pretend your buying a car, who thinks milage means everything?

 

*PRETENDS I'M BUYING A CAR*

MILAGE DOES NOT MEAN EVERYTHING. IT MEANS A LOT BUT I PREFER TO GO BY THE APPEARANCE AND CONDITION OF THE INTERIOR, ALONG WITH CHECKING FLUIDS AND OVERALL CONDITION OF THE DRIVETRAIN AND OTHER INTERNALS. IF ALL SEEMS TO BE WELL TAKEN CARE OF AND MAINTAINED, THE -MILEAGE- ISN'T AS BIG OF A FACTOR...BUT IS STILL IMPORTANT.

*remembers text is 10x less annoying when caps lock is off, and quits pretending I'm buying a car*

 

I haven't know how many miles have been on my car for years lol. My car is probably at like 130k and the motor at around 50k. Its just a guess. I could figure it out if i really wanted too. As long as the **** runs good and you do regular mantinence, who cares?

My friend has a turbo DA on a motor with 175k on it. Boosting 12psi! Still runs.

 

it means nothing at all if you plan on swapping, if you plan on drivin the **** every day with the stock motor then i wouldnt buy a beat *** high mileage car

 

mileage like MPG? or how many miles are on a used car? i would hope the new car i bought had close to 0 miles on it and got atleast 20mpg.

 

2 ton turbo deisel trucks get 20 MPG

 

milage does not mean every thing, BUT it can give a clue to how the car was taken car of, or lack there of. a 2002 with 100k might not be at the top of my list.

 

Mileage means a ton. If you have a car with 150k on it that haven't had things like the suspension bushings, heater core, and other small, pain in the *** stuff like that changed, I'll walk away from it. The older you get the less and less willing you are to mess with junk like that, where you wouldn't have to on a lower mileage car. Also, no matter how much you do, higher mileage cars seem to have unidentified rattles, squeeks and other various small but annoying problems that are damn near impossible to get rid of.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ricey McRicerton &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Also, no matter how much you do, higher mileage cars seem to have unidentified rattles, squeeks and other various small but annoying problems that are damn near impossible to get rid of. </TD></TR></TABLE>

My DA which is almost at 200k knows this problem all to well

 

i live 30 min from the closest store on a curvy mountain road, so i can say gas mileage means alot to me

if i had lots of money i wouldnt give half a ****

 

My 92 GSR has 160,000 miles on it. All stock internals, never a head gasket. Full tune-up 20,000 ago. Made 152 whp 2 days ago with bolt ons and mild ecu tune. Mileage isn't everything, but the routine mantainance is.

 

I definitely take it into consideration when buying a car. Not only does it say it about the motor, but also the chassi.

 

Condition and maintainance is most important to me. Who owned/drove the car before hand makes a difference as well.

I bought my car because I knew that an older lady owned and drove it. Also, there were 3 lbs. of papers in the glove box with all the maintenance work done in the cars lifetime.

I'd rather buy a higher milage, well maintained car from an old lady then a lower milage not so well maintained car from someone else (like a punk *** kid). My 2 cents.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by auctionaccess &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Condition and maintainance is most important to me. Who owned/drove the car before hand makes a difference as well.

I bought my car because I knew that an older lady owned and drove it. Also, there were 3 lbs. of papers in the glove box with all the maintenance work done in the cars lifetime.

I'd rather buy a higher milage, well maintained car from an old lady then a lower milage not so well maintained car from someone else (like a punk *** kid). My 2 cents.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by auctionaccess &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Condition and maintainance is most important to me. Who owned/drove the car before hand makes a difference as well.

I bought my car because I knew that an older lady owned and drove it. Also, there were 3 lbs. of papers in the glove box with all the maintenance work done in the cars lifetime.

I'd rather buy a higher milage, well maintained car from an old lady then a lower milage not so well maintained car from someone else (like a punk *** kid). My 2 cents.</TD></TR></TABLE>

The problem I run into a lot at the dealership (where I work) is the little old lady's never drive their cars. They dont have milage but they do sit for a long time which can be just a bad as high milage sometimes and if they go by milage only they tend to get an oil change only once a year, another example is a t/belt on a 99 Civic is 168000kms or 7yrs well I see all the time, little old ladys come in with 30000kms and refuse to do a t/belt cuz its not 168000kms yet but the 7 yrs is up. A belt doesnt know if its being used or not, it will hard and crack regardless.

 

My EG had 200K on it and it bothered me for some reason. I'm happy now my 60K EK. It took me 4 cars before I could have car that has 100K below.

 

In my case, I bought a 95 LX with 250,000 RV miles. Carfax reports tell me that car wasn't driven at all for some long periods of time, then all of a sudden it had extra 50k miles. It was hauled for 10 years. Car runs like new. Suspension feels tight, motor pulls like it should. No rattles or squeaks or what you would expect from a car with that many miles.
It's my daily driver and I needed a good reliable car. Sold my hatch and got this as I was starting school.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by setupjdmeg2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">milage does not mean every thing, BUT it can give a clue to how the car was taken car of, or lack there of. a 2002 with 100k might not be at the top of my list.</TD></TR></TABLE>

agreed