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  1. Nero308QV

    Nero308QV Rookie

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    Hi fellow 308 drivers. I own since summer of 1988 a nero/crema 1985 308 GTS QV. As I put away money for it for years, I certainly did not want to have it as a garage queen. I drive it quite regularly (but not from November to mid of April) and use it on nearly all long distance journeys. I even have been to the North Cape in Norway, which is from my hometown close to Munich (Germany) a roundtrip of 5,600 miles. The total mileage today is 150,000 miles, and I would like to know, if there are other 308 owners, who managed a similar high mileage WITHOUT an engine overhaul.
     
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  2. greyboxer

    greyboxer F1 World Champ

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    A friend has nearly 120 000 miles on his carb
     
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  3. mwr4440

    mwr4440 Five Time F1 World Champ Rossa Subscribed

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    Dr Tommy will likely chime in.

    His is "High Milage."
     
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  4. Hans

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    Mine has roughly 100,000 miles now, slowly approaching overhaul time, as she's growing an appetite for oil (not too bad yet though)
     
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  5. Ferraripilot

    Ferraripilot F1 World Champ Owner Project Master

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    Lots of QV owners here with some good mileage on their engines. The nikasil liners allow them to go for quite a long time.
     
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  6. shmark

    shmark F1 Rookie

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    Can you post any pictures from that trip? You might have the record for the furthest north anyone has taken a Ferrari. I'll bet it's beautiful up there.
     
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  7. Dr Tommy Cosgrove

    Dr Tommy Cosgrove Three Time F1 World Champ Owner Rossa Subscribed

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    rolled 109,000 Sunday before last! :D
     
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  8. Perfusion

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    83,000 miles on my '79 308GT4...
     
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  9. Crowndog

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    Mid 90's on my 85 QV, no smoke yet! No big oil thirst...knocking on wood.
     
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  10. ClydeM

    ClydeM F1 World Champ Owner Rossa Subscribed

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    91K miles on my '83qv without a anything major going wrong with the engine or trans.
    She's in the shop now for her first ever engine pull to have the trans drive shaft re-shimmed and hoses replaced (while your in there).

    But she has had new leather & carpets, new bushings & shocks all around, and several small rusts spots and nose resprays over our 10+ years.

    She runs dino and doesn't burn any oil between the 3K oil changes.
     
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  11. tazz99

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    Rolled over 150,000 on my 84 QV this week end. Smokes a little (oil smoke) on a cold start otherwise runs OK.
     
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  12. hanknum

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    112k on my carbed '78
     
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  13. DWPC

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    Good for you and your automobile! My '85 has 79K miles and runs like a Rolex; compression is 150-155 all around, no smoke, no drips. Everything works nicely. "High mileage" is relative. 79K miles is over 26 years....3K a year. For you 6K/yr. Just enough to keep the juices flowing and arteries from hardening!
     
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  14. GrayTA

    GrayTA F1 World Champ Owner Rossa Subscribed

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    I passed 70k in my '85 a few weeks ago.




    PDG
     
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    I like this thread!
     
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  16. Nero308QV

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    I have only paper photos of that trip, but I will see if I can scan them and load them up.

    It's really good to read that I am not the only one who uses his Ferrari kind of regularly. In four weeks I will drive with my 308 QV to the Villa d'Este Concours d'Elegance at lake Como in Italy, certainly only as a visitor.
     
    Nero308QV, Apr 28, 2012
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  17. ckracing

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    My 84 GTS Nero/tan has 90K miles. Runs great.
     
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  18. Bullfighter

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    Well over 20K miles on my 328 when I sold her.
     
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  19. Merak1974

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    Pictures? Yes, please!

    ... well, it is as far north you can take a car :) BTW: there are some Ferraris in Northern Norway and I would guess several have been driven to the North Cape...
     
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  20. etip

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    I have 65,000 on my gtsi.
     
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  21. veloce33

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    76,000 miles, 85 gts.
     
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  22. miketuason

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    250,000 + miles on Chairpilots 83 QV and 400,000 mile on a friend of a friends 308. So far that's the highest that I've known on a 308
     
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  23. BillyD

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    BRAVO to all you who drive them! I have driven mine in snow & ice but rarely venture far from home.
     
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  24. MS250

    MS250 Two Time F1 World Champ Lifetime Rossa

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    Truly an awesome thread... Those are some awesome numbers !
     
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  25. GrigioGuy

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    Makes the 114K on my 328 look like a starter kit :)
     
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