View Full Version : Highest Mileage Nova?
TommySR
04-07-06, 09:39 AM
Hey up,
Dont make many threads on here so thought id have a go lol
Whats the highest mileage Nova you have ever owned or seen?
My SRi at the minute has just clicked over to 140,000 miles and is still on original everything pretty much, anyone up in this territory on an engine or shell?
SR engine, 118500+k, SR sheel 118500+k and ready to fall to bits! lol
My merit or spin or whatever it is! 52k!! wahooo, shell like new!
milfhunter
04-07-06, 09:49 AM
my Sr is just over 114000 and it smokes like hell!! shes havin a new lump at the weekend so that should be fun!!the body isnt too bad for an E reg but its not concourse!!
Theres a lot of people either reshelling or changing engines at the minutes isnt there?
TommySR
04-07-06, 10:10 AM
yeah there is, mines currently having new doors, new front wings etc etc. but found some holes underneath :(
My engine still pulls pretty well for what it is and doesnt really smoke to be honest, been owned by a middle aged women for 10+ years so its never been thrashed. Got the original bill of sale when she bought it, bout ?6000 worth :eek:
ha ha minted then that is!
A lot of people including myself are doing reshells atm aswell
TommySR
04-07-06, 10:17 AM
it sounds minted but its got the usual skeletons in the closet, had welding done in the past on chassis rails etc etc. She may have never thrashed it but she never really looked after it bodywork wise, got any pics of ya reshell?
ive got the pics on my digi cam and gonna upload them to my thread in general (Today I bough...) on saturday night as ive not got the time at the minute.
It'll be a stealth mode Q plate SR that'll look like a Merit or Spin or whatever it was! lol With T40's and a B+ head
TommySR
04-07-06, 10:32 AM
how come a Q plate? Why not just transfer everything from your SR to the Merit and change the log book engines size?
All because I want to keep the K prefix and not the J! Mad. Yes i know.
But if its a Q plate, then I can get this private reg M3L T40
My initials (MBL) and T40's lol
My black 1.2 was on about 150K when i sold it. only had one HG change lol and it did go for 30K and 2 years with no service :D
would be intresting to know if it still lives on 2 years later.
My black 1.2 was on about 150K when i sold it. only had one HG change lol and it did go for 30K and 2 years with no service :D
would be intresting to know if it still lives on 2 years later.
RAC Check it? :thumb:
TommySR
04-07-06, 10:40 AM
lol 150k.. anyone bettering that?
A friend of mine had a black Mk1 saloon with 186k+ on it! The previous owner drove it to Morocco and back 5 times in 2 years to see his family!
But it wouldnt count as he's not a member of NL
TommySR
04-07-06, 10:45 AM
Now thats quite a road trip! lol
Now thats quite a road trip! lol
Hell yeah, but in a nova! Crammped and not all that comfy! fook that lol
TommySR
04-07-06, 12:32 PM
lol, reckon we shud all chop the roofs off or buy Hutchinsons and do a round the world trip? Be awesome if we got hundreds off here and other sites lol Be like the Gumball but bigger but minus the massive entry fee and supercars lol
lol, reckon we shud all chop the roofs off or buy Hutchinsons and do a round the world trip? Be awesome if we got hundreds off here and other sites lol Be like the Gumball but bigger but minus the massive entry fee and supercars lol
One slight problem, only around 200 iirc Hutchinsons made and about as many remain as the amount of fingers on a leppers right hand! lol
But yes it would be fun, although it aint going to happen. :D
TommySR
04-07-06, 12:56 PM
thats where my ingenious roof chop design comes in handy lol Can have all sorts of weird creations lol, reckon we should get a meet going in the Midlands soon though, your only in Wolverhampton arent ya?
get a meet going in the Midlands soon though, your only in Wolverhampton arent ya?
