You can buy one car new today and run it for 500,000 miles
Discussion
... what would you choose?
This is partially a genuine dilemna (I want to buy a keeper, something to run for 15 to 20 years doing major mileage) and part of it is sheer curiosity because I'm a bit of a high mileage nerd.
What I'd love to buy is a car from new, with these specs:
- A manual car if possible
- Six speed gearbox with a cruising gear for motorway travel
- No major preference on engine size or capacity, but shouldn't struggle on hills or motorways
- Would do 60k mileage a year
- Is reliable, in a sort of "everyone raves about the cockroach status of these cars' reliable. The way people spoke about the K11 Micra, or the 1.9 TDI PD Volkswagens of a certain era, or the 90s Volvos that racked up crazy mileages.
What I'd be trying to avoid is
- Any 'sealed gearbox' nonsense or things that aren't easily serviceable
- nothing against 'mild hybrid' but it worries me the more there is to deal with at servicing time
So yeah, here's the challenge again.
One car, to be ordered or bought today, with the intent of running it for 500,000 miles or more.
Who out there is making simple, durable cars that properly last the distance?
Thank you in advance for playing!
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This is partially a genuine dilemna (I want to buy a keeper, something to run for 15 to 20 years doing major mileage) and part of it is sheer curiosity because I'm a bit of a high mileage nerd.
What I'd love to buy is a car from new, with these specs:
- A manual car if possible
- Six speed gearbox with a cruising gear for motorway travel
- No major preference on engine size or capacity, but shouldn't struggle on hills or motorways
- Would do 60k mileage a year
- Is reliable, in a sort of "everyone raves about the cockroach status of these cars' reliable. The way people spoke about the K11 Micra, or the 1.9 TDI PD Volkswagens of a certain era, or the 90s Volvos that racked up crazy mileages.
What I'd be trying to avoid is
- Any 'sealed gearbox' nonsense or things that aren't easily serviceable
- nothing against 'mild hybrid' but it worries me the more there is to deal with at servicing time
So yeah, here's the challenge again.
One car, to be ordered or bought today, with the intent of running it for 500,000 miles or more.
Who out there is making simple, durable cars that properly last the distance?
Thank you in advance for playing!
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trickywoo said:
Why say 500k miles and 60k a year for 15-20 years. The latter is nearly double the former at the low end.
Very fair. I think the worst case scenario is 60k a year, the best is 20k I'm just looking at cars which go, and go, and go without complicated gubbins breaking.
Comfort is important, but reliability is way more important for me with some of the challenges I have to work with daily.
Jazoli said:
I'd probably go for a Lexus IS300H, 10 year warranty, comfy, auto (sod changing gear literally millions of times over 500k) and absolute reliablility.
Loving this Lexus recommendation. The devil in me loves the RC F just because of the engine and the proposition, but the IS300 H is the more real world solution. Gassing Station | Car Buying | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff