Should You Buy a High Mileage Car?
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Lots of people have asked me if it's better to buy a newer high mileage car or an older low mileage version. Today, I've bought this 2013 Toyota Avensis turbo diesel (which has covered a lot of miles), to briefly discuss some points worth considering.
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My dad is a mechanic he always taught me to not worry about high mileage cars it all about car maintenance and body conditions
My previous car was a Citroen C4 petrol that I inherited with 5k on the clock. I was doing 1k a week in it for work and when I eventually upgraded it had done 325K with only one major breakdown (alternator belt snapped). I was astonished to be fair. It was always serviced and maintained so I would definitely agree that plays a huge part in it.
Everyone knocks the French large cars, but I love them
If the car has gone 250k miles and the distance to the moon is also 250k miles, how did the car come back?
John Smith Haha good point
If it’s a taxi, probably the long way round
It didn't, Its just around the corner and will be outside your door in two minutes !!
The car came from the moon my dude.
It fell with the pull.
This guy is totally right! I've been driving black cabs with over 700,000 on the clock and the reason why they still work is very simple. Drive them properly, service them on time, if not early and put in original parts. As long as you do that pretty much any car will last.
Your black cab is a hand built vehicle, built to do mileage not your average 12000 miles warranties or twelve months which ever comes first.
@@martingilvray06 trust me, hand built or not, I've seen many of them become sheds because of cutting corners and due to lack of care. For example, I drove a cab for 3 years, and the vehicle was overall fine. When I left, another driver took the vehicle on, and after two weeks the engine had gone! Why? Because the way he drove it. Then went around blaming me for the problem that he caused. So hence why I say, drive them properly, service them on time, if not early and put in the original parts. It really does make a difference to life cycle of the vehicle.
@@Marco-iy7lt A Heavy fuel especially without alley head, well serviced regularly will last forever , my point is the USA get ten times the mileage out of there vehicles than we do . Same manufactures but is it different spec parts , because I would find it hard to believe that you would get 700;000 out of anything but a black cab today in the Uk.
@@martingilvray06 each region requires different qualities for their vehicles. Even in the US, many cars are crap. Look at Chrysler to a Lincoln. Two American brands, but one is total crap, whilst the other brand are well made vehicles.
@@martingilvray06
Can you explain what heavy fuel and alley head mean? Thank you!
Great point about taxis Matt. A man looks after his tools, not his toys.
Kinda. I agree to an extent. I also think that a lot of taxis being sold by firms, will have no doubt been neglected for the past 30-50k, or need some big work doing, hence why they're flogging them.
(Particularly applicable if they're still allowed to be taxis by the local council - since some have stringent age rules - so if they're selling it way before the age limit...why?)
Not really, I've abused my CR-V over the past 7 years/100k miles, buy the right vehicle to begin with.
It's like Rover owners saying the K series is reliable as long as you don't rev over 2k until it's warm and allow 10 mins after every journey to let the engine cool before you turn it off...
@@ricbrook7059 Ok I'm never commenting on cars again 😂
Unless you do work yourself better buying a low mileage car, stress free motoring
@J M It's both right car & spec & right history & maintenance. Do homework minimise chances of owning a shit car. Lots of shit cars for sale & lots of morons driving. A taxi or police car - no way. Company car - better.
Once again Matt tells it like it is, I've done this job nearly 40 years professionaly, and he is one of the very few individuals I've come across who really "know" the product, his reviews are always spot on, be it high mileage, low mileage, or even reviewing the ubiquitous Vauxhall Insignia and managing to eschew all it's failings AND it's strong points without a hint of cynicism, no mean feat ...... just honest to the point reviews, a breath of fresh air AND knowledgeable with it.
Thanks!