I am yes, very close to both jbobo and Baxter. Although at present both my SR and Merit/Spin (whatever it is!) are driving on hopes and dreams with no engines! lol
indeed he is, my old white 1.2 had 110k on the engine and blew the headgasket every week lol
TommySR
04-07-06, 01:19 PM
lol Mines not on the road yet either so guess we will have to wait awhile until we are all sorted, need to find a central location where everyone would be willing to drive to etc.
central? chasewater car park on cannock chase?
TommySR
04-07-06, 01:47 PM
ill look into it on Autoroute as my directional skills are shockin! whats there? any food and drink lol
my brothers first car, merit 1.2. had about 118k on it, then sold it to some one and the head gasket went a week later lol
mine has 124,568 miles on it, the original 1.2 engine has gone in the bin in favor of an xe, and the shell is currently being welded up just about everywhere i can to give her a few more years on the tarmac
bigbened
04-07-06, 04:43 PM
yer get a meet goin id love to see some of the cars of people that are on here, might give me some ideas for when i get a pay risre lol
bigbened
04-07-06, 04:45 PM
yer get a meet goin id love to see some of the cars of people that are on here, might give me some ideas for when i get a pay risre lolv
my white shell has done about 35k now was on 29 when i got it
the engine i put in it is on 102900 as i got clocks from car with engine lol
chimp007_uk
04-07-06, 05:03 PM
my gte has 140000 on the clocks, well 40000 but they only go up to 99999... its had the engine rebult at some point. body is good for age (f reg). i'm pleased for ?300 :)
Erm, hatch had something like 117k, and the saloon was a nip under 140k. But tbh I don't consider that to be "high" mileage as I'm now used to Toyota engine build quality lol
high mileage is over 250k, like my dads old toyota Space cruiser beast.
He'd owned it since 1987 and was the second owner, its was an A reg! Sold it in 2004 for a meriva, he still got ?700 for a car with 286k on it!!!
One of these beasts>
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/graphics/2005/07/25/ugly19.jpg
Good old toyota power that is but ugly as fook! Was bought with about 18k on clock
^ Alex's parents have the newer model of that - same thing but looks like its been in the sun too long and melted a bit lol
Wasn't there a Volvo or Omega on ebay a while back that had done enough miles to go to the moon and halfway back? And a Golf R32 that had done literally a couple million miles and was on its second engine (apparently used for transporting "goods" across Europe lmfao!)
my dad had an M reg peugeot boxer van with 394k on it, had to scrap it in the end as the bodywork was shot, was all original though
I think my clocks are reading about 105k at the moment but I also wound the clock back 15k a few years ago lol
I was talking to the guy who does my MOTs a few months back and he was telling me about a car he was selling a few months earlier, only 3 years old and was reading about 150k. He went to wind the clock back (as all second hand dealers do) and found a piece of paper stuffed behind the speedo with the words "Oh dear, not again" written on it lol
I think my clocks are reading about 105k at the moment but I also wound the clock back 15k a few years ago lol
I was talking to the guy who does my MOTs a few months back and he was telling me about a car he was selling a few months earlier, only 3 years old and was reading about 150k. He went to wind the clock back (as all second hand dealers do) and found a piece of paper stuffed behind the speedo with the words "Oh dear, not again" written on it lol
lol lol
hendrix
05-07-06, 09:04 AM
my missus SR has 160k on the clock and is still on its original cambelt (as far as I can tell) lol
my missus SR has 160k on the clock and is still on its original cambelt (as far as I can tell) lol
Sh1te! Prolly still on its original oil then lol lol
hendrix
05-07-06, 12:58 PM
nah that oil got burnt out long ago.....200miles = 1 litre oil :tard: lol (roughly) maybe worse than that!
nah that oil got burnt out long ago.....200miles = 1 litre oil :tard: lol (roughly) maybe worse than that!
Holy fudge! thats bad, like real bad!! lol lol
Does it smoke like the red arrows aswell :wtf: lol
lol thats nowt andy i got 10 miles to a ltre on the cav i have lol now that was smoky
but its only done 71k lol
hendrix
05-07-06, 04:13 PM
lol that is bad riggy!
