Are people put off by high mileage cars?

flashnazia

I found selling an above average mileage car a struggle. It had 101k on the clock, 3 series BM with full main dealer history and me as second owner but still people would say 'sorry, mileage too high'.
Had plenty of interest though so I'm sure the price was right but in the end the mileage did put them off.

Icey370

Personally, for me, it depends on the type of engine. If its a petrol, I'd be more put off, whereas a diesel, not so much

TrickyWicky

Doesn't worry me a great deal really. If the engine is made by a solid manufactuer (Volvo, Toyota, VW, Audi, Ford) then I'd take a high miler. If however it's a lower quality brand (and we all know who they are) then I wouldn't touch it with a bargepole. Having said that, some of the lower quality brands do sometimes make the odd model thats exceptionally reliable but just a pita and expensive to maintain.

To be honest though, most quality engines are made far better than they were years ago. Manufacturing has improved, testing has improved and people expectations have driven the quality up too. Any engine that fails under 100k is (imo) designed intentionally to cost the owner money.

System

I would personally be put off by a high miler.

As someone that like to keep his cars a few years I would prefer to have as low miles as possible on my car at time of purchase.

Johnny_Barnes10

High miles didn't used to bother me, but I've found it harder to shift cars with 100k+ miles. So sticking to sub 90k cars from now on.

mattyprice4004

Carboy wrote: »

If its a large engine then it will last for a good 200'000 miles if serviced properly

No. Why would engine size affect longevity? The two are unrelated.

Personally, I'm not fussed - high mileage cars to date:

- MG ZS, 138k
- Rover 620ti, 200k
- Rover 75, 194k
- rover 75, 173k
- MG ZS, 174k

forgotmyname

My past few cars have all had 120,000+ on them. Most buyers will look and think ooh no way too much.

But i paid just over £2000 for a car that's just under 5 years old. Bargain i think.

£700 in MOT's and repairs and upgrades in just over 3 years. In fact a lot of that is because of the upgrades.

More POWER!!!

Lum

mattyprice4004 wrote: »

No. Why would engine size affect longevity? The two are unrelated.

Smaller engine has to be worked a lot harder to get any acceleration out of it, so will have spent more of its life at higher revs.

StrongWork

mattyprice4004 wrote: »

No. Why would engine size affect longevity? The two are unrelated.

Personally, I'm not fussed - high mileage cars to date:

- MG ZS, 138k
- Rover 620ti, 200k
- Rover 75, 194k
- rover 75, 173k
- MG ZS, 174k

How many head gaskets have they gone through? :D

reeac

dacouch wrote: »

he would keep them for a few years and when he sold them they would have gone down to low mileage so he had no problems selling them.

It worked very well for him.

How did he manage that ... only drive them backwards?:D