I second that, well said
Great video and nicely explained. I believe that high mileage car's are a great way to get something quite new for a great price and who knows what mileage has been done by the vehicle from outside.. I had a 2003 VW Bora 1.9 tdi 150 a few years ago and it was immaculate with no signs of wear and tear, i paid £400 for it with 189k showing on the clock. I bought it for a cheap daily driver to keep the mileage down on my Golf VR6. The Bora never skipped a beat, it pulled hard with no smoke, started first time every time through winter and summer and didn't have a spot of rust on it. The only thing that looked a little old was the headlamps that had deteriorated with age. Anyway it passed its mot's each year without any advisories and even the mot inspector commented on how immaculate the car was underneath and then to my shock discovered that the car had actually done 628k miles back in 2013 and had new binnacle fitted in 2014 which hadn't been corrected so the car to my amazement had actually covered over 800k miles and spent the majority of its life as a cab. I sold it back in 2017 on gumtree with a truthful ad asking for £500 ono and within an hour of the ad going live my phone didn't stop ringing and the car sold for £450 within 2 hours.. So yes give me high mileage car's over older low mileage immaculate condition car's any day. Apologies for the essay to anyone reading this but i felt it was relevant and if i can remember the full registration i will add it for people to check.
Thats crazy, but I'm not surprised
Those PD engines are amazing in that respect.
Love it! My 2001 bora tdi has 225000 and current mot with no advisories. Same clutch for 11 years of ownership. Just bought a accord 09 petrol but that bora stays. It's family
My 1999 Nissan Maxima V6 three litre has done around 260,000km of which I have done 160,000. I have had for 17 years, and have had it serviced every 10,000km. I have replaced the radiator, alternator and starter motor. I asked the garage to check the auto and service it. They said it probably didn’t need doing, but did it anyway. There were no issues with it, but I had peace of mind. I run a log book and it is very poor round town on MPG, but has always done 32MPG or better on a trip including using the aircon in summer. I get 55,000 km out of a set of tyres, and rarely drive it on unsealed roads. I know there will be other things to do in the future, but because I have had it so long, I know what has been done, so am very happy with it. This is my fifth car, and by far the best, a great road vehicle and comfortable. If I had, say, three cars in that period(secondhand) my costs would likely be up to twice what I have spent, with interest on the loans being a killer. I have rarely, if ever, met anyone who has paid cash for either a new or secondhand vehicle, so I am sure I have saved on mine. I was lucky to get a very low interest loan from a Credit Union and saved interest by paying it off one year quicker than what I signed up for.
Those 1.9 TDI engines were just exceptional arguably the best Diesel engines ever made for the combination of performance, fuel economy and reliability I think personally this is where Diesel engines peaked. Modern petrols are far better than modern Diesels now.
What a car. Scotty Kilmer would approve. :-)
Rev up your engines, but not much.
Scotty would actually say the opposite, that it is a testament to Toyota quality and not the driver :)
He is a clown .. That's biased
Scotty is always repairing Toyotas
Omg please tell me you don't take what that clown says serious.... he hates all car's except for his Toyota.
I own a 07 Yaris. Had it from new so I know how it’s been treated. It’s on 201k and counting. Alternator, starter motor and one rear wheel bearing. Runs perfectly.
Still on the original clutch?
Second clutch. The original 2nd generation Yaris clutch did have an issue. Original exhaust amazingly.
My father bought 2006 Yaris plus(bigger version) with 360k km on clock.1.2 petrol LPG converted.Now it has 400k km(250k mls) and still goes well...
What engine do you have? I've got a Yaris 1.33 2017 with 30k miles on it , I do 24 k a year hoping to keep the car as long as possible.
Ryan Mccormick it’s a 1.4 diesel.
Some years ago I reluctantly purchased a VW Passat for the wife from a dealer who convinced us that at 175,000 miles there were still lots of miles left in it. We sold it (still running perfectly fine, but by now the bodywork was showing its age) at 325,000 miles. I totally agree with you regarding servicing & driving.
Got to at least change the oil and filters every 5 or 6 thousand miles for multiple hundreds of k miles
@@terrysadlier8456 Depends on the car many its recomended at 10k miles or in 1 year whichever comes first.
@@gravemind6536 oil is cheep, engines are expensive. They also recommend that transmission fluid is for the lifetime of the car but what that means is until their liability runs out lol
I bet that was before DPF.
My uncle is Australian. He would refer to this car as "just about run in". Us Brits freak at high mileages because there is very little space for us to drive about, but Americans and Aussies I suspect generally view it very differently. A buddy of mine is a trucker in the US. He owns a 1983 Peterbilt classic rig. The mileage is in the millions and it's his daily hauler.
