Would you buy a car with high miles?

[Acheron]

Only done it once, bought a 318 touring on a 2002 plate which had 138k. No real problems but it was too slow and sold it for the st220 after a couple of months.

Now the fuel bill is killing me, i want another bmw, and want an e90 3 series. Im considering a 320d (or even a 318d at a push). I know it wont satisfy the speed element the mondeo has, but alas, if i can get a nice msport with nav, i'd be happy.

However, the only ones i can see in my price range have high miles. Some of the real nice ones have got in excess of 120k on the clock, a few others have got around the 80/90k mark for cars only 3/4 years old.

Would you steer well away? My mondeo in comparison has 65k on the clock and is 7 years old.

Obviously i wont be buying a shed, but if it looks and drives ok, i might be tempted. The budget is 10k max, and i dont want an e46.

[Acheron]

hornetrider said:

Your fuel bill is killing you but you're spending 10k on a new car?

Well, the part ex value obviously comes into it. Im fed up of constantly filling up, im doing more miles now, and im a bit fed up of the mondeo.

[Acheron]

Just touching on BMW's, it seems all the high milers here are e46 and before. Cant see any real mention of any 120k e90's running great.

Cant find the post, but i agree with the person talking about diesel failure, i read something similar lately that showed diesel can be amazingly expensive to fix, due to the high pressures and technology incorporated now to make them as quick as petrol.

Gone are the days of the slow clattering rover diesel.

[Acheron]

lance1a said:

I use my 1992 BMW E36 320i coupe on a daily basis. Now on 432550 miles and still on the same motor, box and clutch. Full BMW Dealer service history up to the last service at 425800 miles. Still drives great.

Bloody hell!