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Posted by: Britain Smith Jan 13 2006, 03:19 PM

I was on the way to work this morning and noticed that my odometer fliped 14,000. That would make a grand total of 214,000miles on my chassis. I drive my little guy to work everyday and it is still holding up strong.

How many of you know how many miles your teener has? Chassis only, engine rebuilds/swaps/etc. doesn't count.

-Britain

Posted by: tat2dphreak Jan 13 2006, 03:21 PM

mine shows around 42k, but who knows what time around... and it doesn't seem to be advancing either... it's probably wouldn around enough times to break

Posted by: grantsfo Jan 13 2006, 03:23 PM

65,000 miles. Engine still hasnt been cracked open yet.

Posted by: rick 918-S Jan 13 2006, 03:29 PM

Taken on the way to the WCC "05"

914 backwards

928 in the trip

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Posted by: mack914 Jan 13 2006, 03:32 PM

Unless you're an original owner, how do you know; how many times the oD has flipped or how many times speedo has been replaced. yellowsleep[1].gif

Posted by: LvSteveH Jan 13 2006, 03:43 PM

Little old lady...... original owner.......... 72k original miles ...... damn near ripped me off too... if she's cool enough to drive a porsche at 78, she's cool enough to get by your radar. That's ok, I came out fine in the end...... ever threatened to let someone die in prison?

Posted by: dmenche914 Jan 13 2006, 03:53 PM

does jackstand time count?

Posted by: dmenche914 Jan 13 2006, 03:54 PM

PS i put over 60,000 miles on my first 914 before it got wrecked, it had an unknown mileage on it by prior owners.

Holly 914's batman!!! Look I have 914 posts as of now, check it out on the left side of the screen! And to think 914 happens twice a day to boot!

That is about as special as the odometer flipping over 99,999.9.

Which got me thinking, don't new cars (to me new is anything after 1980) have an extra decimal place. they don't flip until 999,999.9 miles (basically a million mile flip) Is that cause they planed to last longer, and the old cars were not expected to reach 100,000 miles?

Anyway i am having a 914 day! Yippie!!! Still counting jackstand time however, Ugh!

Posted by: rpmmaxxed Jan 13 2006, 04:08 PM

179,000 miles so far.

Tranny rebuild 9K ago, the 1.7 has never been opened up before. Knock on wood...

Posted by: dmenche914 Jan 13 2006, 04:10 PM

knock on wood is ok, knock on piston is bad.

That's good mileage for an aircooled motor, change the oil often, adjust the valves? I assume you have been.

Posted by: Gustl Jan 13 2006, 04:12 PM

85,232 miles on display
when I bought the car it showed 76,872 miles - I was told that it's original (by the PO)
off course there's no proof, but the overall condition of the car made me believe it
there were only 3 owners before me, the 2nd had the car for 21 years

Gustl

Posted by: Aaron Cox Jan 13 2006, 04:27 PM

im on 126k

but the car is new everywhere else....

so the whole "new" car has only like 20K on it in 4 years

Posted by: TROJANMAN Jan 13 2006, 04:28 PM

QUOTE (rpmmaxxed @ Jan 13 2006, 02:08 PM)
179,000 miles so far.

Tranny rebuild 9K ago, the 1.7 has never been opened up before. Knock on wood...

now you did it

Posted by: richardmosselman Jan 13 2006, 04:36 PM

93k miles; but half of those on 50 series tires...so deduct 15%? Am only 3rd owner car had sat for 8 yrs with 1st owner. 2nd owner was local P-club secretary ... did all the work for me!
Cheers,Richard
PS --'72 1.7

Posted by: grasshopper Jan 13 2006, 04:40 PM

18,127

Posted by: dmenche914 Jan 13 2006, 06:14 PM

That's real low, 18k miles! have any photos to post? Anyone know of the record for least miles (other than factory examples, I'm talking real sold to persons cars) I have heard of some owners of the last US VW Bug buying them, and right off the trailer putting them in storage, in sealed nitrogen filled plastic bags. Them is real low miles, anyone one know of a 914 like that or simular?

I heard of a VW Bug from the 60's that was stored by the owner, and just started once and a while for forty some years, it was some find when the estate was sold off. Something he bought it as a gift to his daughter, but before she got it she ran off or died or something, so he just kept it in a garage but really hardly ever drove it, it had mega low miles (i think it was sub 1000) and all garage kept, never saw rain type of thing. All original, clean car!

i have seen some very very either orignal 914's or very very high end restorations, i can not recall the milage on these few exceptional cars. I see them at shows once and a while, engine bays you can eat off of, OEM decals, no wear and tear, just plain great examples of what a 914 must have been like in the showroom.

So how about some photos of real low mileage cars?

