In industrial applications use is usually measured in hours, but alas we have mileage in automobiles.. but... how exactly how reliable is this measurement?
The reason I ask is that I picked up my newest vehicle with 83k and it's only three years old. It's my first "high-mileage" vehicle for it's age..
I used to look for older vehicles with low mileage and so far that has worked out well. My last car was a 2000 Pontiac Bonneville (12 years old!) that had 100k when I bought it a year and a half ago, and I put 75k on in that time, nearly all highway miles of course. No major issues, but I could tell the transmission was on borrowed time at 175k, as it should be.
My real reason for posting this is: What are your guys' experience and what do you think about higher mileage cars.? I put about 30k / year on mine, so I will have about 200k on this car if I make minimum payments on the 4 year note. Do you think that's cause for concern, or do you think it still has the potential to be relatively trouble-free despite the high miles?
I know a lot will say a lot depends on the maintenance, but this vehicle and most nowadays have near lifetime fluids (except for oil), sealed bearings and such, so there's less riding on maintenace than there once was. On this vehicle, fluids and the overall condition look new right out of the showroom, so I can tell you either it was maintained well or these lifetime fluids and being relative new (3 years old) have held up well. Compression on the engine read 173-173-168-173 which is as high (or even higher) as some people have measured these engines when new. So it appears in that regard there is a lot of life left, but I understand there's other things under the hood that wear out with mileage, but which ones are affected by mileage more-so than others?
In short, what's your take on high-milage vs. older & lower mileage?
The reason I ask is that I picked up my newest vehicle with 83k and it's only three years old. It's my first "high-mileage" vehicle for it's age..
I used to look for older vehicles with low mileage and so far that has worked out well. My last car was a 2000 Pontiac Bonneville (12 years old!) that had 100k when I bought it a year and a half ago, and I put 75k on in that time, nearly all highway miles of course. No major issues, but I could tell the transmission was on borrowed time at 175k, as it should be.
My real reason for posting this is: What are your guys' experience and what do you think about higher mileage cars.? I put about 30k / year on mine, so I will have about 200k on this car if I make minimum payments on the 4 year note. Do you think that's cause for concern, or do you think it still has the potential to be relatively trouble-free despite the high miles?
I know a lot will say a lot depends on the maintenance, but this vehicle and most nowadays have near lifetime fluids (except for oil), sealed bearings and such, so there's less riding on maintenace than there once was. On this vehicle, fluids and the overall condition look new right out of the showroom, so I can tell you either it was maintained well or these lifetime fluids and being relative new (3 years old) have held up well. Compression on the engine read 173-173-168-173 which is as high (or even higher) as some people have measured these engines when new. So it appears in that regard there is a lot of life left, but I understand there's other things under the hood that wear out with mileage, but which ones are affected by mileage more-so than others?
In short, what's your take on high-milage vs. older & lower mileage?
