Would you ever throw big money at a car with huge miles?

[un1corn]

I'm really after a Discovery 4. Problem is, for something, say 2010/11, with 30k on the clock, you're looking at £24,000.

You can find one at the same age, with 180,000 miles on for less than half that.

I've not had a problem before throwing a few grand at a car with big miles, but over 10k? Im not so sure.

[Sump]

I'm confused. It literally needs £10k to fix it? What's wrong with it?

[Monkeylegend]

I suspect it is costing over £10k to buy.

I wouldn't spend that on a Discovery but might on something with a better reputation for reliability as long as it had a proper service history/low owners etc.

[jkh112]

If a low mileage car is £24K and a high mileage one is half that but needs over £10K spent on it then it will cost the same overall.

[vsonix]

I'm more bothered with how something has been maintained than the number of miles on. Just important to look ahead to selling time to see how the depreciation will be. I don't think that forking out on a new vehicle that has mileage that would be considered high on a ten year old car let alone a three year old car is a particularly good idea unless you're planning on keeping it forever as the resale value once it's 10 years old and has 300,000 on the clocks will be pitiful.

[un1corn]

Sump said:

I'm confused. It literally needs £10k to fix it? What's wrong with it?

Sorry the 10k is the price.

Low miles - 23 grand
Moon miles - 12 grand

[eltax91]

You can get reasonable milers for £14k:-

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

[T16OLE]

That`s a hell of a difference, probably prefer to have £12k in my bank

[hora]

From what I understand you'll start throwing money at it and keep on on a Disco of that age regardless of miles.