM   #3
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mines sitting on 158,000
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Old 25-08-2005, 06:16 PM   #4
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good for you. I was the same when the good ol ed hit 300k. I've hardly touched the poor girl since. think its about 317k. I have a gutless work van I hate driving.
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Old 25-08-2005, 06:19 PM   #5
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mines at 218000 now, i did the same as you when mine hit 200000
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Old 25-08-2005, 06:20 PM   #6
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Old 25-08-2005, 06:38 PM   #7
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My EA (not the ghia) had 819,000k's in 1999, but the odo. stopped! now on another cluster its clicked over 300,000 recently
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Old 25-08-2005, 06:40 PM   #8
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sheesh!
how many headgaskets???
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Old 25-08-2005, 06:42 PM   #9
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far out my 94 EF Fairmont Ghia has only done 113800km
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Old 25-08-2005, 06:54 PM   #10
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Pffft, my XD just rolled over 90,000.
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Old 25-08-2005, 07:52 PM   #11
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Well done on reaching 300,000 mate!

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Old 25-08-2005, 07:52 PM   #12
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mines only at 198000 Kms
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Old 25-08-2005, 08:06 PM   #13
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mine just hit 170000ks today
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Old 25-08-2005, 08:07 PM   #14
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Mine's approx 600000 (second dash). approx 500000km before big end bearings wore through (at 160kph, not the best time to sieze a engine)

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Old 25-08-2005, 08:20 PM   #15
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Thankfully over the years the worse that has happened around 200,000 the transmission required a complete work over ($1500 [Auto]), around 260,000 the timing chain went ($1000) and just recently the lifters needing replacing ($500). I think I've got through a radiator as well but unsure how many k's that was at. No head gaskets ever have been replaced
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Old 25-08-2005, 08:27 PM   #16
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But it's not the original instrument cluster, and seeing as the original clusters odometer was broken, I have no idea how many kms it has actually done...
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Old 25-08-2005, 08:32 PM   #17
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hehe, only got 126k on mine.
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Old 25-08-2005, 08:55 PM   #18
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750,000+ on mine!
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Old 25-08-2005, 10:24 PM   #19
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Looks like its running hot....
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Old 25-08-2005, 10:54 PM   #20
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Mines running up to 167000.
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Old 25-08-2005, 11:21 PM   #21
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i'll get a photo of my cluster soon.
i reckon i'd be close to the highest, 850,000km's!
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Old 25-08-2005, 11:31 PM   #22
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Wow you guys cover some kms. My 93 EB just ticked over 134K.
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Old 25-08-2005, 11:36 PM   #23
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Mines just hit 148000, but it's also an '02 model :
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Old 25-08-2005, 11:48 PM   #24
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I was spewing last Friday night when my girlfriend picked me up from a mates house in my car after she went to see a movie and it had 200009 on the clock, she didn't see what the big deal was but I would have liked to see it tick over the 200K mark myself
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I was going to say the exact same thing.
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Old 26-08-2005, 12:49 AM   #26
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Lol Mine just hit 20,000 a few days ago lol.

I remember when My old EF hit 200,000. I wanted to kill myself hehehe But i was on my way to work and didn't wanna be late so yeh.
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Old 26-08-2005, 12:53 AM   #27
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sadly for me i wont make it into the 300 club..

i just traded the truely loved ea in with roughly 299500! so close, so close :
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Old 26-08-2005, 01:14 AM   #28
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I missed it when mine ticked over 300k, ahh well....now waiting for 400k, another 4 years :voldar02:
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Old 26-08-2005, 07:25 AM   #29
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I am waiting for 210,000 Its ALMOST there, about 4 more trips to work should fix it
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Old 26-08-2005, 09:25 AM   #30
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i got 215000 on mine
recon head 10 thou ago and new tranny 15 ago
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