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Old 22 January 2012, 11:44 PM
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How well do scoobies take higher mileages? Say over 100k for a bug eye.

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Old 22 January 2012, 11:46 PM
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Depends on how it's been treated.
Great service history is a must !!
Old 22 January 2012, 11:57 PM
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Say a good service history. Would you say that putting 280bhp through a 120k engine would be asking for trouble?
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Not necessarily.

I remapped my W-Reg classic on 95k for the first time - 273/273.

2nd time, changed turbo and remapped again to 325 when it was about 108k think it was. No problems at all
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Cheers. Just gives me more scope of cars to look at I guess..
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service history means nothing (main dealer)! what about the older cars that get serviced better than main dealers, by their owners i know of a 50000 mile full service history car that blew ! running 310 bhp , and a 134000 mile car thats still going strong ,serviced by its owner running 420 bhp
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It would all depend on how the car's been used (or abused) I personally wouldn't buy a high mileage vehicle.

That said, there was a thread on here a few years back about some nearly new Impreza's being flogged by a dealer with very low mileage, problem was it had all been done on the track.

Anyone remember that?

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what is high mileage? surely it depends on the age of the vehicle?
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