roy newton Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 I have a customer who has a J plate gen 5 celica with only 7000 mls on the clock, what low milage celicas are in the club gen 1 to 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briano Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 I have a customer who has a J plate gen 5 celica with only 7000 mls on the clock, what low milage celicas are in the club gen 1 to 7 what did he do with it? buy it and then park it up and look at it I wouldn't touch a 22 year old car with only 7k on the clock unless i had proof it had been properly mothballed for the past 21.5 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coleyboy Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 My 2004 Gen7 has 21,300 miles on it. One previous owner who had only done 17k from new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadlebag Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 1994 gt4 with 61k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roy newton Posted September 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 what did he do with it? buy it and then park it up and look at it I wouldn't touch a 22 year old car with only 7k on the clock unless i had proof it had been properly mothballed for the past 21.5 years He uses it once a week for shopping about 5 mile round trip,I have driven it, it's like new,been trying to buy it off him for years. There are a lot of pensioners around where i live who when they retire treat themselves to a nice car and then then tend to do the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briano Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 He uses it once a week for shopping about 5 mile round trip,I have driven it, it's like new,been trying to buy it off him for years. There are a lot of pensioners around where i live who when they retire treat themselves to a nice car and then then tend to do the same I have bought a few low millage cars from these types, 1991 corolla with 1 owner from new same shops only story and full service history, 35k but as the car had never seen a motorway......after a few weeks of driving every day and a few motorway journeys at 60mph the engine had it same with a 1998 fiesta again 1 owner 25k full service history engine blew up on motorway (that car had never even seen a roundabout) Low miles is good for a museum or a car show but not if you then want to turn it into a daily car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJay Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 Well mine isn't that low at 55k in 11yrs but I can vouch for it certainly seeing the redline enough since I am it's only owner lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briano Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 Well mine isn't that low at 55k in 11yrs but I can vouch for it certainly seeing the redline enough since I am it's only owner lol the logic is if you use it then it will be fine I walked from a gen 6 last year on about 50k 1 owner as the guy was about 75 and had never had it on a motorway or above 3000rpm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roy newton Posted September 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 I have bought a few low millage cars from these types, 1991 corolla with 1 owner from new same shops only story and full service history, 35k but as the car had never seen a motorway......after a few weeks of driving every day and a few motorway journeys at 60mph the engine had it same with a 1998 fiesta again 1 owner 25k full service history engine blew up on motorway (that car had never even seen a roundabout) Low miles is good for a museum or a car show but not if you then want to turn it into a daily car Just phoned the the owner up and asked him if he had ever taken it on a motorway and he informed me he went to oxford (from swansea) and back three weeks ago without any problems says it now has 9k+ on clock ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJay Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 I can understand the logic. On the gen 7 190 there could be some which haven't been taken over 6.2k and never used the hydraulic oil control valve to engage high lift cam lobe followers lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roy newton Posted September 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 When made this post i did not intend it to turn into my dad is bigger than yours tennis match just i wanted to know who had the lowest mileage celica in each category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briano Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 When made this post i did not intend it to turn into my dad is bigger than yours tennis match just i wanted to know who had the lowest mileage celica in each category. dont think it has turned into that, I was just pointing out that low millage isnt always a good thing. there are plenty of low miles cars on here but most are probably at JAE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usetheforce Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 Not exactly low I guess but lower than average, my car has done 95k (1998 reg), and only did 21k in 3 years with previous owner. There are over 400 cars in the garage App, but you can't search by odometer but there are some pretty low mileage cars in there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ams Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 I think Kev 16v has quite low miles in his 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelseablue Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 My 1999 SR had 65k on it when I bought it 2 years ago, now has 74k, but needed a new clutch + brake discs and pads, drives great now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adex Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 My '94 WRC had just over 57,000 under it's belt when I bought it, and now it's got just under 58,000. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev 16v Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 I think Kev 16v has quite low miles in his 7 You have a good memory, sir! I clocked up 19K on the way back from a show on Bank Holiday Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roy newton Posted September 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 As it was the first celica i owned it would be nice to hear from some gen3 owners ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Red Celica Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 There was a Gen3 that sold on Ebay that only has 3900 miles on. Yes under 4 thousand miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celica73 Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 (edited) not a celica but one of the cars we do at work is a ferrari 328 on an 'e' reg (1987) and when i serviced it a couple of weeks ago it had done 1875 miles!!! ( yes, one thousand eight hundred and seventy five!!) every nut and bolt and basically everything was like brand new which is very rare on most ferraris that age as they are normally rusty as fook!! Edited September 11, 2012 by Celica73 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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