used car with more than 100k miles?

wba31

Never bought a car older than 7 years old with less than 100k miles on, other than my first 3 cars (all £100 Micras). It's people's mileage snobbery that leaves these great cars available for me and other likeminded folk...

machinor

wba31 wrote: »

Never bought a car older than 7 years old with less than 100k miles on, other than my first 3 cars (all £100 Micras). It's people's mileage snobbery that leaves these great cars available for me and other likeminded folk...

there is no car with these criteria below 2k!

Indout96

there is no car with these criteria below 2k!

Are you joking (unless you live in a very very remote area)
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/used-cars
Using postcode search there are 505 cars within 10 miles of me between £500 & £1000 with less than 100,000 miles on them inc

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201407105711641/sort/default/advert-type/Classified/radius/10/postcode/bd47tt/usedcars/maximum-mileage/up_to_100000_miles/price-to/1000/onesearchad/used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew/page/1/price-from/500?logcode=p

£500 / 60,000 miles / Small / economical and 12 months MOT fits all your needs

machinor

Indout96 wrote: »

Are you joking (unless you live in a very very remote area)
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/used-cars
Using postcode search there are 505 cars within 10 miles of me between £500 & £1000 with less than 100,000 miles on them inc

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201407105711641/sort/default/advert-type/Classified/radius/10/postcode/bd47tt/usedcars/maximum-mileage/up_to_100000_miles/price-to/1000/onesearchad/used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew/page/1/price-from/500?logcode=p

£500 / 60,000 miles / Small / economical and 12 months MOT fits all your needs

what economical? it has 32mpg!

Indout96

It has 32 round town and 51.4 on motorway from the details on Autotrader
Honest John shows a real life figure of 39 average

If you are looking for more you need to be looking at Diesel
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201408046343144/sort/default/price-from/500/onesearchad/used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew/maximum-mileage/up_to_100000_miles/postcode/bd47tt/price-to/1000/radius/1500/usedcars/fuel-type/diesel/advert-type/Classified/page/1?logcode=p

You need to do a search for where you live.

Hintza

Indout96 wrote: »

Are you joking (unless you live in a very very remote area)

What? Less than 7 years old ......wow!

welfayre

If you've got any mechanical knowledge or have family member/mate who does then auctions are awesome places to pick up bargains.

I've picked up a few for under 1k; some with mot & tax, some with one or the other and some with neither.

Just Google car auctions in (your local area).

forgotmyname

My current car bought with over 120,000 miles in 2009. It was 5 years old and i paid just over £2000 for it.

Its not got over 170,000 miles and cost just over £1000 in repairs and servicing. inc tyres, exhaust and brakes etc.

When i buy i make sure the service history is spot on. Serviced well before the max limits. I always say the service schedule is the max not a target.

Check the tyres, Are they a decent brand? Are the filters genuine parts or a good brand?

topdaddy_2

machinor wrote: »

what economical? it has 32mpg!

What mpg are you looking for?

wba31

machinor wrote: »

there is no car with these criteria below 2k!

I didn't pay less than £2k for any of them. I was making a point that just because a car has done over £100k miles is irrelevant, as many people on here can and will testify to.

my biggest success story was a 2004 Civic i bought in 2010 with 110k miles on it, i put 45k miles on it by the end of 2012 and only ever replaced tyres and brakes at a grand total of approx. £250 (my dad is a mechanic so no labour costs for me...)