The nova is a reallll smoker, ill try get some pics, you cant stand behind it put it that way. Still goes really well though especially now the calipers dont stick lol but im forever filling it with oil. used to buy 1 litre of oil from the garage every time I fill up :wtf: dont bother with decent oil as the money i spend on it i might as well burn!
also cant be bothered to fix it lol
For how much you'd save buying oil you may aswell fix it! or scrap it?? lol
hendrix
06-07-06, 08:45 AM
she wont get rid! Plus while its still running and sailing through MOT's its worth keeping, planning on getting all new panels etc for it soon and maybe a respray
Novadave06
06-07-06, 09:37 AM
my Sri has done 7,000 miles fully rebulit engine....
my corsa is up to 140k almost.still origanl engine and is still pulling strong.got mot last week and the bloke was very impressed about the condition for the milage it has.
Nova_Houch7
06-07-06, 12:35 PM
Current milage in my E reg 1300sr is about 115,000 i think, still runnin fine too
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For an E reg thats low!! My K reg has got more then that!
Nova_Houch7
06-07-06, 01:31 PM
lol, plus was rebuilt bout 7-8,000 miles ago too. hoping to get a fairly low milage GTE engine somtime after xmas for it
lol, plus was rebuilt bout 7-8,000 miles ago too. hoping to get a fairly low milage GTE engine somtime after xmas for it
lucky git! lol
Nova_Houch7
06-07-06, 01:49 PM
y Lucky git? lol
As in the rebuilt bit! Nice and fresh and always a good selling point for a nova lol
Nova_Houch7
06-07-06, 01:58 PM
Ah ok then, fair enuf! yeh plus replaced things like fuel lines recently too, and brackets for lines, and fuel tank to line piece, all sorts of lil bits rely. when GTE engine goes in i wanna clean the whole engine bay etc, gettin it lookin good, n clean the new engine too.
Ditto!
When my SR engine goes in the Spin/Merit (whatever the fook it is!!) on Saturday, ill jet wash the bay before hand, put my new Steering rack and column in etc.
And pride of place, my Bailey tank arrived today! Wahoooo, now time for a Spec R washer bottle and Samco's in blue on a white car!! :thumb:
(Bit of topic sorry Stu my bad!)
Nova_Houch7
06-07-06, 02:08 PM
Alll sounds very good, will be good to see pics up soon then yeh?
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Alll sounds very good, will be good to see pics up soon then yeh?
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Saturday evening once work has stopped :thumb: Pics of the Super Beast 1.0 convo and the now defunc SR looking all sorry for its self! :( What a car that was.... :cry:
Nova_Houch7
06-07-06, 02:15 PM
Ill have a look on either saturday night/sunday morn for the pics! u puttin in general chat or wat?
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u puttin in general chat or wat?
WIP = General :thumb: lol
Nova_Houch7
06-07-06, 02:23 PM
this is ganna sound stooopid, wat does wip stand for lol, i used to know, n now its buggin me....also when people say IMO?
WIP = Work In Progress
IMO = In My Opinion
IIRC = If I Remember Correctly
You get the jist...
Nova_Houch7
06-07-06, 02:31 PM
yeh im with it now...yay no longer confused! ud think id known after bein member since Jan 05, n comin on here nearly everyday since
yeh im with it now...yay no longer confused! ud think id known after bein member since Jan 05, n comin on here nearly everyday since
You said what i was thinking lol Anyway, back on topic now before Stu bends us over and aims for penetration :tard: :eek:
Nova_Houch7
06-07-06, 02:39 PM
Id forgotten wat the thread was about lol.......
My nova had about 98K on it before i scrapped it due to rust.
Seeing as Toyotas etc have crept in - my 1995 Pug 106 1.5 D has got round to 162,000 with no major problems to report thus far :D *touches wood*
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