high-mileage car

[niky]

Depends talaga.

Sometimes you get lucky... maganda yung engine kahit 100k na. Our XUVi is problem free with 115,000 (but that's because I'm caring for it)... but sometimes you don't... my pickup had 50,000 on the odo but needed an overhaul... pinabayaan pala ng former owner, at in-overhaul na siya... mali pa yung gawa ng %$^#*& mekaniko niya!

My uncle's Mazda van (1.8 gasoline E2000... yung kasing laki ng Besta) has over 150,000 kms on the odometer. The body looks like a crumpled soda can, the battery (maybe its fourth or fifth in fifteen years) is going out. The alternator needs fixing and the water pump was replaced already...

But the engine is still in perfect working order. Never been opened, never been overhauled... can still get to 160 km/h. And this is a Mazda, of all things.

All I can say is: check the engine condition very thoroughly, whether the odometer says 30,000 kms or 100,000 kms. You never know what you'll find.

[v6dreamer]

100,000 kilometers is small fraction if the previous owner taking care that car pretty good. If you fell like that car is wort buying for, I should say why not! My old car 88 Celica GTS is more than 750,000 kilometers and no major problem on the engine. Still running strong.

[mbeige]

If it makes you feel any more comfortable, we bought a used '81 300TD MB with 369k miles on the odometer for $1500. Yep, that translates to 593,xxx km for a used car.

It needed quite a fair amount of repairs to be at par with my '83 300D but could still maintain 135kph no problems.