Curious highest kilometres?

greenltd · Postby **greenltd** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 9:31 pm

I'm curious, with some recent talk of daily drivers versus the value of preserving an MX with low km, what are some the high km that mx's have archived?
Not meant to be a discussion on the merits of either view, how much can my NA's 290,000km be beaten by?

Regie · Postby **Regie** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 9:34 pm

Caffene on the forum has close to 400,000kms on his NB i think (it was in the high 300's last time it was posted)

KevGoat · Postby **KevGoat** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 9:53 pm

Last "official" figure I have for my NB is 309,000 in June 2009 ... your guess as good as mine from there .........

Aussie Stig · Postby **Aussie Stig** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 10:25 pm

Just as durable and a bit more satisfying than your average Toyota to drive.

My question is what is the highest km turbo MX-5?

I bet there will be a significantly different answer.

greenltd · Postby **greenltd** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 10:50 pm

Factory turbo stiggy?

Sub thread Responses?

hks_kansei · Postby **hks_kansei** » Sat Sep 27, 2014 8:34 am

Pamex here on the forum has about 450,000km on the original engine, unopened apart from a timing belt and servicing.

It probably has a few more, but the odometer broke before the engine.

Mr Sexy · Postby **Mr Sexy** » Sat Sep 27, 2014 12:44 pm

My se just clicked over to 200k kms a month or two ago, Ive had her since about 155k. Only problems I've had has only been my rad letting go. Mind you shes been sitting at the work shop for while because she has a really bad bogging problem, just waiting for parts at the moment. From what I can tell its still on its original turbo and is still going strong!

MXMatt · Postby **MXMatt** » Sat Sep 27, 2014 7:11 pm

319,000 presently
plus if I have a quiet week (just to work and back - no weekend driving at all) I clock up 1250 klm per week! so it shouldn't take me long to get them up a bit lol

M@

I think Miles does huge weekly KLM as well, not sure how many his will have on it now..................................

manga_blue · Postby **manga_blue** » Sat Sep 27, 2014 7:54 pm

Only 205,000 on mine, still on the original block, but it's also getting up towards 4,000 competition laps in NSW, SA, WA and Vic.

Caffeine · Postby **Caffeine** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 7:10 am

Regie wrote:Caffene on the forum has close to 400,000kms on his NB i think (it was in the high 300's last time it was posted)

noooo....
260000 km on my 2001

It has just blown a headgasket though (catastrophic coolant loss due to holed radiator) but before that it was still running very well.

wade · Postby **wade** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 10:00 am

360k on an 89 na6

Still running on original motor....albeit with the dreaded SNC issue...... Otherwise twill feels quite tight, amazing really

gslender · Postby **gslender** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 9:57 pm

How many cam belt changes?

wade · Postby **wade** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 7:45 am

Not sure....would have to check, but it was properly serviced its whole life.

chops · Postby **chops** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 2:55 pm

have a customer with a one owner NB2 which had 378 last weekend

thehillsarecalling · Postby **thehillsarecalling** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 10:15 pm

hks_kansei wrote:
It probably has a few more, but the odometer broke before the engine.

Win. Someone in Mazda should find out about this. On another note, I saw a photo online (possibly apocryphal) of a NA with 400,000 miles on it. It was a turbo - I think I actually saw the photo on the Mazda Facebook page....