Would you buy a car with 100 thousand miles or more?

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A friend and I were having a debate and I thought that I would see what yall thought.

Would you buy a car with 100 thousand miles or more?

My friend says “no because they are used up and are junk”

I feel like its an individual car thing (and I am in the automotive field). Yeah I have seen some cars with over 100 thousand on them break but I have seen cars with way less then that break. And I have seen cars (my Dads car lol) with over 200 thousand and still runs great. I think its more how you take care of and maintain the car. My car has 71thousand and I plan on driving it as long as I can. Even if it ends up at 300 thousand lol.
 
I think it not only depends on car, it depends on the expected usage of the car, and on what the other options of a prospective buyer might be.

I don’t know much about working on cars so if this was to be a primary car I would probably be hesitant to buy a high mileage car. But if it was a secondary car I would be more willing to consider it.
 
SMHW said:
I think it not only depends on car, it depends on the expected usage of the car and on what the other options of a prospective buyer might be.
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True. I mean if its a project car it doesn’t even have to run since you would be replacing or rebuilding the engine anyway lol.
 
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True. I mean if its a project car it doesn’t even have to run since you would be replacing or rebuilding the engine anyway lol.
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Well in that case, who cares about the age, so long as parts are available and the car model wasn’t inherently dangerous or something.
 
Neither myself or DH are mechanics, nor do we have the time or knowledge to learn how to fix our own vehicles. So No we wouldn’t
 
southernstratus said:
A friend and I were having a debate and I thought that I would see what yall thought.

Would you buy a car with 100 thousand miles or more?

My friend says “no because they are used up and are junk”

I feel like its an individual car thing (and I am in the automotive field). Yeah I have seen some cars with over 100 thousand on them break but I have seen cars with way less then that break. And I have seen cars (my Dads car lol) with over 200 thousand and still runs great. I think its more how you take care of and maintain the car. My car has 71thousand and I plan on driving it as long as I can. Even if it ends up at 300 thousand lol.
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Yep, it’s an individual car thing. The last car we bought that had less than 100,000 miles on it was bought 13 years ago. We sold it to our nephew. It was a full size truck (95) with 80,000 at the time I bought it. After that we bought a (95) suburban which we still have. We bought it almost 7 years ago. It currently has over 200,000 miles on it. Still runs great. In fact it’s the back up vehicle if our main vehicle, an Intrepid, goes out. My dh’s (89) truck and (86)vette both have over 170,000 miles on them. Both run great. We also just recently bought an (00)Intrepid which has over 110,000. No major problems. We do run into minor issues with our vehicles but many of them are simply mantaince issues that you would have with owning a vehicle.

Dh prefers a little bit older car. One that has been tested. If an older car does not have 100,000 miles on it dh wants to know why they didn’t drive it.

For the record new cars are no guarentee either. My mother bought a brand new car that was a complete lemon with a captial L. That car spent more time in the shop than it did on the road.
 
Yes, IF it was a classic of some kind. Maybe a '57 Chevy or a "60 Plymouth Valiant. AND IF had some mechanical talent AND IF I had a place to work on it as a hobby.
 
Sure. It depends on the car or truck of coarse. But generaly, 100,000 miles is little more than half the life of an engine. If everything else is well maintained than it’s probably a safe purchase.
 
In 2000 we bought a Ford minivan with 137k on it; it was still running fine when we traded it in 2007.

And my '98 Chev S-10 (bought new Nov 1997) has almost 150k, and I just drove it on a 1200 mile road trip, nary a sneeze.

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SMHW said:
I think it not only depends on car, it depends on the expected usage of the car, and on what the other options of a prospective buyer might be.

I don’t know much about working on cars so if this was to be a primary car I would probably be hesitant to buy a high mileage car. But if it was a secondary car I would be more willing to consider it.
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Remember when Volvos used to brag about their cars and how much mileage some owners put on them?
 
PoliSciProf said:
Yes, IF it was a classic of some kind. Maybe a '57 Chevy or a "60 Plymouth Valiant. AND IF had some mechanical talent AND IF I had a place to work on it as a hobby.
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That word “IF” seems to be one of the biggest words in the language!
 
It would depend on the car if I did not have DH.

But since I do, and since he is a mechanic, then of course I would. 100,000 is only about half the life of an average motor. We have one vehicle with close to 250,000 miles, and it is in good condition. It’s an old one, though. Our newest vehicle is an 04, and it has over 100,000.

It is very easy to maintain a good car past 100,000.
 
Absolutely!

Provided, of course, I could verify the cars history.

When I was in college, I brought a 94 Saturn SL new. I drove it for 9 years and 129K miles, doing all of the maintenance religiously. I sold it to my stepbrother for $1,000 and he drove it for 25K miles and 3 years doing nothing but oil changes. For him, it was a very good deal. 25K for $1,000 is a deal you’d NEVER get with a new car.

My newest car that I just brought last month is a 2004 Audi A8 with 63K miles on it, for $20,000. Considering that the car new is $70,000+ there is no way I could afford a new one. And it even still has some of the certified pre-owned warranty left on it from the previous owner (only through October, but better then nothing). A car like that should easily go well over 100,000 miles if I maintain it well.

My dad’s Audi 5000 went 10 years and 179K miles (until his then 19 year old son hit a truck towing a boat with it at 80 miles per hour, but that’s a whole nother story I’d rather not re-live. My dad has always promised to pay me back by smashing one of my cars up someday…).

So, any car is only as good as it’s owner. I’d rather buy a car with 100,000 well maintained miles then 20,000 abused miles.
 
A Toyota Camry with 100,000 miles has a lot of dependable service left in it.
 
Both of my cars have had over 100,000 miles on them when I got them. The first one had over 200,000. It ran perfectly. The only issue I had with it was the alternator. Other than that there were no issues. It was a 1996 I think Toyota Camry. It could have been a couple years newer than that. The one I have now is a 1999 Honda Accord. Yes, I would buy a Toyota or Honda with that many miles on it. I wouldn’t buy a domestic, though. Our family cars never lasted that long if they were domestic.
 
It depends on what kind of car and what kind of history they have. I would probably be more willing if it were a honda or a toyota than any domestic car.
I have a Geo with 300K on it and it is still going strong, and I have and old lincoln town car with 200K. So 100K doesn´t seem like a lot to me.
 
I voted yes…with this qualification…if it were a Toyota or Honda and I had it checked out and I was paying cash for it. 😃 Heck, I’ll drive anything without payments!

But seriously, my 1999 Camry that we bought used in 2000 currently has 207,000 miles on it and it runs well. I just had the timing belt and all the hoses changed out in FEbruary…we bought the car before our conversion to “paying cash only” for cars…but still, I haven’t had a payment on this car since 2002. It is reliable and…in a pinch…I can put all four of my kids in with the oldest in the front and get us all somewhere (well, not with DH…but the kids and me).

So…yeah, depending on the type of car it is…I’d buy a car with 100,000 miles. If it’s like my current CAmry…it’s got another 100,000 miles left in it!
 
You bet I’d buy one. I just bought a 2002 Toyota Sequoia back in September with 83K, now has 105K. I work with a guy who ONLY buys vehicles with over 100K. He’s got an Expedition for sale with over 230K. Vehicles run longer than they used to. I don’t see anything wrong with it. Why buy a new vehicle, get rid of it at 100K, when you can buy a vehicle with 100K, run it to 200K (or more) and then get rid of it? Let someone eat the depreciation.
 
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