70'000 KM

[melon.28]

Today my 1970 Elan S4 Fhc reached 70'000 KM from new !

Each run is fun...

Cheers

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[bcmc33]

I expected my car to reach the 95,000 mile mark today, but when I got home it was 2 miles short. Weather permitting - that will take place on Tuesday.

[reb53]

70,000 miles second time around, plus about 50,000 miles when the speedo was out of action for a few years.
So 220,000 miles or around 350,000 km.

Doesn't Brian Buckland have the most miles up in an Elan?

Cheers
Ralph.

[peterako]

I'm a few hundred short of 95,000 miles at the mo'.

May or may not be the first time the car's been round the clock.

Loving (almost) every mile of the journey

[billwill]

About 191,000 miles for mine.

Of which Malcolm Ricketts & wife did the first 30,000 or so and I've done the rest.

[Bill]

Well Guys

My 63 turned over 50,000 miles this spring - all by me.

Mind you, the first 25 k were hard driven ones, I bought the car from the factory for hill climbing and club racing. That all got shut down on my rock over 35 years ago. It has scince been driven frequently, sprightly and enjoyably on our back roads. Vancouver Islands roads don't go too far before you hit the Pacific ocean at one end or the other so long road trips are out.

After 30 + (95-97) years I did a total rebuild and engine / runing gear refresh just to keep it going smoothly for another 25 or 30.

Except for the Lucas stsrter (now Nissan) no major problems.

In deference to agged back 'tho, I just purchsed a maxJax 2 post hoist - I figure I should be able to work on it well into the future - even from a wheelchair - no more floor jacks, creepers and 2 day back convolecences afterwords.

SO!! -- Should I stand in running for the lowest average document miles per year recognition?

Keep your stick on the ice boys!

Bill

[Elanintheforest]

Ralph, I think that Brian B has done over 600,000 miles in his S3 Coupe....or a round 1,000,000 kilometers!!!

I somehow doubt that there is an Elan with a higher mileage, although I know of a chap with an S4 Coupe that has clocked up 500,000 miles since 1973.

It must be that the Coupes are just so comfy!!
Mark

[hatman]

These high mileages, which seem to be typical of Elans (my own version has done 190K miles), surely give the lie once and for all to that tired old sneer 'Lots Of Trouble, Usually Serious'.

[ardee_selby]

These high mileages, which seem to be typical of Elans (my own version has done 190K miles), surely give the lie once and for all to that tired old sneer 'Lots Of Trouble, Usually Serious'.

Yes, and I think it says as much about their owners, too. Understanding the nature of the beast and how to care for it. Unlike those in the hands of some in the past...

"Lack Of The Usual Servicing" !

Cheers - Richard

[69S4]

These high mileages, which seem to be typical of Elans (my own version has done 190K miles), surely give the lie once and for all to that tired old sneer 'Lots Of Trouble, Usually Serious'.

It's all a bit vague but I think mine's done somewhere around 200,000 miles - or at least parts of it have However most of those have been during sudden spurts of enthusiasm followed by none at all for extended periods when I've thrown a cover over the car in the garage in disgust. If it hadn't been for the truth in L.O.T,U.S. it'd probably be double that by now. I suppose it just goes to show what you can do if you just keep at it - all our daily driver cars, from more err.. mainstream manufacturers have not made it much past 150,000 before going to the great recycling scheme in the sky.