High mileage 350z

[MinuteMan]

I'm looking to buy a 350z, and I have arranged to view a 2004 GT which I found on PH. It's been taken care of very well, with maintenance spreadsheets, fluid and belt changes etc. Service history looks pukka, and the current owner is clearly an enthusiast and has used it as a weekend car from the looks of it - it's only done 17k miles in the past 4 years. In stark contrast to the one I viewed on Friday, which had mismatched ditchfinders, and the owner fishtailed it into oncoming traffic at 80mph!

My only concern is that the car is currently at 117k miles. I know the old saying goes "buy on condition, not on mileage", but I seem to suffer from the very thing I tell other people not to worry about - high mileage. This car will be my daily driver (meaning - 2x short motorway trips, and weekend leisure driving per week)

Everything is going to be alright, yes?

[Welshbeef]

You have history

You can see the quality of tyres and the life in them
You can see the life of the discs and pads
Normal routine servicing should take care of the rest.

What to watch out for / in general

1. Air conditioning - people don't really service these properly(generally only regard when it stops getting cool for instance)
2. Bushes naturally will be worn budget accordingly. Or if he has changed them already I'd buy it asap.
3. Ball joints trackrods drop links can all perish with miles and age.
4. Exhaust shouldn't be an issue /generally isn't these days. But get under the car and have a good look
5. Clutch. It's a consumable.


How much is it up for?

[MrAverage]

I just had a nosey at the advert. I always buy my cars based on condition and previous owners attitude towards them.

this one is priced accordingly and looks a very well looked after car having had the usual weaknesses attended too.

i'd say go for it, if not i may well convince the OH she wants a sports car and not an suv.

[Ryan_T]

The 350z is more than capable of doing big miles, as many of them do in the states especially.

The engine is fairly lazy, and doesn't produce a massive amount of power for the size so it's unstressed.

That mileage wouldn't worry me in the slightest.

[MinuteMan]

Here is the ad, it's up for £4500 but we have agreed £4200 as it needs new tyres:

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...

Does it look ok?

[sisyphal]

Ryan_T said:

The 350z is more than capable of doing big miles, as many of them do in the states especially.

The engine is fairly lazy, and doesn't produce a massive amount of power for the size so it's unstressed.

That mileage wouldn't worry me in the slightest.

I can confirm this. My Mum's husband had one in the States, was approaching 200K miles and still had plenty of life left in it.

I'd guess you see lower mileage ones over here due to petrol costs, rather than limitations of the car.

[TameRacingDriver]

Late reply but mine had 145,000 miles on when I sold it. The car still pulled like a train and didn't really use any oil. Lovely engine it was too.

[MinuteMan]

Cheers. I went ahead and bought it on the weekend. A 6 hour drive to view and pay for it, but faster payments wasn't fast enough this time. So it took me another cross country trip to pick it up. Drove through Storm Brian, then I fell ill

Haven't had the chance to enjoy it properly yet. I intend on keeping it for around 6 months until my Cupra lease arrives, but who knows

[TR4man]

For just over £4K, I reckon you've got yourself a pretty good deal!

Nice numberplate too!

[designforlife]

117k is nothing on these, enjoy it!

[SCEtoAUX]

That is all kinds of lovely.

[Terzo123]

My parents have an 04 Azure Blue 350Z GT. They've owned it since it was a year old. I dont think its even done 30k.