1990 Audi 100 at 350,000 miles

[Walter Moore]

huzzah!

On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 11:18 PM, John Lagnese <jlagnese at massed.net> wrote:

> Congrats
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Peter
> Elias
> Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 4:56 PM
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: 1990 Audi 100 at 350,000 miles
>
> Yup, I've reached that magical high-mileage of 350,000 miles (563,150 km)
> last weekend.
>
> Sadly the odometer crapped out at 341,257 miles on August 5, 2014, but
> based on fuel usage (440 gallons) since then (at 20 mpg average), I'm now at
> 350,000 miles!
>
> So as far as I know, my 1990 Audi 100 (fwd, 3-speed slushbox) is the
> highest mileage of that particular year and model (although last year, a
> [either]
> 1989 or 1991 Audi 100 Avant Quattro was sold in Colorado that had 408,000
> miles on it)...
>
> Never-the-less, I must now be in the .0000000001% club.   Of the many
> millions of cars sold, how many make it  past 300'000 miles, much less
> 350,000 miles?
>
> And to think it's still the original engine (cylinder head has never been
> off!).  Still doesn't burn much oil (maybe 1 quart for every 4,000 to 5,000
> miles?).   2 tranny rebuilds, 2 radiators, a bunch of power steering units,
> a/c compressor and the usual wear-out bits...
>
> And yes, most everything works fine (even the AC, which is still on R12).
> What doesn't work:  cruise control, some minor lighting gremlins in the
> dash (known issue).
>
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