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car with high mileage

scotty1971
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going to view this car at 2 pm today.

http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/kia-picanto/111158341

it has mileage of a 110000 miles.the person who owns it works for kia,so it has been serviced regularly.will it make much difference with such high mileage? the car was used by a kia rep before he bought it hence high mileage.

scott
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  • jase1
    jase1 Posts: 2,308 Forumite
    It'll be fine if well maintained. The Hyundai Alpha engine is a tough little thing, well proven (it's been around since 1992 and was based on the even older Mitsubishi Orion engine that's been around in various guises since 1975).

    Interior is likely to be a little tatty at this mileage though.

    It's cheap enough though and I can see it being a useful runaround for some years to come.
  • scotty1971
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    i have only seen the interior in the pictures looks ok,but will find out more at 2pm.the car has now only got 3 months mot left on it. so they may let it go for £1100 but if they put a years mot and tax it for a year it will be back to the original price of £1300
  • s_b
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    too many miles for one of them
  • andygb
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    Too many miles for a one litre car, too expensive for the year and mileage.
  • forgotmyname
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    110,000 miles would be low mileage to me.

    Add another 20,000 and the price plummets and puts off a lot of buyers.

    But i buy bigger cars, They are a lot cheaper. But dont cost a great deal more to run.
    Will that 1100cc engine do 60mpg at 70mph?
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  • scotty1971
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    well went to see the car,it only has 95000 miles i made a mistake with the milieage it was from another car i was looking at,has a fsh,the woman who has the car works for kia as a mechanic. so i bought looks great,interior spotless and the husband showed me all around the car and it drives very well,paid £1200 for it as he will mot it for a year and tax it as well
  • jase1
    jase1 Posts: 2,308 Forumite
    Seems reasonable to me... would love to see all these 2006 Picantos for much less than £1200.
  • s_b
    s_b Posts: 4,464 Forumite
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    Oh dear
    the pain starts soon
  • harveybobbles
    harveybobbles Posts: 8,973 Forumite
    Autotrader is fll of Picanto's for arounbd 1500 quid with sub 70k on..
  • scotty1971
    scotty1971 Posts: 1,732 Forumite
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    s_b wrote: »
    Oh dear
    the pain starts soon

    do you speak through experience,do you own or ever owned a picanto? are you mechanic?

    scott
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