What do you consider as high mileage these days?

[aston]

Back in the day anything over 60k was considered high mileage but these days I have no problem with buying quality brands with 160k on the clock, What do you consider high mileage for a 4 pot (Petrol and diesel)

 

[HDi fun]

Depends entirely on the car and its history. Well maintained cars will cover 250,000 miles easily if well maintained and well driven. Strangely, cars that are nursed seem to do rather less well than those that are driven purposefully.

I don't mean thrashed - winding it round to 7500rpm when the engine is cold is not going to do it any favours.

 

[pgarner]

petrol id still be wearing buying over 100k if i was looking to have it more than a couple of years.

diesels - anything underaround 160k is just braking them in nowaday really

 

[danzul]

todays deisels are pretty much run in by 100, 000 miles and i have seen pleaty of good examples up to 200,000 but would be carefull still depending on the history of the car,
petrol i would be carefull of any thing over 160,000
as long as the car has been looked after, well serviced regularly and repaired when needed to be repaired then they are pretty good these days
of course if i am trying to haggle then its always got a high mialage and need to be dropped in price lol

 

[HDi fun]

High torque diesels do batter the entire drivetrain. History is essential.

I think petrol engines get bad press, everyone thinks they're inferior to diesels for running spectacular mileages.

I disagree. With correct maintenance they're every bit a match for a diesel unit in terms of longevity.

A well maintained 200,000 mile car will drive like new. A poorly maintained 80,000 mile car will drive like a bone.

 

[turbonutter69]

I say it depends entirely on the year the car was made.

 

[obi_waynne]

Petrol for me is around 100,000 miles unless it is a large capacity v6 or v8 that has done motorway miles where it is just getting into its stride.

Diesels I would say 150,000 miles is high.

Both should run for another 50-100,000 miles but there will likely be silly little niggles and expenses that need sorting as things wear out.

I think it is generally accepted that a car covers 10,000 miles per year of its life, usually more at the beginning and less later on in life.

 

[indiaman]

I say it would depend entirely on the Make and the car, for eg: a Toyota engined Diesel car will outlast any other make. Here in India, any Tata Diesel Truck engine will outlast any other make in the world. As regards Petrol engined cars, I suppose all are the same, about 100000Kms(about 62,000 miles) they start to fall apart on our roads, Diesels go much furthur.

 

[HDi fun]

It's not usually engines that spell the end of a car's life. The rest of the drivetrain is likely to need attention first. And before that it's likely to be electrical niggles etc.

 

[Loz]

I was thinking the same, the things to also look out for on higher mileage cars are worn bushes, pipework etc. I've been told on more than one occasion that it's better to buy a car that's been used regularly with a higher mileage than a car that's been standing for a long while.

 

[HDi fun]

I was thinking the same, the things to also look out for on higher mileage cars are worn bushes, pipework etc. I've been told on more than one occasion that it's better to buy a car that's been used regularly with a higher mileage than a car that's been standing for a long while.

Almost certainly a good thing. BUt do make sure the history is at least plausible, if not proveable.

 

[Loz]

Definitely, I do have another concern about the service history of newer cars though.
Now that you don't have to take a car under warranty to a dealership to be serviced (as long the garage is approved by the car manufacturer), I'm not convinced that an outside firm will do a thorough job, there's all ways quirks & minor recalls that dealership will know off that could easily be over looked by a firm servicing more than one make of car. Or am I just being too paranoid?

 

[pgarner]

id think the opposite Loz some smaller firms, granted specialists rather than your man with a spanner, will be better than the dealers

 

[HDi fun]

Not all dealers are created equal. I used to use an independent PSA specialist to look after mine and he was a mine of information. The local dealership, by comparison, was devoid of information.

Watch the generic 'diesel specialists' though. Lot's of these have no knowledge of common rail systems or DPFs at all. More than one engine has been wrecked by their ministrations.

 

[RobBentley]

I tend to see over 120k as high. That said, my 1.8T (Petrol) Passat ad 160k miles on the clock before I sold it and it ran like new. Was remapped at 100k too.

 

[aston]

so which is the better buy,,A diesel 2005 mondeo with 155k or a petrol 2000 volvo 2.4 turbo with 165k...both with history

 

[HDi fun]

so which is the better buy,,A diesel 2005 mondeo with 155k or a petrol 2000 volvo 2.4 turbo with 165k...both with history

Depends on the cars themselves. Give us details of both ( actual cars for sale ) and let's see if we can supply a definitive answer.

 

[Creaker]

hi brought a corrado with 166,666 on the clock (hope it's not the DEVIL in disguise)first car Iv'e brought with anything near or over 100,000 so fingers crossed!!!!!!!only good thing it's got full service history.:embarrest:

 

[aston]

I baught a grand cherokee with 180k, a merc 500 with 190k, an alfa with 160k a bm 5 diesel with 160k and many more in the past and all were sound exceptthe jeep which was american and only built to last 4 years, it ran but had lost a little power,