What would you consider "high mileage"?

So which car do you think is more 'pipe and slippers' and more likely to contain Werthers Originals, your Rover or my Jag ? :D

Believe me I've had it in the neck about that since I bought it, my best mate got into the car last-night and asked where I kept the Weather's, when I said I didn't have any he produced a bag from his jacket and grinning like an idiot said, you better have these then! ...thoughtful chap :)

Then again he likes MX5's and S2000s and that sort of thing, so I guess that's to be expected.
 
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Janesy B said:
Depends 100% on the car.
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What me old mate Janesy B says. :D

For example,
GM SAAB with 120k is about Dead.
Old Mondy with 120k is just run in.

You can buy certain cars at 20 years old with 150k up them & call it Average mileage where as another car would be scrap at 120k & you'd not even consider it.
My highest mileage was on a Camels ear with over 330k up it, Now that was High mileage, I still sold it on to a Builder though who Buildered it for 12 months before killing it.
 
Twentymac said:
Petrol High Mileage : Over 90k
Diesel High Mileage : Over 130k
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This was true 10/15 years ago with mechanical diesels and older petrol engines, but now the petrols last as long as the Diesels if not longer as there is less to go wrong than on a basic petrol over the common rail units.

Modern engines have the ability to go on for a good 150 to 200k unless you are buying some small engined Pug / Citroen.

The problem now is the car falls apart around the engine whereas 15 years ago the engine tended to fall apart before the car.

On small engined / small / medium hatch backs I would say 100k is a lot of miles if done progressively and this is more because the build quality is poor and the rest of the car wears disproportionally.

Motorway rep cars that do high mileage in 2-3 years (100k plus) tend to wear quite well as it is the type of driving. Some cars look dead at 30k miles where they have spent 6 years doing the school run and to Tesco.

It is very situational, for every 1 good well maintained + 100k miles car there are probably 10 poorly maintained dogs.

What this does mean is that there are some seriously good 100k miler bargains where the old perception hasn't changed and shifting a car with 100k on the clock can be harder.
 
I don't really care, I'm more bothered about age. Generally I'd say 30k a year is high mileage. A 10 year old car with 100k on it is not high mileage. A 3 year old car with 100k on it is high mileage. Age, IMHO, has a far greater effect on a cars condition. You don't pick up rust, trolley dents, wear your seat bolster or scrape the side of your car on the M5.
 
Ive experienced all manner of high mileage cars, Peugeots, Fords, Mercs,BMW's etc etc, generally the mechanicals will outlast the body and electircs on most cars, the German car really hide their age well, but the others are catching up. My ST which I have had from new, has been driven well, and is about to hit 100k in 3 years, very high mileage, but apart from the stone chips, the car is as good as new, no clunks from the suspension, the engine I swear is making more power than before, interior is still spot on.

It just goes to show cars are built to last, 100k just doesnt apply nowadays. Im old enough to remember when cars did actually fall to bits at 70k:(
 
R420LA6X2/4MNA said:
150k - 200k Miles for a car depending on size of both the vehicle & engine.

700k - 900k km for an HGV*.

*Scania, Volvo & Mercs add another 100k+ with ease!
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Just numbers on an odometer imo, overall condition is far more important.
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The TNT driver that serves the small industrial estate where I work used to drive a Merc lorry, which by the time he was finished with had done 1.6m km. :eek: It got through several gearboxes and starter motors etc, but that's to be expected.
 
The clio is pushing 97k atm and yes I probably would call it high milage, not that I care though.

Would never 'lapse' on the servicing just because it hits 100k. It's due a service soon and the one after that will be another belt change which won't be cheap!

Condition is far more important to me and having had the car for over 60k I know that it's all good :) (apart from that wheel bearing I must get done soon!)
 
malc30 said:
What me old mate Janesy B says. :D

For example,
GM SAAB with 120k is about Dead.
Old Mondy with 120k is just run in.

You can buy certain cars at 20 years old with 150k up them & call it Average mileage where as another car would be scrap at 120k & you'd not even consider it.
My highest mileage was on a Camels ear with over 330k up it, Now that was High mileage, I still sold it on to a Builder though who Buildered it for 12 months before killing it.
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ORLY?

My 1999 Saab 9-5 is now passed 126k and just about ran in.

I expect it to pass 150k without any serious problems. Hoping to take my third drive across Europe too in a 12 month period.
 
210k for my golf. born in 1995 so its 14 years old

enginewise its a peach

dunno whats "high mileage" really. the point when the car is utterly shagged, which if you leave it with a moron of an owner then that could be 40k-50k miles tbh
 
You can post quote highlight all you like but me I use the experience I had through actually owning one & it blowing up within around 3 weeks with Less than 120k up it. I'll stick all your quotes down the Scrap yard with my old Saab.
The engines in the GM Saabs are Weak.
 
I don't consider anything high mileage, I wouldn't consider anything that had a rust problem anyway and everything else (even the engine) can be replaced.

I've seen 120k cars that have far more life in them than 80k cars simply because so many parts have been replaced now (new clutch, suspension bits and so on).

Anything without a service history I wouldn't touch - I don't care about dealer stamps but I want a list of receipts as long as your arm, I want to see money's been spent on it.
 
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