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Ste

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 Costa Del Barrow-in-Furness
Why is this the horrible bogey number in the used car market for buying and selling cars, where does such a figure come from as 90k being ok but 100k being bad.

Surely it depends on the history of the car, how well its been looked after, how good it was to start with etc much more then the mileage...
 
Ste said:
Why is this the horrible bogey number in the used car market for buying and selling cars, where does such a figure come from as 90k being ok but 100k being bad.

Surely it depends on the history of the car, how well its been looked after, how good it was to start with etc much more then the mileage...
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i have bought many cars around 90k ( including my current Zed/89k & wifes golf/91k) & ran them without issue .
for me if you choose well , go on condition, mechanicals & spec then you can get virtually depreciation free motoring at a much lower price :)
is that your thought plan ?
 
put another way i would always choose a higher mileage quality car over a lower mileage french car for same money :D
 
ranski said:
Also seems to be around 70k on the M models
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I thought all ///Ms fell to pieces after 60k? :roll:

I've never had a problem with mileage.... condition and history far more important IMO. I totally agree it's daft to discard a car for being at 100k
 
I think it goes back 30 years when cars were effectively scrap at 100k. These days, 100k is nothing. My brother is running a well thrashed Passat with 240k on and still going like a train.Cost him a grand 110k ago, a few things have stopped working, but the thing goes on and on.He is expecting it to go to 300k before breathing it's last.
 
My 06' Z4MC is on 65k miles now, doesn't miss a beat. I can understand a little people's worries with 'high' mileage cars as I too was one of them, only looking at cars under 40k miles before I bought my M.

But the car I have now has been well looked after, I garage it everyday and cherish it with care and love :). It has good spec and is problem free so I'm more than happy with it. It turns heads and gets the same attention and respect as any other MC with half the mileage would.

65k miles might sound 'high' to some but when you think about it, that's approximately 10k miles a year, which is about average or maybe just under. I do about 6-7k miles a year but as long as the SH is all good and the car stacks up like mine does then that should be fine.

I could've spent an extra couple of £k and got something with say <40k miles on so it's all relative, plus it would've meant an imminent Insp2 aswell. From what I've seen and heard these M's will last well over the 150k miles, so there's a lot of motoring left.

People really shouldn't get hung up on mileage as much as they do, these cars were made to be driven not locked away. And if it has 100k miles but good SH etc, then it'll be cheaper so more affordable to others who can't afford one with say 20k miles on, it's all relative!
 
My E24 had 133k on it when I sold it, it was a superb drive, in 2 years the only mechanical issues were rust and suspension related. Rust for the body & subframe. Suspension for the shocks, control arms and bushes.

My Scirocco had 126k on it when I sold it (shell, engine unknown), again in 4 years the only issues were with a little corrosion to the fuel lines, tank full of rust (due to filler pipe rusting), perishables under the hood and gaiters.

Good sold German / Jap engines should have no problem hitting 150k+ miles if well serviced as above, however running gear, perishables and rust come into the equation after a certain age / use.
 
It all depends on how the car was driven/treated, that you will never know so its a gamble and also depends how many miles you intend to do. Personal thing.
 
I sort of see both sides, the idea of running a car to 300K is appealing, BUT, I'm a perfectionist, if the car hasa fault I have to fix it. This makes high mile cars very expensive for me to run, this is based on actual experience of high mileage BMWs, they just work out disastrously for me! :(

I'm back in a low mileage Focus until I can afford a low mileage BMW :oops:
 
I bought a 2 year old e36 diesel on 113k and then sold it 3 years later with 203k on the clock - again didnt miss a beat!

I will shortly be going to put my Z4 3.0si up for sale and it had has just tipped 102. The car is solid and I defy anyone to drive it and tell me if they really think it feels like its done those miles. Maybe becuase they have been all motorway and I have loved the car all the time, BMW servicing and BMW warranty. Whoever buys it will get a cracking car at the right money!!!
 
I never buy cars that are getting near the dreaded 100K as it's a fact that the car will become harder to sell and lose money once it's over 100k. However, I'm not against buying cars that are on 100k miles +, I'd just rather someone else takes the hit.

I think people regard 100k+ high mileage cars in this country due to the fact that we live on a relatively small island with relatively bad congestion on our roads. This means that wear and tear on cars with this mileage will be higher than in mainland Europe or America where it's probably possible to get on a highway, stick the car in 6th and drain a full tank without having to come out of 6th gear.

Highest mileage I've ever had on any of my cars was 97k. that was on a Mk3 Golf GTi 16v and it was still running faultlessly. Sold it around 8 years ago and according to DVLA it's still running about.
 
My E36 328 race car has 180,000 road miles on it when I bought it, since then I've been giving it serious abuse on trackdays engine hasn't popped yet, but I am expecting it to in next years race season, then again it might not, I'll keep you all posted! - http://www.z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=33498
 
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