Posted by: grasshopper Jan 13 2006, 06:24 PM

it only ran for about three months before we pulled the old motor, and we didn't get any good photos...not at least that i could find on the computer the story: a man bought it new in 74, drove it for a couple years, for some reason the engine blew, pulled that and put a bus engine in, parked it for YEARS.. at least 15, in a barn/ garage.... the old man has some sort of medical condition, and has no relatives,and gets put in a nursing home, so his things get sold off, and that how we got the car at an estate auction... the car had almost no rust at all, but had some really scewed up wiring but what could i ask for from a West Virginia car now it is on jack stands and not running... the one year anniversary should be coming soon... it's sad to just see it sitting there

Posted by: Joe Ricard Jan 13 2006, 06:28 PM

When I bought the ODO was broke. so while I was in there I set it to 00000 I have tripped over 17,500 in 20 months. also 25 autocross events.

Posted by: azbill Jan 13 2006, 06:30 PM

Don't know and don't care most everything has been or is being replaced. So I guess with the new engine breaks, paint, rechroming, new seals and tires,
interior, Renn shift, 905 gauge and God know what else it has zero miles. Anyone what ot buy it?

Bill Shaffer

Posted by: spare time toys Jan 13 2006, 07:16 PM

0 zip nada it aint got no stinking speedo or oddo But I do have a metric one I will be putting into it.

If I remember Clays guy next door has over 300000 on his. He said he got it way back and I think it is on its third engine.

Posted by: swood Jan 13 2006, 07:44 PM

I'm the second owner of the '75. My uncle bought it new in Santa Monica. Drove it every day from HB to SM, about 150 each day, in 5th gear by the way. When he parked it he put 325,000 on it. He's a nerdy engineer at MD (Boeing) and he tore down the engine 2x to measure everything. He did not replace anything when doing so, well, maybe the bearings. But when I tore it down, everything was stock.

Posted by: DonTraver Jan 13 2006, 08:17 PM

177,000 miles. My 6 has been in the family since new, I'm the 2nd owner, My step-dad sold her to me. At 100k, top end, upgraded to run unleaded fuel

I've got some reciepts that show a tune up, valves and carbs for like $90, lol. Sure wish I could get those kind of prices today.

Later, Don

Posted by: Seagrave Jan 13 2006, 08:23 PM

I have all the records from new to current , including the dealer stamps in the owners manual (stop at 103K). Current mileage is a tank of gas short of 177K.

Posted by: anderssj Jan 13 2006, 09:23 PM

It just rolled over 230K original owner miles yesterday . . . .

Posted by: mikey Jan 13 2006, 09:36 PM

19734...or 119734...or maybe 219734. Don't know for certain. I do know that the speedometer/odometer is the original.

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Posted by: Travis Neff Jan 13 2006, 10:02 PM

My white 73 had 85K when I bought it, found out before we exchanged fund it was at least 185K. Speedo didn't work so i am pretty sure that one is over 200K

My silver 72 shows 56K right now, I am thinking 156K

Posted by: Travis Neff Jan 13 2006, 10:03 PM

Oh, and when looking for a teener someone always says the mileage,but in one ear and out the other. Most likely it has another 100k on it than what they think. All that matter is if the tub is in good shape

Posted by: Rob Ways Jan 13 2006, 10:22 PM

86000. 80k of which is in the family.

Posted by: black73 Jan 13 2006, 10:25 PM

Mine was stuck on 56xxx when I bought it from the original owner. I've never bothered to fix the odo yellowsleep[1].gif .
I would estimate between 100,000- 150,000.

Posted by: Midtowner Jan 14 2006, 12:10 AM

All 8's. I posted this a while back. 33 years in my family. Engine never opened. I feel pretty lucky to own this 914.

Posted by: Midtowner Jan 14 2006, 12:11 AM

Picture.

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Posted by: jimtab Jan 14 2006, 12:31 AM

137,xxx got the records since sold new to a guy in Santa Cruz in 1973...I love my garage queen....

Posted by: Brando Jan 14 2006, 03:50 AM

62.481 Original Miles. I'm #3 owner. Car was bought and driven in Riverside from Walter's Porsche/Mercedez/Audi/VW almost all of it's life. Not bad mileage for a shit-box lookin thing

Posted by: redshift Jan 14 2006, 07:49 AM

Just the one, that I know of..

Posted by: pfierb Jan 14 2006, 08:28 AM

68.000?......168,000?.....268,000?

Could care less runs great

Posted by: joeav8tor Jan 14 2006, 09:13 AM

15,300 have the original owners documents and service records...driven from 73-76 then became a garage queen.
Joe

Posted by: SGB Jan 14 2006, 10:04 AM

the speedo I put in has odo reading of 76012, but there was a period of about 9 years where the speedo didn't function, and this one showed 16000 when I put it in. My brother bought the car as 2nd owner in 76 when it had 3X000. I don't know how long he drove it before the speedo died, but when I bought the car from him in 1990 we estimated it had about 160000. So I figure what it all washes out to is about 300k, The engine has been out many times, top-end rebuilt 3 times, bottom end twice. EVERYTHING else has been rebuilt at least once I think except the transaxle, and I have not removed the dash or gas tank. I'm needing some 2nd gear synchros, but otherwise it likes to be driven hard!

