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sc0ott

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13th Nov 11 at 15:02

Research into what parts and servicing will be required around that type of milage before deciding imo.

taylorboosh

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13th Nov 11 at 15:45

ben g - nothing a good inspection wouldnt sort

Colin

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13th Nov 11 at 15:53

I'll wait until next year, I reckon i'll be able to pick one up with avg miles for that amount

taylorboosh

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13th Nov 11 at 19:26

I reckon you should man the fuck up mate

Jed D

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13th Nov 11 at 19:48

lowest iv had - was 38k on a mk1 punto which turned out to be a croc of shit
highest iv had - was 132k a 1.4 astra g ls and was spot on for the short time i had it... still going now i believe

[Edited on 13-11-2011 by Jed D]

taylorboosh

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13th Nov 11 at 19:51

Bit differant mate?

Jed D

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13th Nov 11 at 19:54

miles are just numbers on the dash tbh
better off going for high imo, haggling point

taylorboosh

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13th Nov 11 at 20:29

no mate i meant the fact hes on about a £35k gtr and your on about sub £1k shitters?

sc0ott

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14th Nov 11 at 08:54

flol.

Ian

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14th Nov 11 at 08:58

Same point still stands though, could be high miles and be no bother.

James

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14th Nov 11 at 09:14

I swear if I had posted this, someone would have said, worst "I'm spending £35k on a car" thread ever.

[Edited on 14-11-2011 by James]

djgritt

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14th Nov 11 at 09:37

quote:
Originally posted by antnee

quote:
Originally posted by john-d
wouldnt say that was high miles?

Are you just trolling now?

No one can say 51k in 2 years isn't high

It's not high really though is it?

I've put 61k on my Mazda in 18 months so far, and I put 93k on my old Octavia in 30 months...

Ian

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14th Nov 11 at 09:41

quote:
Originally posted by James
I swear if I had posted this, someone would have said, worst "I'm spending £35k on a car" thread ever.

Colin's not actually spending the £35k though.

mwg

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14th Nov 11 at 09:43

quote:
Originally posted by djgritt

quote:
Originally posted by antnee

quote:
Originally posted by john-d
wouldnt say that was high miles?

Are you just trolling now?

No one can say 51k in 2 years isn't high

It's not high really though is it?

I've put 61k on my Mazda in 18 months so far, and I put 93k on my old Octavia in 30 months...

Average miles is something like 12k a year. So it is high mileage for year.

whitter45

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14th Nov 11 at 09:43

quote:
Originally posted by antnee

quote:
Originally posted by john-d
wouldnt say that was high miles?

Are you just trolling now?

No one can say 51k in 2 years isn't high

just over 25k a year - its not that bad

whitter45

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14th Nov 11 at 09:45

quote:
Originally posted by mwg

quote:
Originally posted by djgritt

quote:
Originally posted by antnee

quote:
Originally posted by john-d
wouldnt say that was high miles?

Are you just trolling now?

No one can say 51k in 2 years isn't high

It's not high really though is it?

I've put 61k on my Mazda in 18 months so far, and I put 93k on my old Octavia in 30 months...

Average miles is something like 12k a year. So it is high mileage for year.

think that rule went out the window years ago. Average miles is now based on the car class

i.e s hatchback maybe 12k average, but compact executive like a4's etc are more like 20k average

For the GTR to cover 25k a year its been used for business.

Juts check history and servicing - that's a better indicator than mileage

mwg

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14th Nov 11 at 10:00

So going on car class something fairly exotic like a GTR will normally cover less than 25k a year then as normally they'll be more of a toy. So like I said it's high mileage

20k for a car used for business might be the normal in that respect but for people not using their car to do their business it's still high miles.

[Edited on 14-11-2011 by mwg]

whitter45

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14th Nov 11 at 10:08

quote:
Originally posted by mwg
So going on car class something fairly exotic like a GTR will normally cover less than 25k a year then as normally they'll be more of a toy. So like I said it's high mileage

20k for a car used for business might be the normal in that respect but for people not using their car to do their business it's still high miles.

[Edited on 14-11-2011 by mwg]

why would a GTR be bought as a toy - it can be used everyday

Ben G

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14th Nov 11 at 10:20

you'd have to be constantly high on drugs or have money to burn to drive a gtr everyday and do 25k miles a year.

mwg

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14th Nov 11 at 10:26

Any car can be used every day if you wanted

It's just not the sort of car you would find people racking up lots of miles on normally.

Look on autotrader for proof. Out of 90 odd for sale there's only about 2 GTRs with over 30k on them...

taylorboosh

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14th Nov 11 at 11:16

Ian - its not the same point at all.. the gtr has implications with servicing ect that a 1k car doesnt

Colin

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14th Nov 11 at 11:20

Servicings every 6k miles on one of these cars, that would be every 3 months

sc0ott

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14th Nov 11 at 11:29

How much will that set you back?

I would imagine a 6k service on one of these will cost more than a mk1 punto which turned out to be a shitter because it wasnt checked over properlly

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14th Nov 11 at 12:04

Wouldn'y say it was high mileage. Bought my Ibiza FR with 19k in Oct 09 and its on 70k now 24months later. Thats 25k a year doing 60miles a day to work and the odd bit of commuting.

The fact it has full service history means its been looked after so i wouldn't worry at all

Nath

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14th Nov 11 at 13:12

Are people missing the 'higher than avg miles' bit in the thread title? No matter what way you look at it, that GTR has 'higher than avg miles'.

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