Buying used cars with 100k

[anonymous-user]

m44kts said:

780k?

that's impressive.

[Fastdruid]

I bought my Mondeo with 96k on. Now has 161k.

I figure somebody paid about £25k for it and got 96k, that's 25p/mile in depreciation! I paid £950, that's 1.5p/mile if the entire thing disintegrates round me tomorrow and leaves nothing to weigh in (got to be worth a few quid at 1.5t).

Lets not mention the 51p/mile depreciation on the RX-8 though (and that assumes we get what we want for it).

[VinceFox]

My m3 is about to turn 100k. It's in rude health.

[NotDave]

been pondering an E36 325 coupe...... M reg with 165k on clock. Looks tidy, 12month ticket on it, runs well

[curlie467]

crocodile tears said:

A.J.M said:

tercelgold said:

rallycross said:

Makes good sense financially.

cars cope with huge mileage if looked after.

I have seen several cars with "engine seized, no oil" for £500 spares only. Volvo S60, Focus ST, Renault Megane III.

A dead engined focus ST is worth lots more than £500 in parts if broken up. The key part is if looked after.

I would have snapped the focus ST up in a second if you could get it for £500 even if it was a stter.

I could imagine that at best this was an ST170, no way on earth would you get a turbocharged ST for that money!

[Efbe]

100k: high mileage. hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

I wouldn't even consider such a low mileage car, there may still be undiscovered faults, I much prefer it when you know it's been run in a bit.

[lost in espace]

Last TDI had turbo failure at 152k, my new 1998 one has 138k on it. My Defender however is the same age, and is only a baby with 65k on it.