IMO 300k auto=headache & you are better off running what you have up to 300k. Unless you find a newer all highway car w/records for decent money.
Yes, I agree with this. 200K is the old 100K. At 200K big things start to go. You have to be committed to keep it going after that point, big dollar things. Its why most end up in the dust bin. Unwilling to pay or DIY for a heater core / timing chain / whateverThis. In my experience it starts getting a bit hairy at 200k miles. At this mileage random stuff is just flat out worn out and breaks. My daily driver is at 200k miles and if I could afford it I’d be driving something with lower miles on it. Driving a 300k mile car for the sake of it sounds like you’re just looking for an excuse to be wrenching on a car on the weekends. If you want a 300k mile car just expect headaches lol.
I think there is some leeway. If you bought it well under 100K miles, I think its pretty legit.Just me but if you haven't owned the vehicle since new its not quite like YOU took it to 300k!? Or, at least be in your immediate family. Maybe I'm wrong on this one.
I think there is some leeway. If you bought it well under 100K miles, I think its pretty legit.
Now if you buy something today with 250K miles - definitely a cheat.
Good thought pattern either way!
Looking but most don’t pay even 1/6 of what I make. A medical body parts delivery gig pays well but you have to know someone and that would only pay 1/2 of what I make even with the mileage reimbursement. Best gig I had was being field engineer and they paid for thr traveling miles. I paid off the Fit within 18 months with the mileage reimbursement but only had thst assignment for 2 years.If your seriously interested in doing this why no do delivery service or professional courier service or something, at least you would get paid.
Absolutely!! I got like five people waiting to buy our Hondas. Mileage doesn't scare me if I know the owner and that being me, I'm just looking to see 400,000 and I'm sure a lot of other people are as well. a couple automotive lubricant companies have taken some interest in this car already.You have to earn your way into the club.
I say go for it! You'll get there before I do but I'll catch up eventually. I bought my Fit fourteen months ago with a little under 22K miles but I am now over 40K since I am using it as my daily driver. It's funny I have nearly doubled its mileage in just 14 months but it shows how little the previous owner (an old lady) drove it.You know what, I am going to start feeding it Penzoil Ultra and make it a mission to take this Fit to 300k miles.
giving out and driving a vehicle is good for it. I tell people who have low mileage cars get out once a week and just put the cruise control at 80 mph or whatever the legal limit is and take 30 or 45 minutes and blow the crud out of the car. cars that haven't been driven and sit a lot even with low mileage are the ones that usually have the most problemsI say go for it! You'll get there before I do but I'll catch up eventually. I bought my Fit fourteen months ago with a little under 22K miles but I am now over 40K since I am using it as my daily driver. It's funny I have nearly doubled its mileage in just 14 months but it shows how little the previous owner (an old lady) drove it.
That is why I do except it is 85 mph or what ever the legal speed limit is plus 10 unless it is 25 mph and stay with the flow of traffic for 50+ miles. I do that on weekend and it is 50+ miles to thr first destination and a few shorter mid-destination with some pause in between and then a nice 60 miles jaunt at midnight home goijg 80+ mph for 2-3 mins intervals whenever traffic permits inside express way where speed limit isn’t as enforced but rather toll/hov cheat is. I got 3 people so we take it whenever we can.giving out and driving a vehicle is good for it. I tell people who have low mileage cars get out once a week and just put the cruise control at 80 mph or whatever the legal limit is and take 30 or 45 minutes and blow the crud out of the car. cars that haven't been driven and sit a lot even with low mileage are the ones that usually have the most problems
low mileage 97-04 C5 & 05-13 C6 Chevy Corvettes are plentyful and can be had for under $20k.There is a European indu shop about 8 miles away and they have a lot of Bimmers on the lot. That place has to have been there 20+ years and possibly longer. It likely has a lot more work than it can handle but I assume the vehicle owners have other vehicles to use while their Bimmers and European cars stay in the shop for a few days.
Part of me love Honda for use of maintenance. And American muscle/sport cars aren’t that bad to upkeep and isn’t as boring as most Japanese cars.
If Dodge didn’t have the Hemi ticks and oil starvation at idle, I would get a Challenger Scat Pack in a heart beat.
Why would you? Cost? Desire to continually conduct repair/replacement? Be afraid to take the vehicle on a road trip? I can understand “driving the wheels off” a newly purchased car that has the options you want and is what you want to be in. Own three vehicles each with well over 120k and purchased new by me. I know their history and like them. Otherwise, they’re just a used car. As to “high mileage trophy”, what are you talking about? The logo that Volvo and Benz used to award for 150k miles and beyond? Honda doesn’t offer them.For those no longer required to drive a lot for work and not enough opportunities to drive for leisure, is there a faster way to achieve high mileage trophy?
I want to have a vehicle with 300k+ and I have two vehicle that can get there but not anytime soon. My 2002 Accord V6 is at 220k and is due to timing belt and water pump soon. It is a true beater but the engine is in great shape. My Fit is perfect at 175k miles and won’t need any costly repair and maintenance and major rerouting maintenance such as spark plugs, brakes, serpentine belt, ATF oil and filter were done within 5k miles. And it is the vehicle ohh used daily but only racking up 15 miles daily and about 150 weekend during May/June to December and only 30 miles durijg January to May as it is used for work durijg weekend instead of leisure.
And now I am due for another new car as I tend to buy an extra vehicle every 10 years and I am on year 12th without a new car. Part of me want a new car bad and that itch has been building up for 6 years and discipline prevails. But part of me wants to take the Fit to 300k miles.
We have 2 adult drivers and a student driver and total family annual mile is between 10k-15k miles split 60/40 with the Fit driven more due to much better fuel economy and the great utility of the hatchback.
So do I dare getting a 300k used vehicle and deal with potential headaches? I don’t think I know cars enough to detect hidden problems from test drive and transmission health is much harder to detect especially since most people don’t change ATF.
Unfortunately, I am not a confident stick driver to buy one to minimize transmission concern. And I am most likely will do the timing belt and water pump for the Accord one more and that is it. The poor fuel economy, being 2-door, and major dints and bumper and hood damage just don’t make it ideal for keeping part 300k miles. I escaped the auto transmission concern with short 30k OCI but I should have gotten a I4 instead of V6 to avoid the costly timing belt and water pump maintenance items.