150k mileage on a honda civic 2006

[TW]Fox · 16 Feb 2011 at 08:07

atpbx said:
Why would he need to?

Because thats pretty much how much they are worth.

The first 1.8 litre Vtec honda I put in to autotrader comes up with a 2006 car, with 50,000 less miles and £20 cheaper.

£500 more buys him a car with 70,000 miles.

£600 buys him a car with 24,000 miles, all 2006 cars.

A 24k mile Civic on an 06 plate for £5500? You can probably hear it barking from here given TRADE book on that car is £6500. You could bang it through auction and get loads more than £5.5k on an 06 with 24k miles on it so if you dont mind I'll pass on the chance to buy a 'low mileage' example for at least £2k under what you'd expect it to be advertised at!

mattyprice4004 · 16 Feb 2011 at 10:11

ryanpetit said:
Haven't you just rebuilt the engine on it? Or am I thinking of the ZS

The ZS. And that was because Mr Stupid here didn't use a proper clip on the pipe to a boost controller... cue 30-35psi of boost (off the scale on the gauge) and insta-HGF! Head lift, cylinder contents emptied into the cooling system = epic mess.

Next time I'll spend the 50p on hose clips...

atpbx · 16 Feb 2011 at 10:12

[TW]Fox;18477645 said:
Because thats pretty much how much they are worth.

A 24k mile Civic on an 06 plate for £5500? You can probably hear it barking from here given TRADE book on that car is £6500. You could bang it through auction and get loads more than £5.5k on an 06 with 24k miles on it so if you dont mind I'll pass on the chance to buy a 'low mileage' example for at least £2k under what you'd expect it to be advertised at!

You've never picked up a bargain?
My last car was £2000 below book, still going strong with no expense 4 years later.

The legacy turbo i bought privately in 1995 (3years old) was 8 grand. should have been nearly 11 from a dealer.
I should listen to you more often.
No wait......

ajstan · 16 Feb 2011 at 10:14

atpbx said:
You've never picked up a bargain?
My last car was £2000 below book, still going strong with no expense 4 years later.

The legacy turbo i bought privately in 1995 (3years old) was 8 grand. should have been nearly 11 from a dealer.
I should listen to you more often.
No wait......

Sounds like you have been lucky twice, cars well below book price are usually nails

[TW]Fox · 16 Feb 2011 at 11:04

atpbx said:
You've never picked up a bargain?

Good idea, lets take a general line that he shouldnt buy the car and instead should seek out a low mileage minter for £2k under book.

My last car was £2000 below book, still going strong with no expense 4 years later.

Because it's a Chrysler Neon, a car that literally nobody wants. Whereas a low mileage current shape Honda Civic is a popular used car you can sell all day long without issues.

Scania · 16 Feb 2011 at 12:01

ajstan said:
You should not have said thattt!!!!

I keep having to stop myself quoting my silly mile 5 series for fear of just this....

Low miles "minter" or high mile "minter", to my mind, theres no difference bar the price.

Depends how long you want to keep it, if its for a few years, I'd always opt for the higher mile car & spend what would have depreciated on the lower mile car running the higher mile one, plus, I'm quite sure,I would have a bit left for for myself.

I think that makes sence?

mattyprice4004 · 16 Feb 2011 at 14:52

R420LA6X2/4MNA said:
I keep having to stop myself quoting my silly mile 5 series for fear of just this....

Low miles "minter" or high mile "minter", to my mind, theres no difference bar the price.

Depends how long you want to keep it, if its for a few years, I'd always opt for the higher mile car & spend what would have depreciated on the lower mile car running the higher mile one, plus, I'm quite sure,I would have a bit left for for myself.

I think that makes sence?

How many has your 5 series racked up?

Scania · 16 Feb 2011 at 14:57

mattyprice4004 said:
How many has your 5 series racked up?

Just shy of 265k now. :eek:

Matt82 · 16 Feb 2011 at 14:59

i dont care about jinxing it. the car never fails!

my golf is on 227k. i honestly thought the bottom end was going, went underneath to investigate, turned out to be the cat falling apart spectacularly.

the cat is now gutted, the car sounds peachy

ajstan · 16 Feb 2011 at 15:16

Woahhhh, makes my car's mileage look tiny at 134k

Matt82 · 16 Feb 2011 at 15:22

ajstan said:
Woahhhh, makes my car's mileage look tiny at 134k

my newer lower mileage golf is on 167k

ajstan · 16 Feb 2011 at 15:24

Matt82 said:
my newer lower mileage golf is on 167k

What do you do to rack up so many miles?

Matt82 · 16 Feb 2011 at 15:42

i bought them both on quite high mileage... the mk3 was on 144k, 5 years ago

the mk4 was on 148k about 8-9 months ago

ajstan · 16 Feb 2011 at 17:51

Ohhh, annual mileage not as high as I first thought, still loads though

Matt82 · 16 Feb 2011 at 18:34

the mk3 was clearing 25k annually for the first few years but that slowed down dramatically in the last 18 months due to owning other cars, gf having a car, and then getting her the mk4 last year as i think i started to grow out of coilovers, poly bushes, the whole generally inhospitable environment, so loads of the miles get dumped on that car now

Scania · 16 Feb 2011 at 18:51

ajstan said:
Woahhhh, makes my car's mileage look tiny at 134k

My truck is an 08 plate, and has just ticked past 300k.

ajstan · 16 Feb 2011 at 18:52

R420LA6X2/4MNA said:
My truck is an 08 plate, and has just ticked past 300k.

Trucks don't count

Matt82 · 16 Feb 2011 at 19:03

R420LA6X2/4MNA said:
My truck is an 08 plate, and has just ticked past 300k.

miles or km

(ive genuinely wondered that with lorries with a lot of them being continental n all)

Scania · 16 Feb 2011 at 19:29

Matt82 said:
miles or km (ive genuinely wondered that with lorries with a lot of them being continental n all)

Whilst the tacho reads KM's, I do mean miles.

metachi · 21 Mar 2011 at 17:20

guys, i didn't buy that 150k milage car, so i've waited and found some1 else selling a better car "2.2 Ex Diesel 2006 95k on the clock" for £5.8k

what do i need to prepare for buying a high milage car?