Possibly the lowest mileage in existence or do you know better

1985 soft top in black, totally original , is this the lowest mileage example in existence - tell me !
Under 21,000 miles.

A Sportline with I think 17k on clock sold recently at auction and a few months ago there was a red 82/83 GTI cabby with around 16k I think.

Do you own the black one, or is it for sale somewhere?

Morning, i think that Sportline was at the AGM… 16 or 17k miles on it…

mine's original but the mileage is a 100k more than the afore mentioned 

There was a bloke near me that bought a Spanish cabby with 13000 km it sold to Germany AFAIK

There was GX for sale here in Austria a few months back with 13,000 and I think 700Km's.
All I know it was one owner now deceased but by the time I heard about it of course it had gone. 😕

A Series 1 1500 GLS just sold in auction with 5,000 miles on it for 8K.

The 16,000 mile sportline is on our stand at the NEC this year.  

walt  has a sport line, I believe still sub 20k miles

Mine had 7,136 (7,162 post test drive tuning before title change) in 2010 when I purchased it from the original owner. Currently has 27,998. I've cleaned up the bay quite a bit since purchase but can't find any pics lol,







Now:



More pics:
http://karmannghias.org/Rabbit/#


This is currently the lowest mileage one I know of, but he won't sell. 8k miles.

http://www.rossvw.com/vw/84rabbit.htm

Mine has 8,800 genuine miles from new, mileage was 6,900 when i bought it three years ago.      Can't decide whether to preserve it in it's almost new condition or use it.    Any words of wisdom on that?     Opinions welcome.

I love that Cabboy - one of my favourite colour combos on a classic Cabby.

You have to use it a little at least, surely

Cabboy said

Mine has 8,800 genuine miles from new, mileage was 6,900 when i bought it three years ago.      Can't decide whether to preserve it in it's almost new condition or use it.    Any words of wisdom on that?     Opinions welcome.

Gorgeous car, I would just use it in dry days and keep to about 1000 miles a year, will benefit from a bit of use but still preserves the value.

As both Richard and Andy said, use it a little and love it to death!    

Mine's a Rivage Hairy you silly sausage.. But you are right, 19,600 miles only. I think they need to be driven to a degree, or at least run up to temperature regularly or the car can suffer from being stood for long periods. I think more importantly is how the car is kept than the low mileage. I keep mine in a heated garage under a cover. I have had it for 12 years and it has only been wet once a year in all that time. I do use it now and again from spring to early autumn and run the engine to temperature regularly throughout the winter months. I always put her away for winter filled to the top with fuel and put a few extra psi in the tyres to try to avoid flat spots. It should go on axel stands really but I can only get to one side of the car with a jack. I always have the battery hooked up to a battery conditioner which is more important if you are using a normal lead acid battery. I am using an AGM battery so it doesn't matter so much. If a battery gets low, then sulphate crystals form on the lead plates preventing it from taking a full charge and reducing its performance. Cold also pulls down the battery to the point where the crystals can form. This is why winter always finds a weak battery. When fully charged, your battery should be able to resist the crystals forming and so when in storage, if you keep your battery charged, you should be ok when you come to use the car again. But regular starting and running to temperature should also go a long way to keeping the battery in condition. Car covers prevent accidental scuffs and also degradation by uv. So there is a lot to keeping a low mileage car in the kind of condition that you really would want to find and buy one in.

Haha sorry walt - I know it's a Rivage, not sure why I said sportline!!    Must have had one on my mind

Mananged to chat this on my mileometer, genuine mileage.

Got a 76 Ls with 17988 genuine miles on the clock
Bert

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That's nice Bert!! Not sure I've seen it in the flesh before?

My brother  (who isn't remotely interested in cars) has done work for a fella in the east midlands with a delivery mileage gti cabby. 
I will ask him to take some photos next time he goes back to do some more work