How many km on your Opel?

[01CDsedan]

Is anyone else here a high-mileage driver like me? I'm averaging 30,000km a year these days, with my 10/01 delivered TS CD having just passed 120,000km.

How many km do you guys have on yours? How long do you plan to keep it? I'm expecting to see 200,000km from mine at least and I wouldn't be surprised if I still have it when it's pushing 300,000km.

(By the way, to all the people who told me when I bought it that Opels were unreliable, I say bull****. In that time, I've replaced the crank angle sensor, door strikers, headrest support on the driver's seat and the power mirror motor on the driver's side. The CAS and door strikers weren't too long after it was new, so I'm extremely happy with its longer term reliability.)

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[BassyAstra]

2958kmmmmmmz
I will change when i have enough saved for the T...Yes!

[GeeeAus]

Holden Vectra B (JR 1997 2.0 Litre With C20SEL)

Sorry Revised. The Mrs Had To Correct Me.

SHAME!!! SHAME!! :-)

Approx 117,000 Km At 12/11/2005
Approx 78,500 Km At 20/04/2004

Approx 38,500 Travelled in 19 Months
Approx 24,316 Km Per Anum

What Has Been Done

* Denotes Should Not Need To Be Done Again For Approx 24 Months Or 60,000 Km.

* 1 x Steering Column Clonking Noise Investigated
* 1 x Brake Rotor Machining 4 x Disks
* 1 x Complete Set Brake Pads
* 1 x Air Cleaner Element
* 1 x Fuel Filter
4 x Oil Changes (2 x Mobil Synth S 10W/40 2 x Mobile 1 5W/50)
1 x Timing Belt
* 1 x Universal Accessory Belt
* 1 x Universal Accessory Belt Tensioner
* 1 Set Ignition Leads (After Market Brand?)
2 x Transmission Fluid Change (AC Delco Dexron III)
2 x Power Steering Fluid Change (AC Delco Dexron III)
2 x Coolant Change (Genuine Holden)
* 1 x Idle Air Control Valve Gasket (+ Hylomar Sealant Spary Pack)
* 2 x Motortech Carby Cleaner (Dichloromethane Based Cleaner)
2 x Hand Brake Adjustment
4 x Godyear Ducaro GA 195x65x15 Tyres
* 2 x Camber Bolt Adjuster Kit
* 2 x Bilstein Front Shock Absorbers.
3 x Wheel Alignments
* 1 x Transmission Mode Selector Switch Re-Grease (Morery’s Lithium Product Used)
* 1 x Windshield Wiper Set (Genuine Holden/GM)

In The Near Future I’ll Be Up For:

1 x Air conditioner Compressor (Genuine Holden)
1 x 930g R1340 Refrigerant
1 x Installation Of Compressor And Gas
1 x Ignition Lock
2 x Keyless Entry Transponder Fobs
1 x Exhaust Segment (From Middle Muffler To Rear)

Or 1 x Holden Viva.

[CJB]

07/2004 model Barina bought brand new in September 2004 I have done to date 42,307kms. At the one year mark it was about 38,000kms! So yeah I am a high milage driver too.. but I blame that on Ipswich being remote from civilisation and having to drive 50kms to shops... A few days working in Toowoomba, there's about 800kms a fortnight.

I HATE KILOMETRES... ideally I want to get rid of mine when it gets to about 100,000kms. Maybe less if lucky. Other then that the car runs fine, apart from the warranty issues just had general services and even those have required very little to be replaced.

[EL BURITO]

Barina SXI bought in May 04 29000km by the end of this month. I use to drive a 7okm round trip to work every day but changed stores in feb so kms have gone down. i also drove to karratha from Perth wich is a 5k round trip. so i did more kms in its 1st year. I plan on upgrading when i get my new job but that seems to be getting longer away from finishing my qualification. I want an black Astra Coup CDX. mmmm leather interior

[pred8r]

Ive done 4500kms in 6 months, is that high? :P

[ultim8DTM5]

18,697kms p/a

[EL BURITO]

Ive done 4500kms in 6 months, is that high? :P

Well if you keep it up that 54000 p.a and that is a lot

[pred8r]

Well if you keep it up that 54000 p.a and that is a lot

How did you get that?

[Chris R]

96 combo B - 231K averages 1500km/wk
96 combo B (2) 161K sees 1000k / month

both vans have been log booked since new. 1st one has the front brakes upgraded and the 2nd one will shorty. engine has been apart on the first one as per the 100k service requirement.

I second the 'unreliable opel line' keep fuel in it and it just runs and runs... hasn't caused me a bit of trouble since I bought it in jan '04.
van two I bought late sept and it runs better than my first one.

now if I can keep out of the EPC (ta pred8r) then I'll be doing well.