No Mercedes, Volvo, Fiat, Saab, Peugot, Mini, BMW or VW on that list...
Although I have owned several Saab 900s (original generation) which made it well over 200,000 miles; usually with few problems.
My record was a 1984 900 turbo which had 385,000 miles on it when it died an ignominious death at the hands of a deer and a copse of trees while being driven by my daughter’s boyfriend.
Over its life, that car required nothing but normal consumable maintenance items, apart from a replacement turbocharger at 325,000 miles. My dream of getting a half-million miles out of that car died against a maple tree in Culpeper County, Virginia, in 2002.
“No Mercedes, Volvo, Fiat, Saab, Peugot, Mini, BMW or VW on that list...”
My wife has a 323i BMW Convertible. At 75k miles, on a hot day, the plastic radiator failed stranding her in the middle of the freeway. It cost just about $1000 to replace the radiator, water pump, belts and tensioners. The shop that did the repair said that we were extremely lucky that the overheating didn’t trash the cylinder head too ( seems they tend to crack between the center two cylinders) because that would have been another 3 grand. He also told us to “routinely” replace the radiator at 60k to 70k because “they all fail.” He said that Mercedes is just the same. The euros are in love with car parts that are “recyclable,” hence the plastic radiators. BMW’s are wonderful cars to drive, but they are a maintenance headache in our experience. Every time we need to have something done to our car, the shop’s standard response is “they all do it!”
My VW diesel has 214k and running strong. I saw one for sale on Autotrader with over 430k.
I had 205,439 on my ‘07 VW GTI when I traded it in on a VW Passat TDI in July.
Loved my GTI but had to get more mpg. I now fill my tank less than once per week and spend 1/2 as much on fuel.
Love them both.