Whats your mileage?

[Sidney'61]

Just wondering...
I know it can be quite hard to tell as the minor oddometer doesn't have enough digits, mine reads 8000, though looking through the history and MoT certificates it seems that it has gone round the clock twice so would actually be 208k!
My other one has 86k though I've no idea if that be true or actually be 186

What would be the general average for a 40/50 year old car?
Who else has gone round the clock at least once?

[moggie-tom]

Off the top of my head mine is about 70,500 which I hope is genuine...

[ssnjimb]

90400 believed genuine

[alainmoran]

76881 ... the 768 are pretty much level so its quite possibly genuine (I read somewhere once that the numbers would get out of close sync the second time around - I dont know how true that is ... perhaps it would be worth posting photos of our clocks so we can compare/contrast, especially with the 8000)

[Stig]

Mine passed the 250,000 mark a couple of months ago. That's further than the distance to the moon!

[mmjosh]

my series II has only done 21,441 miles and hasnt gone around the clock

[simmitc]

Travellers 1 and 2 both about 250,000
Saloon about 178,000
I've done almost 400,000 in Minors.

If you allowed an average of 6,000 per year then over 40 years, 250,000 shouldn't be far off.

[dalebrignall]

mine has gone round at least once it had 37000 when i got it 4 years ago,changed the engine 3 years ago and done 15000 on that one so 5000 a year so far.

[Kevin]

What would be the general average for a 40/50 year old car?
Who else has gone round the clock at least once?

Even allowing for less mileage in recent times I would think that many would be well over 200,000 for a 40+ year old car, I wonder how many can prove they have done less that 100,000.

[alainmoran]

for at least 10 years of those 40 my minor has been sat in one spot ... well strictly speaking two spots, 8 years outside of the previous owner's parents house and 2 outside of mine.

[bigjohn]

my 1961 2 door saloon as 54890 on the clock but i dont know if this is true or not mind you it as been off the road for the last 28 years

[stevey]

I think mines original at 93600 odd miles

[8009STEVE]

We saw one in Switzerland that had a genuine recorded Mileage? ( it is in Kms) of over 760,000.

[Cam]

158,000 (gracie)

83,000 (dud)

300,000+ (Gill's Van)

120,000 (Lilly)

Unknown (Monty)

[paulk]

Milly speedo says 91530miles

But engine is anyones guess

[cadetchris]

on its 3rd engine, we have a genuine 110000 miles

[simmitc]

What happened to the engines? My first Minor (1963 948cc) had 128,000 on the clock with a fully original engine drivetrain.

[d_harris]

Monty is around 95k Believed to be genuine (He didn't move for 20 years!)

[Blaketon]

My Traveller shows 112000, which I'm guessing is about right. It had one lady owner from 1971 - 1991 and I don't think it has been used excessively since (I do 2 - 3000 a year in it now ...or even less).

The MGs are (As far as I know - I have no reason to doubt them) genuine at 67000 (Midget) and 45000 (BGT V8 ).

[rayofleamington]

None of mine have had any history, so there was never any way to know.
My 57 has only been used on the road for 14 years, but in that time, who's to say it hadn't been twice round the clock as it's engine was broken and that wasn't the original engine!
Mileage in last 38 years = approx 1.5 miles in short bursts of usually 5 to 100 metres (plus about 1 mile reversing back again )