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Posted by: Cevan Aug 5 2008, 06:34 PM

Just turned over 58,000 miles, according to the odometer. I'm the 4th owner. The 3rd owner put 600 miles on it and had bought it from a friend who had owned it since '78. I tend to believe it based on the condition of the car and the documentation. I've got a Quaker State sticker from an oil change on the door that reads 48,000 miles.

Posted by: ericread Aug 5 2008, 07:54 PM

Just turned over for the third time in July. So I'm working on just over 300,000 miles. Since I'm putting about 15,000 miles a year on it now, 400,000 may not be in the too far future.

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Life is good!!!

Eric Read

Posted by: Todd Enlund Aug 5 2008, 08:00 PM

Since I have mine in pieces all over the garage, while I had the odo apart, I reset it to 00000.

Posted by: championgt1 Aug 5 2008, 09:09 PM

Just over 319,000 miles. The original owner kept great records.

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Posted by: jd74914 Aug 5 2008, 09:09 PM

Hmm. I think mine has 182300+ miles on it. I have records that show the original owner driving 17500 miles in 9 months. He really put some mileage on the car.

Now the odometer is broken, but I do know that I have put about 1200 miles a month on for the last 3 months (it was finally registered in May).

Posted by: type47fan Aug 6 2008, 12:52 AM

Currently 89,349. I am the second owner. Bought it in 1983 (25 years ago!) with about 39K on the odometer. I've averaged 2,000 miles per year. Since the V8 conversion, I intend to drive it much more in the near future.

Here's what it looked like a couple of years ago, before the conversion.

Thanks,

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Posted by: ClayPerrine Aug 6 2008, 07:22 AM

Last time I looked, Betty's 914 was somewhere near 330,000. She may see this and chime in with an exact number. It was under 100,000 when she bought the car in 1985. That is 23 years as a daily driver and AX car.

Mine has around 250,000 on it.

Posted by: ConeDodger Aug 6 2008, 10:16 AM

Mine was purchased from the estate of the original owner with 75K miles. Last license plate was 1990 in 2004... Looks like a low mileage car but everything mechanical had to be rebuilt from all of the 'shelf abuse' of sitting idle in a garage.
2K miles on driveline now. Suspension is being rebuilt for the second time right now... Actually, it is evolving to handle the extra torque of the 2270... Too much lean.

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Posted by: Steve Snyder Aug 6 2008, 10:37 AM

81,217... but, of course, it has been off the road since 1988, and was actually off the ground from February 2004 - March 2008.

I'm the third owner.

Posted by: vsg914 Aug 6 2008, 10:58 AM

My 73 1.7 had 349,000 when I cracked the case for the first time. Every mile was put on by me. I pulled the motor out at 398,000 when the rust issues were beyond repair and and put another 50,000 on that motor in another car. Pulled it again when that car got wrecked, and still have it in storage for future use.

Posted by: vsg914 Aug 6 2008, 11:00 AM

My 75 had 60,000 when I got it. I've put another 60,000 on it in 5 years. I logged well over half a million miles in a 914 in 35 years

Posted by: turnaround89 Aug 6 2008, 12:01 PM

The body on my car has just over 70,000 miles on it. The PO sold the original 2.0L engine and put a 1.8L in it. Damn PO, but i still love the car, just have no idea how many miles are on the engine itself just the body.

Posted by: SGB Aug 6 2008, 02:07 PM

Wow.

Lotsa cars with BIG miles. like mine. I think the median must be in the 200K range.

Posted by: dlestep Sep 28 2008, 10:28 PM

...117,011...74 2.0

Posted by: morgan_harwell Sep 30 2008, 04:55 PM

I estimate my 1973 914 has ~340K miles on it's chassis.

I have to estimate because a few years after buying the car, I pulled the speedo out and discovered "EASY AUTO WRECKERS" written on it's backside. So much for having thought I bought a "low milage" car with only 60K miles on it
PPI kids PPI !

From what I do know about it's engine history:
1.7L/4, 125,000 miles(SWAG)
2.0L/4, 31,000 miles(SWAG)
2.4L/6, 185,000(actual)

total = 341,000miles

Posted by: Pat Garvey Sep 30 2008, 08:11 PM

My 72 has 67,914 miles on it. Same as last year. Same as the year before. Same as the year before that.

Five oil & filter changes in 3 years, but no miles. Jackstand run time only, in neutral.

I really need help!
Pat

Posted by: championgt1 Sep 30 2008, 09:22 PM

You know that you are supposed to drive it right?

Just kidding!

Posted by: 914 Sep 30 2008, 09:41 PM

1971-4,83k owned for over 30 years...
1970-6 75k owned for 3 years..
There all really clean and both are canary yellow.
914

Posted by: So.Cal.914 Oct 1 2008, 08:15 AM

Odometer stopped working 20+ years ago so who knows.