3CorsaMeal
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See, my car has gradually improved since buying it. Better now than it was 70,000miles ago
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Jambo
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Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
209,000miles reached this morning in my car.
Just run in mate
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A2H GO
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Originally posted by mwg
Do you not look after your cars A2H?
[Edited on 23-09-2013 by mwg]
Sure. The clio is just coming up to 70k miles now, serviced every year, always replace stuff, had ball joints, ARB bushes, brakes, tryes, etc. Still feels like a bag of nails now compared to 3 years ago.
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3CorsaMeal
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I blame the mechanics, can't trust anyone these days. Only way to be be 100% sure about things is to do it yourself.
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A2H GO
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Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
I blame the mechanics,
I do it myself so yeah that sounds about right 
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Graham88
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Originally posted by John
Always poor people with high mileage cars who say it.
Just to clarify, are you implying people with high mileage cars are poor? Or just trying to justify the mileage?
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Ben G
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My dads 09 kuga with 40k needs the alternator and battery replacing. I'd say that was about average mileage and it's gone wrong 
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mwg
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That'd be enough to make me buy a brand new car
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John
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quote:
Originally posted by Graham88
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Originally posted by John
Always poor people with high mileage cars who say it.
Just to clarify, are you implying people with high mileage cars are poor? Or just trying to justify the mileage?
The poor bit was sarcasm but it's always people who have for some reason had to get a higher mileage one who want to argue about how they are better than the low mileage option.
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Steve
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There is no valid reason why a similarly driven high mileage car is better than a low mileage car. Arguing a well driven high miler is better than a low mileage badly driven one is as bad as people who compare modded cars v standard ones in performance arguments.
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Hammer
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Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
209,000miles reached this morning in my car.
I bet you have a VHS tape box with a grinder, few packs of skins and a bag of grass in it.
No one with a 200, 000 mile Escort doesn't.
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3CorsaMeal
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Probably only just released vhs in Scotland. Bet its on your xmas list.
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Hammer
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Yeah, probably.
Not as if we invented the television in the first place 
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Dan
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Originally posted by John
Doesn't piss on my logic. Lorry engines are built for that purpose.
Really?
Having worked on the best of the best brand new trucks, and the oldest heaps of shit, I would much prefer one of the older high milers.
We had a truck hit 1 million miles a few years ago, and it had never had any major engine work, or even a set of injectors.
We have had brand new trucks with 2 or 3 sets of injectors in the first 100k.
Its no different. I would also say new cars/trucks are far more unreliable than older ones.
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Ojc
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Graham88
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High mileage cars are great because they are cheaper. I don't see how anyone else can justify otherwise. I got a faster, higher trim with more optional extras for the same price as my pov spec slow as shit Astra because it's higher miles. Was worth the change.
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DaveyLC
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Originally posted by Steve
There is no valid reason why a similarly driven high mileage car is better than a low mileage car. Arguing a well driven high miler is better than a low mileage badly driven one is as bad as people who compare modded cars v standard ones in performance arguments.
Of course there is 
Lots of low mileage examples are garage/driveway queens they have the bare minimum of maintenance which is normally fuel, a wash and an MOT (eventually)...
The owners think 'I hardly use the car what is the point of having any work done on it' so they end up never having a service, the oil turns to mayo and because it never visits a dealer none of the manufacturer re-calls get done.
My old dear is a perfect example, her cars always look immaculate on the face of it, they were insanely low mileage and always garaged but as they got older they were riddled with problems.. She had a ridiculously immaculate Mk4 Ford Escort Cabrio with 25,000 miles on the clock at 10 years old.. piece of shit would regularly break down, the battery tray was rotten through from where the batteries kept failing (from lack of charge) then leaking when the alternator over charged them.. Hand-brake would regularly seize on, the oil always looked like it had CHG failure because of the condensation build up etc. etc.
Similar story with her other cars! but her last one was the best! She bought a 1 year old MGTF, which had a CHG fail during its MOT with only 16k on the clock.. numerous other starting issues and electrical faults (probably because it was forever being jump started)... Oh and it went through 2 alternators
On the flip side my old man used to do some serious miles and would regularly rack up 150-200k on company cars over 3-5 years.. They rarely ever missed a beat as they were regularly serviced because they were regularly used.!
So my point is:
There is more of a chance of a high mileage car being maintained correctly! on the flip side there are loads of high mileage cars that have been run into the ground most of those will be privately owned or taxis
[Edited on 24-09-2013 by DaveyLC]
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3CorsaMeal
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Originally posted by Ojc
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Hi OJ Crow 
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mwg
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Old dears cars aren't the best. Stuff that's low/average mileage but not owned by an old dear so has been serviced and maintained as it should be is a different story and I would imagine is the kind of thing John is talking about. That's the kind of thing I'd buy rather than a high miler.
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Gary
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Originally posted by DaveyLC
on the flip side there are loads of high mileage cars that have been run into the ground most of those will be privately owned or taxis
[Edited on 24-09-2013 by DaveyLC]
But it'll be obvious that is the case with a high miler. Making it easier to buy.
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Gary
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Although that argument is flawed when it comes to new low milage cars obv
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A2H GO
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quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
quote:
Originally posted by Steve
There is no valid reason why a similarly driven high mileage car is better than a low mileage car. Arguing a well driven high miler is better than a low mileage badly driven one is as bad as people who compare modded cars v standard ones in performance arguments.
So my point is:
There is more of a chance of a high mileage car being maintained correctly!
[Edited on 24-09-2013 by DaveyLC]
No there's not.
Your old dears car will be high mileage one day and you just said it's not been maintained at all, kind of overrules your point.
High mileage cars tend to be older and have more previous owners, so I would say there's more chance of it not being maintained correctly at some point in it's life.
[Edited on 24-09-2013 by A2H GO]
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3CorsaMeal
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My car is over maintained imo, i replace stuff that doesn't need replacing.
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DaveyLC
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Originally posted by A2H GO
High mileage cars tend to be older and have more previous owners, so I would say there's more chance of it not being maintained correctly at some point in it's life.
[Edited on 24-09-2013 by A2H GO]
I should point out, I'm talking about NEWER high mileage cars with 1 or 2 previous owners and stacks of history.. the sort of car that will save you a bucket of cash.. Over buying a 3 year old car with 20k on the clock and little history other than a first dealer service and an mot.
I'm not talking about buying a 10 year old Piece of shit with 15 previous owners and 250k on the clock..
The same person could go and see a 3 year old car with 80k on the clock and a mountain of history but walk away in favour of buying the same car with 30k on the clock and no history.. that's just retarded.
[Edited on 24-09-2013 by DaveyLC]
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Kyle T
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Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
My car is over maintained imo, i replace stuff that doesn't need replacing.
 I replace something which was probably alright for another 10k miles, but then break two other things in the process which were perfectly fine
As a result, my car is pretty much brand new 
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