300,000 Miles

[GLUVBUG]

My 1999 2.0 made it to 300,000 miles today The head has never been off and the car recently passed California's smog test.

Jeff

[who_me285]

wow! a tdi?

[bluebee]

That is awesome!

[JonK]

That is So Awesome!!!!!


John K.

[CoriBug]

He said it's a 2.0 so that makes it even more special! Wowzers. The only other cars I've know personally that did that were my dad's old Chevy Luv and his 1996 Geo Metro.

Here's to many more miles!

Cori

[digitalputty]

Sweet! Congrats!

[niki]

Holy mackrel!!!!

You must drive the hell outta your car, man! Congrats! That's something to aspire to! My 99 is almost half way there... I hope I can make that!

[callisto9]

sweetness! gives me hope! oh, and congrats! very cool.

curby sits at 102K! i almost kinda LIKE having a high-mileage car.

[SilverSportNOLA]

Wow .... post a link to this page on that VWLemon website, those guys are losers.

[from Margaritaville...]

You've just about got that baby broken in....Congrats!!!

[Toad]

I'm super jealous. I miss my 2.0

[GLUVBUG]

I just gave the car an oil and filter change. Tomorrow I will change out the fuel filter and air filter. I will also give it a wash and post up a picture or two

Jeff

[dnyed]

Here's to 300,000 more miles!

[Porkchop]

Originally Posted by CoriBug

The only other cars I've know personally that did that were my dad's old Chevy Luv and his 1996 Geo Metro.

Which interestingly are both Japanese (Metro built by Suzuki and the LUV built by Isuzu).

I am hoping for 300,000 out of the 2.0L as well. Should hit 100,000 in the next few weeks.

[bugsy98nb]

Congrats on 300K miles !!!! any motor work ? other then just normal maintance ??

[iScott]

Faaaaantastic! Gives me hope, for sure.
Good job. Can't get anywhere close to that mark without doing something right.

[GLUVBUG]

Originally Posted by bugsy98nb

Congrats on 300K miles !!!! any motor work ? other then just normal maintance ??

There has been no work done to the actual motor itself. The starter is original as is the fuel pump and power steering pump, but the battery, alternator, a/c compressor, water pump, transmission, etc have all been replaced at least once!

I have done oil changes at every 5k miles. Used Mobil 1 synthetic for the first 250k miles and Chevron Delo synthetic for the last 50k. I burn about 1 quart of oil every 2,500-3,000 miles.

The suspension has basically been rebuilt once with new shocks and struts, ball joints, and bushings.

I'm the original owner and the car has never been in an accident.

Jeff

[gilligan]

I have way more anticipation for my 2.0 now.

[bugsy98nb]

Originally Posted by GLUVBUG

There has been no work done to the actual motor itself. The starter is original as is the fuel pump and power steering pump, but the battery, alternator, a/c compressor, water pump, transmission, etc have all been replaced at least once!

I have done oil changes at every 5k miles. Used Mobil 1 synthetic for the first 250k miles and Chevron Delo synthetic for the last 50k. I burn about 1 quart of oil every 2,500-3,000 miles.

The suspension has basically been rebuilt once with new shocks and struts, ball joints, and bushings.

I'm the original owner and the car has never been in an accident.

Jeff

Awsome !. I doubt my bug will ever see 300K while im alive shes 3 years old and only has 20K miles

[scarabY2k]

Congrats. When Buttercup grows up, she wants to be like your bug. Here's to many more miles.