150k mileage on a honda civic 2006

That's truly mental mileage for that money, seriously... how many miles are you really going to get out of that car without some major investment?
 
kae2 said:
That's truly mental mileage for that money, seriously... how many miles are you really going to get out of that car without some major investment?
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I spent quite a bit more than than that on a car of similar age with only 10k less the clock and do not regret it.
 
[TW]Fox;18465710 said:
I spent quite a bit more than than that on a car of similar age with only 10k less the clock and do not regret it.
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But you do a lot less than average mileage (or at least you used to) and were prepared for the fact that it might throw the odd big bill every now and then.

For someone who just wants a reliable car maybe the Focus suggestion was in the right ball park.

Got to say I am considering a 1.8 Civic for my next car. Good mix of power and economy, reliable and if you get the right model a decent enough spec.
 
If you were to go for it, I was looking for civics a couple of months ago and that was for sale then - you could probably get a pretty decent discount off it.
 
with modern cars mileage doesnt mean a lot provided the car has been well pampered has a spot on service history and all seems to check out, my cars on 202,000 miles now and runs really well, (tuned 2 litre turbo, still on original turbo!)

if the service history is really patchy or something doesnt seem right then walk, worst thing you can do is rush into buying then see something a week down the line much cheaper and better, (although that will always happen to a degree)
 
It's going to have seen heavy motorway usage to rack up that mileage in a relatively short space of time, so it wouldn't put me off personally. It will have spent most of it's life running at optimal temperature, with minimal gear changes/clutch usage, whilst driving in straight lines on flat roads... so it's probably going to be in better mechanical condition than most 'town' cars with half that mileage (assuming it's been serviced properly, of course). Just my opinion though.
 
There are only really two issues with buying newish cars with this sort of mileage:

a) You are never going to sell it on for a meaningful amount of money
b) No warranty company will go near you.

Provided neither of these are an issue there is absolutely no reason why that car would be in anything other than the same or probably better condition than one thats undergone a far more average useage profile.
 
Sin_Chase said:
150k?

Just about broken in that!
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Yes, I bet, with similar use, that would do another 100k quite happily.

hohum said:
It's going to have seen heavy motorway usage to rack up that mileage in a relatively short space of time, so it wouldn't put me off personally. It will have spent most of it's life running at optimal temperature, with minimal gear changes/clutch usage, whilst driving in straight lines on flat roads... so it's probably going to be in better mechanical condition than most 'town' cars with half that mileage (assuming it's been serviced properly, of course). Just my opinion though.
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Your opinion is spot on. :)
 
I took an 03 citroen from 150k to 200k and didn't have a single big bill, the only thing I had to replace in those 50k miles was a bush which cost something like £20 inc labour.
 
Fair point, I suppose I'm looking at it from my point of view; 18-22k miles a year, driven fairly hard at times, so I wouldn't expect the car to last too long without issues for me.
 
Obviously a field rep with a large area base to cover and do his rounds on.

Pharmaceutical reps seem to make it their living to drop in unannounced and pester doctors so i bet they put the miles in when visiting rural surgeries.
 
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