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| Dragonslayer182:
--- Quote from: ABlockOfCheese on December 07, 2014, 11:07:07 AM ---if you think mileage is just a number then you are extremely naive and shouldn't be car shopping. The number of miles on a vehicle is extremely important. --- End quote --- How is is important? Does it affect how well the car drives? |
| Mikoyan:
--- Quote from: Dragonslayer182 on December 07, 2014, 01:06:38 PM ---How is is important? Does it affect how well the car drives? --- End quote --- Because when things work they wear down lol a car with 50k miles is much less likely to have engine or frame problems than a car with 100k miles saying "mileage is just a number" is like saying "Money is just money lol" |
| Strovbe:
--- Quote from: Mikoyan on December 07, 2014, 01:11:32 PM ---Because when things work they wear down lol a car with 50k miles is much less likely to have engine or frame problems than a car with 100k miles saying "mileage is just a number" is like saying "Money is just money lol" --- End quote --- wheels are just wheels lol |
| ABlockOfCheese:
--- Quote from: Dragonslayer182 on December 07, 2014, 01:06:38 PM ---How is is important? Does it affect how well the car drives? --- End quote --- it affects every aspect of the car. You need to try and get as low miles as possible. |
| Caution:
Mileage can be just a number to some extent. You can find a 2008 or 2007 model year car with 200,000 miles and I'd buy it because with that many miles the car has obviously just been used for highway commuting. Highway driving is the best for a car because there's minimal wear and tear on everything. The motor is just sitting there humming quietly at generally the same RPM for an extended amount of time. The transmission isn't constantly shifting. The brakes aren't being used much if at all. If it's a 2003 with 100,000 miles I could more believe that the car has been used predominantly on city streets - more potholes, more turning, more braking, more accelerating, more shifting, more starting, more stopping. It also depends on who owned it. If it was a woman (not to be loveist) then generally maintenance and repairs have been ignored if it doesn't affect the way it drives. If it was owned by a mechanic then buy the stuff out of that car. If it's been well taken care of, it doesn't matter so much how it's been driven and how you'll drive it. My 1998 Malibu has 176,000 miles on it and it's become a pizza delivery car and is soon to be a daily driver for 30 mile commute every weekday in addition to my delivery shifts. But I take such good care of that thing. New struts, new gaskets top to bottom, oil changes 3000 miles or less, flushes, new brakes. If you take care of your vehicle it'll last you. But yeah, it can affect "every aspect of the car". If it has 200,000 miles then someone was sitting in that car using the windows, the radio, accelerating, braking, whatever for that entire 200,000 miles the car has been through. Obviously it can also depends on the make and model of the car. Some cars just have stuffty engines. My friend's old Land Rover got a cracked head at 110,000 miles. Scrapped it. Those things are known for that. However look at Hondas. Even if they're not taken the best care of, it would be loving weird to have one not hit 200,000 regardless of its past. |
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