American drivers are very uninformed and believe at 50-60 k it's done,worn out.lf it can't go 0-60 mph in under 6 seconds it's slow and a granny's car,even though they drive like crabs.
@@raydavies3278 as an american all I ask is for a veehickle to haul around my patriotic 750lbs frame the way the founding fathers intended.
I am an Aussie and in Australia you still see people driving on old cars from the 80's!! Used cars in Australia are really expensive as well.
It's worth pointing out that rust is a huge car killer here in the UK, whereas it's not an issue in Oz.
I love Land Cruisers and the Aussies can get 500k out of them easily, whereas the equivalent UK model could have a knackered chassis.
250,000 miles is about 400,000 kilometres so yes if you are talking about kilometres just run in but in miles that is a lot
Some good points Matt, thanks for posting. I had a Saab 93 1.9 tid. A friend gave it to me for free when it was 6 years old and had 167,000 miles on. I sold it at 246,000 miles . Very comfortable cruiser. Over 5 years I spent a couple of grand keeping maintained. Services, Bushes, springs, discs and pads etc. Really cheap reliable motoring at 3p per mile maintenance cost. I still managed to sell it for £850 as it was a good runner :-)
As the previous owner of that avensis i can happily say it's been the best car I've evere owned, and still on original clutch when i traded itin in January. I hope my new avensisis as good!
You do loads of miles haha
It is a testament to you for looking after it. Well done mate, you have done your bit.
I bought a used avensis a few years newer than yours. It has relatively low mileage.
As I am now 66 it should last until I can't see a number plate from 6ft and can't remember which switch turns the headlights on.
@@chriswilliams1096 , my new ones got auto headlights, who needs eyesight!? 🤣
@@stuartgoldie5789 Haha! It's a shame that between the Auto Headlights and Manual Headlights switch positions is another setting - which, at night, is effectively OFF.
Nearly gave me a heart attack when I first drove it home from the dealer's on a dark, wet winter evening through unlit country roads.
Also, little rectangular buttons that all feel the same with almost invisible symbols printed on them to control the heating are annoying.
Other than that, it does exactly what I want a car to do and feels like it will last forever.
Another great video. I drove a V70 D5 private hire car, it spent its life going back and forth to airports, it was sold 3 years ago to a local guy with 250 thousands miles and a full service history for peanuts. I still see it around and it looks great. Keep the videos coming. Thanks. Mark.
D5 yes thats good
Yes also some very low mileage cars have spend most of there lives doing a lot of short running with little or no time to warm up properly.
CJC That’s right
@@HighPeakAutos I have a 2006 Touran diesel and when I quit work I was only doing short runs which didn't allow the engine to get warm. I bought a cheap i10 which does all the running about and the Touran does the long journeys.
Got given my grandparents '03 with honda Jazz with only 40k on the clock. Next day, exhaust fell off as it had completely corroded through because of this
Lovely Jubbly, you did forget to mention one thing, even if it's been serviced, the thing you sit on, that's a lot of miles for any seat, cloth or leather. That Avensis does looks very clean even for its age.
Just bought a 2011 diesel avensis with 120K miles from the first owner! Well looked after car, inside and out and it was cheaper than the other same age cars with less miles. Drives really nice, it has plenty room and all around a lovely car.
My old boss had one of those and he drove at least 300 mile everyday between Surrey and Birmingham,it was 17 reg and had more 150k on the clock, really reliable and economic car to run
I recently bought an ‘06 Volvo V70 D5 with 266k mi/ 429k km which has been serviced by a certified volvo dealership its entire life. I have already driven 6k miles with it, just giving it regular service and had to replace one xenon module. Really love the videos, keep em coming ;)
My next door neighbour has just sold his 2010 volvo v70 D5, It was his taxi which he used for airport runs the mileage when he sold it was 404 thousand miles, Apart from regular servicing and general wear and tear the car was absolutely bullet proof 👍
Dan Brook That’s good going
Really solid cars and the old D5244s will keep going forever, had a 2007 S60 D5 in the other day that was on 250k miles, almost drove like new and still pulled like a train.
Volvo have went down hill in terms of quality / reliability although up in styling...beware!!!!!
