Campbell, I've put 20k on it in the 2 years I've had it, so when the engine popped it had circa 47k on it. Might sound daft but I'm not all that disheartened, and there are only a few items in there that I wouldn't have changed had they not gone pop in the first place e.g. the bottom end and radiator
I have to say, that the majority of the repairs have been made 100 times easier given the help of the S_E massive, either by ferrying me to & from garages, lending cars, fixing cars and lending parts
