Used cars over 100, 000 miles, any good?

[Crosser]

Is a car with over 100,000 miles for around 1000+ worth getting, are you just taking on other peoples problems, does how many owners it has had, have any bearing on the above, etc?

 

A good rule of thumb is........

 

NEVER buy a second hand car from someone in Sheffield.

 

Makes absolute sense really, you MUST have noticed the slight difference between the smoothness of the roads in Sheffield and anwhere else in the world (EG Syrian Highways).

 

Draw your own conclusions...

[foxy lady]

Are you this condesending with your customers? I'll carry on buying cars at 100k plus and you can carry on flogging people the rubbish you've been banging on about for the last few posts.

 

I suppose some of us just have higher standards than others. That's why you won't see cars with 100K miles for sale on the forecourt at Mercedes Benz Chesterfield but you will in the layby at Meadowhead.

 

We only lease new cars. We dispose of secondhand ones to the trade, which is why the low mileage cars end up on dealers forecourts and high mileage ones end up on a transporter to the auctions, where the likes of you can buy them and have the problems.

[vwkittie]

My car is 24 years old and has done nearly 200k miles, so I'd say yes, so long as it's been looked after.

[Obelix]

I suppose some of us just have higher standards than others. That's why you won't see cars with 100K miles for sale on the forecourt at Mercedes Benz Chesterfield but you will in the layby at Meadowhead.

 

We only lease new cars. We dispose of secondhand ones to the trade, which is why the low mileage cars end up on dealers forecourts and high mileage ones end up on a transporter to the auctions, where the likes of you can buy them and have the problems.

 

let's have a look at my cars with "problems" then....

 

320k on the BMW

290k on the other BMW

202k on the Landrover

 

Parents... 890k on the Jag.

 

Apart from consumables like brakes, clutches etc the only serious issue has been the Landrover eating gearboxes, which isn't that surprising when you see what I do with it, and the occasional balljoint and suspension bush that needs fitting....

[foxy lady]

let's have a look at my cars with "problems" then....

 

320k on the BMW

290k on the other BMW

202k on the Landrover

 

Parents... 890k on the Jag.

 

Apart from consumables like brakes, clutches etc the only serious issue has been the Landrover eating gearboxes, which isn't that surprising when you see what I do with it, and the occasional balljoint and suspension bush that needs fitting....

 

That's fine. There is a difference between looking after a car for a high mileage and buying one with a high mileage in the hope the guy who is ditching it did the same.

I'm more for getting in a car and driving it. Fitting gearboxes, clutches, balljoints and suspension parts seems like breakdowns to me. But I wouldn't consider a clutch as a consumable either.

 

If I had a choice between a 3 year old car with 100K miles and a 4 year old with 40K, I'd take the 4 year old every time. But as they give me a new one every year I don't have to.

 

I do have a very nice 43 year old BMW, but that only has 30K miles on it and drives beautifully.

[Gamston]

It's all about common sense . I own and drive a Volvo 850 estate bought in 1997 which was an ex demonstration model from the dealer with less than 5000 miles on the clock . There is now over 150,000 miles on the clock but I wouldn't swap it for a newer model with 99,000 miles on the clock . We change the wife's car every three years regardless of miles on the clock .

[Justin Smith]

Is a car with over 100,000 miles for around 1000+ worth getting, are you just taking on other peoples problems, does how many owners it has had, have any bearing on the above, etc?

 

My last car was an ex fleet (i.e. full service history) Ford Escort diesel with 82K on it. Over 13 years I put another 50k on it with minimal problems, the cam belt going despite the fact I`d replaced it 20,000m previously, that was an expensive repair.

It did strand me twice with the same thing, the clutch adjuster went. What really ****ed me off is that it was a crappy plastic gear sector, if Ford had made it out of metal (brass ? ) I`d have been saved all that hassle, and how much extra would it actually have cost them ? £1 ?

[tinfoilhat]

A good rule of thumb is........

 

NEVER buy a second hand car from someone in Sheffield.

 

Makes absolute sense really, you MUST have noticed the slight difference between the smoothness of the roads in Sheffield and anwhere else in the world (EG Syrian Highways).

 

Draw your own conclusions...

 

You've never driven in London? Or Leeds? Or Manchester? Or any country roads?

[Crosser]

You've never driven in London? Or Leeds? Or Manchester? Or any country roads?

 

Yep! Driven in ALL those places, but Sheffield (especially North Sheffield) is by far the worst .

 

Try a run through Ecclesfield (Esp Cross Hill) or Deerlands or Hartley Brook rd they are all bus routes too.... the side roads are even worse!

 

Then they put speed bumps on them too (as if they wern't bad enough tho begin with)

[foxy lady]

My last car was an ex fleet (i.e. full service history) Ford Escort diesel with 82K on it. Over 13 years I put another 50k on it with minimal problems, the cam belt going despite the fact I`d replaced it 20,000m previously, that was an expensive repair.

It did strand me twice with the same thing, the clutch adjuster went. What really ****ed me off is that it was a crappy plastic gear sector, if Ford had made it out of metal (brass ? ) I`d have been saved all that hassle, and how much extra would it actually have cost them ? £1 ?

 

Now that's reliability. I've knocked up around 50K in 3 years and I needed a replacement fuse for a heated rear screen. I didn't know I needed it. The man told me he had fixed it when I picked it up from service and valet.