I still drive my Uncles 840 Volvo when i am on vacation. Thing has 360000km on the clock and it(clock) stopped working some 5-7 years ago. He changes oil and filters every now and then, car is a real beater. It keeps going and going, i bet it will rust of in half before it leaves someone on the side of the road. Too bad now since Chinese have take over Volvo they are no where nearly as reliable as older models.
There is some guy from Canada with a really old Volvo that has just passed the 3 million mile mark.
In the Mercedes owners club magazine they featured a Mercedes 500 SEC, it had done an amazing 1million miles! The owner said that he’d only had to replace the gearbox twice, diff 3 times and the engine once, the current engine had been reconditioned too... It reminded me of the brush I’d owned for 20 years, it had only had 12 new heads and 5 new handles!
Lol.that isn't even the same car now
only fools and horses lol
And the Mercedes owner was called Trigger LOL
Lol I just read the last sentence
😂 Yes triggers broom
I am a courier and part of my fleet is a Citroen C2 Enterprise 1400 diesel and she has done to date 420k and I still drive her on long hauls .
Wow, I was going to brag about my 350k Fiat Scudo, but you beat this hands down.
gtfo with this crap sissy!!!
M J had a 400k mondeo airport transfer special in the condition of a superb 50k miles car , it was so cheap but ran perfect as looked after
@@KD-1983 lol, u think anybody cares about your piece of shit ass Focus, gtfo sissy!!!
my land rover defender has just under 200k miles. its just had its head gasket replaced but is like brand new again, so im hoping to get many more miles from it.
I’m a cabbie and my 2014 Auris Tourer is currently on 203,000 and I’ve maintained it with no expense spared so it would make a good buy in the not too distant future. However, the things that rear seat has seen is best not though about! I think it’s seen every bodily fluid possible and so a deep clean is always recommended when purchasing an ex taxi, even if it looks clean!
Good informative video. I currently own a Volvo S60 with 134500 miles on it on a 54 plate and it feels like it's done half that, it's been well looked after and aside from a power steering leak it drives spot on.
Absolutely right about the toll standing around takes on cars. I used to work for an importer of top-end vehicles. Even though the cars weren't very old, most had spent time standing around. The main victims of this were the power steering, air conditioning, bushes, wheel bearings and brake discs.
My dad went through a few dozen cars. Almost all of them were high mileage cars. I think he did that to just drive his favourite cars. I remember us having a 400,000 km land cruiser 100 in 2013.
The thing looked like it came from a warzone.
But it never had a problem and my dad sold it for more than he bought it for in 2018.
One of the most honest and sensible reviews of this type I've ever seen, thankyou
Thanks for watching
If it's got full service history and maintained well...then it's good cheap motoring...!!!
"Is it full of rust?", this is crucial . Getting bodywork repairs is very expensive in the garage, whilst suspension parts are not!
I always brought high miles cars never had any issues just general wear and tear
I had a 200'000 mile Audi A4 and at 200'000 miles I treated it to a remap 😎👍🏼💪🏼😂 I serviced it every 5000 miles and it never missed a beat.
My A4 is at 300k. 24psi k04 tune.
Believe it or not a well cared for Audi will run until the planet stops spinning lol.
With The same engine and transmission? I've been thinking about buying an a4 '17 with dsg and 2 l diesel engine. Hope they are relaible
gtfo sissy!!!
"To demonstrate this I've bought a Toyota...." - That's cheating! :)
Lol
Highest mileage I've ever seen on a car was a Ford Mondeo Airport taxi from the Preesall Poulton-le-Fylde area it had 1.1 million on it. No joke there were even a news article on it lol.
Thank you for your honest and impartial advice. Having worked in the used car market, I would say High Peak Autos is one of the very rare dealerships with integrity.
Love this channel-the most sense I've heard regarding this topic. On your last point the airport taxi I use each year is a Merc e-class diesel. Before its first MOT it had done 300K miles.
The next 3yrs it was upto 600k. Last time I used them -same car 800k and still mint. So this bears out your point about looking after for your livlihood. Think they have changed it now.
They did have one that had done 1.3Million miles before engine change!!!
