How many miles is too much for you?

[sportyaccordy]

How much is too much for you guys?

I think my cutoff is 100K for a daily driver, maybe 150K for a fun car.

[2o6]

Anything beyond 175K is too much, IMO.

[BimmerM3]

The Accord had 53,000 when I bought it, and that was a huge part of why I bought it over similarly priced Maximas.

My next car will probably have under 50,000 miles and will definitely be under 75,000.


EDIT: Typo.

EDIT 2: Wait, are we talking about how many miles would we buy a car at or how many miles would we sell a car at? The Accord is over 130,000 miles now and it's running strong despite all it's been through. Road tripping with a couple friends to New Orleans tomorrow without thinking twice. How much longer I keep it just depends on my job situation and whether or not I want to buy some property in the next couple years, but I certainly don't feel like it needs to be replaced.

[2o6]

The Accord had $53,000 when I bought it, and that was a huge part of why I bought it over similarly priced Maximas.

My next car will probably have under 50,000 miles and will definitely be under 75,000.

If any car had $53,000 in it, I would buy it over a similarly priced car.

[Mustangfan2003]

The Accord had $53,000 when I bought it, and that was a huge part of why I bought it over similarly priced Maximas.

My next car will probably have under 50,000 miles and will definitely be under 75,000.

If my car had $53k in it I think I would just go buy a new car 

[SVT666]

I won't buy a car with more than 45,000 miles because I put higher than average miles on my car every year.  I have put 50,000 on my Focus in 3 years and I worked from home for nearly a year and barely left the house.  I need the car to last a while.  Once the miles start getting over 100,000 I will start thinking about a new car.  Ford doesn't make this engine anymore and used ones are almost impossible to find so if anything catastrophic, like the timing belt, ever goes then I'm fucked because it's an interference engine.

[sportyaccordy]

I won't buy a car with more than 45,000 miles because I put higher than average miles on my car every year.  I have put 50,000 on my Focus in 3 years and I worked from home for nearly a year and barely left the house.  I need the car to last a while.  Once the miles start getting over 100,000 I will start thinking about a new car.  Ford doesn't make this engine anymore and used ones are almost impossible to find so if anything catastrophic, like the timing belt, ever goes then I'm fucked because it's an interference engine.

Really? I can still get parts for obscure Honda engines, strange that Ford wouldn't have parts for the SVT Focus.

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I don't know that I could ever buy a brand new car.

[Onslaught]

Well it depends. If I got the car new and I knew how it was taken care of then I don't care about millage. My MX-5 was my daily driver with well over 200K on it and if it wasn't for the fact that I'm getting older I could still drive it everyday and well past 300K. As a matter of fact I've got such trust in it that I'd drive it across country without any fear at all.

But if I got a used car then I'd like for it to have less miles on it. You never know how someone has taken care of a car.

[Mustangfan2003]

My next car will likely be new.  I plan on keeping the Mustang for alteast 2 more years. 

[68_427]

It depends on what I'm looking for and how much I'm willing to pay.

[hotrodalex]

If I'm buying a DD used car, around 70k is max. If I'm just buying a beater, probably 130k max. And if it's a project car, I don't care.

[Cookie Monster]

I'd say 70-80k max, if it's a fun, non DD I'd go 120-130k.

[TBR]

I bought my car with 309,000 miles on it. Currently it has 370,000 miles on it. The number of miles doesn't matter nearly as much as how well it has been maintained. My next car will likely be new though.

[Mustangfan2003]

I bought my car with 309,000 miles on it. Currently it has 370,000 miles on it. The number of miles doesn't matter nearly as much as how well it has been maintained. My next car will likely be new though.

jeez, what kind of car do you have again?

[the Teuton]

First car - 144-175k

Current car - 103-119k

I've had to sink just as much money into the second one as I did the first. I'm not sure this mileage thing really means anything.

[TBR]

jeez, what kind of car do you have again?

1995 Honda Prelude.

It isn't the original engine though. The original owners replaced it at ~275k (not bad).

[The Pirate]

I don't much care about mileage.  As TBR said, condition and maintenance is key.  Both of my cars feel like they have another 100K miles in them with minimal issues.  I do trust the Mazda a lot more than I trust the Audi though.  I'd drive the Mazda across the country without a second thought tomorrow (it's at ~140K miles). 

I appreciate a low mileage car, but I wouldn't rule out something with 150K for DD status if it's been maintained properly.

[The Pirate]

First car - 144-175k

Current car - 103-119k

I've had to sink just as much money into the second one as I did the first. I'm not sure this mileage thing really means anything.

I think it means much less with late-model cars.  I would expect most any recent car to hit 200K miles with minimal drama.  Maintenance history is where it's at.  I do start to wonder about wiring and electronics though.

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

I have 245,000 on the Corolla so it all depends on how the car is maintained. But it depends on how much money I'm spending. When I look at used C6 Corvettes I have a limit of 35,000 miles.

[Mustangfan2003]

I wouldn't worry too much about a used Vette since most owners are over 60 

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

RITE! And most of the ones I see in the north are stored all winter anyway.

[CJ]

I bought the 850 with 158,000 miles.  I currently have 176,000 miles on it and it's been fantastic.

[GoCougs]

Uh, isn't there an option for somewhere between "new" and 50k?

Most of my cars I bought with 120k+ but they were poor guy beaters.

Of my last two cars, the Tacoma I bought with 16k and the Accord I bought new. Next I'll be somewhere in between.

[Rupert]

I try to find used cars with around 100 kmiles, but up to 140 kmiles is fine before I start to get nervous. I've never owned a car long enough to get there (though I have bought cars with more than 200 kmiles), but I think around 200 kmiles is when I would start to think about getting rid of it. Depends on the car, of course.

Explorer had 133 kmiles when I bought it, and 142 kmiles now. Porsche about 100 kmiles, about 103 kmiles now. MG who knows. Both the Explorer and Porsche I would trust to get me anywhere I wanted to go.

[Rupert]

I won't buy a car with more than 45,000 miles because I put higher than average miles on my car every year.  I have put 50,000 on my Focus in 3 years and I worked from home for nearly a year and barely left the house.  I need the car to last a while.  Once the miles start getting over 100,000 I will start thinking about a new car.  Ford doesn't make this engine anymore and used ones are almost impossible to find so if anything catastrophic, like the timing belt, ever goes then I'm fucked because it's an interference engine.

You know you can change timing belts, right?

[MX793]

You know you can change timing belts, right?

From what I understand, Focuses are a nightmare to work on.  A former co-worker was relaying a horror story of how the engine has to be partially dismounted and dropped out of the bottom of the engine bay in order to change the clutch.

[Rupert]

You're talking to a guy whose car has two timing belts, balance shafts, and a clutch change time of over a day at a specialist.

[Cookie Monster]

You're talking to a guy whose car has two timing belts, balance shafts, and a clutch change time of over a day at a specialist.

Yeah I don't think anyone can complain about working on cars to you now.

[SVT666]

You know you can change timing belts, right?

Yes, but it is a big expense and apparently a lot of SVTF owners have had it fail prematurely.  I'm hoping it doesn't happen to me before I can put enough money aside to do the replacement. 

[280Z Turbo]

From what I understand, Focuses are a nightmare to work on.  A former co-worker was relaying a horror story of how the engine has to be partially dismounted and dropped out of the bottom of the engine bay in order to change the clutch.

They're not great. The transmission is super heavy and is hard to drop and install. I've done it twice.