How many kms is too high for you to buy?

[LUDELVR]

I'm debating about a used vehicle but it has over 275 000 kms on it, mostly highway from what I'm told and it's a 2006. It's a Honda if that matters and it's basically the 3.5 L V6 engine from an Odessey.

[X_EVO_X]

That is crazy high, the market adjustment for the mileage had better be inline with high amount of kms highway or not. Have your mechanic look at it too!

[shakalaka]

No way I would go for something with mileage THAT high. I am comfortable if it's under the 100K range, lower the better offcourse. But if it's a car that I REALLY want and it's a REALLY good deal, then I might consider around 100-120K range TOPS.

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

I bought a 2005 with 176000km last December. It's going to hit 200000km next week.

[Masked Bandit]

It really depends how much you're paying for it and what you're doing with it.

If it's just for bombin' around town in the winter and the price is right, go for it.

[turbotrip]

275 is fine if everything else checks out mechanically

[D'z Nutz]

Anything more than 10,000KM/year unless it was intended to be a short term beater

[Abeo]

if I'm buying a daily, under 150K is about what I want. I don't like seeing my cars roll over to 200K. If its a car that I'm going to tear apart and modify anyways, then the condition of the car plays a greater role than km. A solid and straight 300K car beats a twisted 90K rust bucket any day.

[Tomaz]

God, I'll never be able to sell my car! I drive 50,000-60,000kms/year! haha

I dont really care about kms on a vehicle. 150k - 200k is alright for a used car. I expect to pay less than $5000 of course.

1991 Honda Civic... Don't care about kms. It could have over 1,000,000 kms on it and I would still buy it. New engine is like $400 in one of those!

[Team_Mclaren]

Originally posted by D'z Nutz
Anything more than 10,000KM/year unless it was intended to be a short term beater

wTF? do you drive like 4 months outta the year?

[JRSC00LUDE]

Originally posted by Team_Mclaren


wTF? do you drive like 4 months outta the year?

No kidding lol, with the exception of my old prelude everything I own has gotten at LEAST 24K km a year on it.

[D'z Nutz]

Haha taking city transit to work saves me a lot on mileage. My 2008 Subie just rolled over 40,000KM a couple weeks back and that's including a few trips to BC/Washington. I'd have a lot less mileage too if I weren't driving to Bridlewood 1-2 times a week.

[supe]

You also have to think about resale value, obviously you already think this is high, after a few years of owning it, it will be an even tougher sell.

[Thaco]

all of my vehicles have high mileage... as long as it's in good shape mechanically, the mileage really doesn't mean a lot to me... other than a cheaper pricetag

The highest mileage i have right now is my 2000 yukon at nearly 300k

all of my vehicles i got for less than 50% market value due to high mileage, and they have all been very reliable and mechanically sound.

[corsvette]

I myself would rather have a high mileage highway driven vehicle than a low mileage city driven one. Highway miles are easy miles for a car, but they add up very quickly (i drove 75,000km last year)

When i was looking to buy a diesel truck i looked at low mileage and high mileage units. What shocked me was the difference in engine running hours (the newer diesels have hourmeter readings you can pull up on the dash display) the trucks with between 130-160,000kms were owned by guys living in Calgary using them as daily drivers had between 2800 to 3600 hours, one truck with 150,000 kms has 8700 hours!!. I looked at one truck that was $6500 LESS than the average asking price, it had 240,000kms as the owner drove from Crossfield to red deer....it had 3100 hours, no actual Running time difference than the others, just more distance travelled at a higher average speed.

The diesel mechanic i took the truck to flat out told me that truck would go at least 500,000+ KM highway, and that in town miles put much more wear and tear on both the engine and tranny, so he said the lower mileage truck may not be the best deal..it depends on maitenence and where the miles came from.

I kept that truck 3 years, sold it with 370,000 kms. in the three yrs of ownership i replaced the brakes, waterpump, clockspring for the airbag, and some normal wear items in the front end. Nothing more than what would have had to be done on a low mileage truck, so i saved a lot of money in the end, i even got very good money when i sold it because it was still in great mechanical order.

[AndyL]

Seriously? 1,800,000 is my max. Yes 1.8 mil

Newer than '00 - id think twice (they started getting good at designing life cycles around then). Older than 00 - I want to see at least 30k/yr - any less and its been sitting too much and is going to have issues.

I've always done better on high mileage vehicles, the low mileage ones have always been POSes.

[Rat Fink]

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[Sugarphreak]

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[max_boost]

Personally I wouldn't want a vehicle with that high mileage but that's because I can't fix anything. I suppose if the price is right and there is a documented service history, sure.

LUDELVR, there are so many vehicles on the market, any reason why you are after this high mileage one?

[Neil4Speed]

Documented service history is a must as well as a good inspection. I think to how great my sisters 3.5RL runs with 340k on the clock. Supremely smooth.