Thanks for sharing! Thats interesting. It all comes down to how theyre driven and maintained
I totally agree with you, as an ex taxi driver my car was looked after and kept in mint condition due to it being my source of income. I still use the car for a daily run about and it still drives better than most lower mileage vehicles I drive. Another great review
It's a wonder it's still running and not mangled Taxi Drivers are some of the worst drivers on the roads
I've owned Toyotas my entire adult life and never regretted it. Started with the old Toyota pickups with the 22R engines. Did the regular maintenance and got 250k miles with the only repair being an alternator at 200k that I was able to put in myself. Moved to a 4Runner, got 330k on that, and another 4Runner that got 290k. Doing the normal service things(belts hoses etc) when recommended I never got stuck. You can't beat that.
I know not every Toyota is as dependable, but they really have served me so well. My wife and I moved to England a while back and we're thinking of getting a car here. We both loved the look of Range Rovers, and started doing research...ummm no, I don't want to pay that much for stress.
I have a 2012 Toyota Hiace powervan. Brilliant but dated looking van, but second to none for reliability.
I had a Volvo v70 2.4 210k on the clock at the time it was 10 years old and absolutely fine got 2 years out of it was only ment to be a gap car until I found what I wanted but ended up with a great car for 2 yrs and still went to a new home working as it should was such a clean car body wise and history so your 100% correct all about how its treated great vids as normal keep them up really enjoy them
My first car had the highest mileage. It was a 1994 Honda Accord EX Sedan with a manual transmission which I bought with 143,000 Miles on the clock. Besides the ECU going out at about 150,000K it never gave me a problem. The shift linkage felt a little stiff (especially in the cold) but in hind sight some fresh clutch fluid may have taken care of that.
I think one of things people often forget about is the cost of depreciation. They may choose to ignore it. When you factor in depreciation, then the cost of running cars changes. An £800 bill for a clutch may seem expensive, but depreciation is often £2000/year. In this context high mileage cars can work really well. I had an E36 M3 with 150,000 miles which ran really well and did a few track days.
I always buy relatively high mileage cars (miles relative to age). It's a no brainer. The price difference always means cash sitting in the pocket ready to spend on repairs, but that cash is never all required. So long as you're even mildly careful when buying, you end up better off in the long run by far.
Best deal ever was a 1 owner, 10 year old, manual, Celica GT4, with 200,000kms that originally sold for $95,000 here in NZ. I paid $5K for it after being passed in at auction. In 10 years it had depreciated $90,000 because of the mileage and the only problem I had in 2 years was a cracked coolant overflow. The price for a low mileage car was around $25,000 so I essentially kept $20K in my pocket! (Turned out I knew the owner who was a doctor who commuted on highways between his 2 medical practices. His personalised plate on his new car gave it away.)
We recently bought an A4 with over 500k miles. Will be on the channel Friday 👌
Alex Kersten Miley and Miles gonna be a cute couple?
What a pleasant suprise to just randomly bump into CT presenter in a comment section of a smaller youtuber :))
Yess Alex i cant wait for the vid 👍👍👍👍
Did you get it from the scrap yard?
On the channel or in it? 😂
I have always had high mileage cars the amount saved on buying the car has always outweighed any repairs. I had a Passat 1.9TDI with 320k very reliable plus parts were easily available for cheap from scrap yards. I now have a Tourareg 3.0V6 TDI with 200k runs great and even better after a remap. Would love to see a Tourareg review on the channel
Own a 2012 BMW F30 320d M Sport/M Performance (ex company car) which I bought at just under 120k miles and it’s hit 171,000 miles this week. Amazing motor, absolutely no mechanical or electrical issues to complain about, I service it every 8k miles and had the rear diff pinion seal replaced last year which is a normal maintenance item. I fall more and more in love with it every day as my daily driver/long distance cruiser, especially when it’s quick enough for day to day runs and has often given me 70mpg+ on long distance journeys! Never be afraid of high mileage especially when they’ve been well looked after!
Great video. I recently bought a 2014 Skoda Superb estate with 176K on the clock for cheap. Service history was patchy so it got a full service and the cambelt and water pump replaced. Still well under budget for a lower mileage '14 car and it's great.
