Would you buy a 99000 mile car????

[pete a]

http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w343/chewjc97/i...

I have seen a very nice looking subaru RB5 only trouble is it has 99000 miles on the clock, had belts done at 50000, but is still on stock suspension. What do think, will this be a money pit or a good buy????

[deviant]

I always buy on condition and not mileage. I would rather buy a 99000 mile car with a folder full of receipts than a 50000 mile car with no history.

[varsas]

Have done, a few times. No way to know what condition it's in without seeing it. I've seen 100,000 miles cars which look great, and 70,000 mile cars that look very very tired.

[DJC]

Depends how much for.

The last car I bought had 209,000 miles on it!

[davidjpowell]

Have two cars both at about 130k. The Merc is a bit of a money pit at the moment. Saab goes like a dream.

[Big Rod]

All my daily cars have north of 100k on them.

One is a moneypit, (surprisingly the one with least miles but not surprisingly the one I bought heart over head,), the others are turnkey cars.

Buy on condition.

[entwisi]

bought a 4.5 year old accord tourer derv at 130K in Jan of this year. now its north of 150K. it had a stunning service history and was clearly just used to run between slough and edinburgh(service histry alternated betweeen the two) so all 'easy' miles.

condition is everything

[chippy17]

I think the belts will need doing again and the suspension will be on the way out

I would personally want an unmolested RB5

[Silver940]

Nice looking? One in the picture looks awful, what's with the tacky stick ons?

[B'stard Child]

Big Rod said:

All my daily cars have north of 100k on them.

One is a moneypit, (surprisingly the one with least miles but not surprisingly the one I bought heart over head,), the others are turnkey cars.

Buy on condition.

^ This & snap

[Big Rod]

B'stard Child said:

Big Rod said:

All my daily cars have north of 100k on them.

One is a moneypit, (surprisingly the one with least miles but not surprisingly the one I bought heart over head,), the others are turnkey cars.

Buy on condition.

^ This & snap

Hey chap!

Long time no speak! You alright?

Need to get something sorted out about that spoiler. Any way you could 'pony express' it to Dorking?

Edited by Big Rod on Thursday 14th October 09:01

[pete a]

Silver940 said:

Nice looking? One in the picture looks awful, what's with the tacky stick ons?

This is not a good one then???

I thought it looked very clean, what are the add on's ?

[superman84]

Mileage shouldnt be a problem if its got a proper service history and its been well looked after. Get it checked out by someone who knows what they're looking at. I've got a P1 with 115k on the clock and stock suspension but its still going great. The main thing is to listen out for any engine knocking and leave well alone if there is - big end failure is the big cost on classic imprezas, and check when the clutch was last replaced. Personnally I don't like the look of the newage scoop on the RB5, its just too big and I don't think the splitter suits the car either.

[alfa pint]

I have a very well looked after 92k alfa spider that still feels new and the missus' volvo is on 105k and feels battered. Mileage is irrelevant, condition and a test drive is the only way forward.

[nonuts]

pete a said:

but is still on stock suspension. What do think, will this be a money pit or a good buy????

If the suspension hasn't been replaced at all, I reckon it's be pretty knackered after 100k, would want to know what had been replaced, belts must be due again too so wouldn't expect a bargain ownership experience. If you can find out how much it would all cost and make sure it's cheap enough to offset that then go for it.

[wombat172a]

alfa pint said:

I have a very well looked after 92k alfa spider that still feels new and the missus' volvo is on 105k and feels battered. Mileage is irrelevant, condition and a test drive is the only way forward.

Absolutely agreed,

I'm struggling to think of a car I've bought that has had less than 95k on, some have been pieces of st, some have been ace. On some cars the mileage means nothing once it's become a triggers broom.

[MarJay]

Subarus have a habit of eating their main bearings at high mileages though...

[B'stard Child]

Big Rod said:

B'stard Child said:

Big Rod said:

All my daily cars have north of 100k on them.

One is a moneypit, (surprisingly the one with least miles but not surprisingly the one I bought heart over head,), the others are turnkey cars.

Buy on condition.

^ This & snap

Hey chap!

Long time no speak! You alright?

Need to get something sorted out about that spoiler. Any way you could 'pony express' it to Dorking?

Edited by Big Rod on Thursday 14th October 09:01

I'm sure we can sort something out

[Thankyou4calling]

I have had quite a few high mileage cars and sold them on after adding even more. Not done it with a high performance car though, mainly prestige saloons which do rack up the miles.

The condition is the most important and the mileage really seems to hit the price so a low outlay can be mitigated by money in the bank

[Garlick]

My 944 had 154,000 when I bought it and 158,000 when sold.

The Merc I have at the moment has 136,000 on it.

If it's mechanically sound, priced correctly and you like it, ignore the odo