What's the MOST amount of miles you would purchase buying a used car?

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

vistor check your pmssss

 

[Ali1 10+ year member]

what? your post made NO sense in relation to the op you quoted.. on the miles thing- my buddies truck (96 chevy 1500) is at 423k miles. original motor ******. rearend has been replaced.. used fo rconstruction since new.

fixed

 

[bigeasy79 10+ year member]

like said before it depends on the vehicle i bought my s-10 with 112k it has ~155k now and havent had any problems with it and my dad has a 84 toyota truck with over 550k and still drives fine and he hasnt had to have any major work done to it and his 94 t 100 is working on 500k and he drives it every day

 

[XxSuperAdamxX 10+ year member]

timing belts are no joke, mang.

Just curious how many miles before you get this changed? Possibly at a 60k tune up?

 

[visitor]

That doesn't necessarily mean it was never in for service

that makes more sense

 

[eharri3 10+ year member]

Depends on what Im looking for. If Im buying a cheap vehicle for a beater or something, I wouldn't think twice about taking something with 100K and putting another 1-200 K on it. But that's cause I would only do the bare minimum needed to keep it running and nothing else. Wouldn't care about body work, worn interior pieces, any other malfunctions that didn't affect drivability.

If this is gonna be my nice around the town car that I'm keeping for awhile and Im spending some real money anyway Id spend a little more and get something under 4 years old, under 40 thousand miles. Don't like idea of buying something for my primary vehicle right when it's time to replace expensive parts, or that only has 1/2 or 1/3rd it's life left. Id only chance a high mileage used vehicle as a VERY cheap spare I dont care about so that if it croaks early, so be it.

ID rather spend a few thousand dollars more up front than at the repair shop. Think about it: If youre trading in a 150000 mile car will you be worried about things like fresh tires, brakes, coolant flush, amd transmission flush, etc... in that last month or two before it's gone?