Hi Matt - Quite a few years ago I brought a 2 years old Citroen Xantia 6000 miles and it was nothing but trouble - I also bought a 150,000 mile 5 years old Volvo V70 and had no problems with it all - I think you nailed it with - it is down to the owner, service history etc - I am always wary of any 3 years old car with between 85000 to 120,000 miles as I have found over the years this where parts start to fail - discs, ball joints, cv joints suspension etc and they normally need a cambelt change - after 120.000 miles these jobs have normally been done - your Toyota must be on its 2nd and 3rd replacement parts - Brilliant video - best wishes Clay.
Another great video. The point about servicing is the key. I also like to look at the history & what has actually been done. Especially on some model cars that have known issues, with say injectors, fuel pumps etc ...
First time i have ever heard taxi and driven sensibly in the same sentence.
True statement you made @fatyowls
Exactly what I thought!
I sold my uncle a 1981 Mercedes 200 estate with 290k on the clock , he had it mot’d nine months later and it failed on...........one tyre and a windscreen wiper! Mercedes used to be good !
I've had a few years back a 478000 mile volvo v40 2003 that was a good car until the engine just give up one day it's now beer cans
The electrics will die before the engine.
Can you elaborate pls
@@JU0800
The electronics that manage the cars fuel and turbo system etc will probably pack in before the very basic engine does.
Happened to me with an old shape Ford focus, turbo management system failed and total price for a new one was more then the car was worth.
@@jamieogorman9461 I see, I also imagine the sensors would be on its way out too
So true, contact between electrical components just breeds corrosion eventually. Older cars were simpler and easily fixable with these types of problem, but mechanically very much inferior, with perhaps the odd exception of a rare gem.
@@hiramkhackenback True ...i have renault senic diesel ..it has 300 000 km ..engine still great...not consuming oil at all (i have repaired turbine ones ) but electric is going one by one..first one back window did not want to operate ,then both ,then cruise control buttons stoped working,then fog lights dont work even bulbs are fine..i went to repair shop and they could find where contact was lost so i give up ,,then AC stopped working because it stop receiving power...it was in shop for 2 hours and they fail to find why not receive power so i went to another shop and they also fail to find what was wrong 2 so also give up for AC 2 ..but last night i was driving in night and suddenly both low beam lights stopped working so i had to drive 200 km 2 home with high beams and other drivers were not happy about it
I have a Landrover Tdi with just shy of 400,000 on the original engine. Just had a new brakes and suspension bushes all round. You are right to point out all the "other parts" wearing out. The interior plastics start to fatigue and fall off in your hand at high mileage. I drive an old Landrover so i stick them in the bin and take them off the feature list. Centre console. Optional extra now
Great video as always Matt 👍🏼 Few years ago I bought a 2007 SAAB 9-5 Vector Sport TiD AUTO saloon with 288000 miles on the clock, two owners from new with FSH and in perfect working order. It was originally a limo for a well known major UK airline (V.A.) doing 40K motorway miles per year for the first 6 ish years followed by a stint as a courtesy car at my local SAAB dealer for the next three years after that.
It was service twice a year, every year at SAAB main dealer and had a set of 4 premium tyres & a wheel alignment every year without fail.
I run it for a further seven months doing roughly a thousand miles per month without it missing a beat with just regular servicing. I was hoping to cross the 300K milestone in my position however I SOLD it on with 295000 when my New GOLF R finally arrived. The SAAB was still in perfect working orders with a long MOT and a fresh set of front discs & pads and 4 new tyres. I believe it is still on the road today.
Auto Addict Wow that’s impressive!
I had my eye on my father-in-law’s immaculate Saab 95 2.2 TID auto and when the Mercedes dealership wanted to charge him £50 to dispose of it I pounced!!! What an absolutely brilliant car and built like a Panzer. I was so sad to let it go to make way for a Tesla.
@@ouethojlkjn Same thing kinda happened to me when I traded in my VW Golf mk4 1.9 SDI I was offered £100 so I said no way. It was my first car too but I needed something better, I gave it away to a mate who was a couple years younger than me a needed a first car really cheap. It Had 257,000 miles on it when I got rid of it and is now on 275,000 miles according to MOT history.
I bought a Citroen Berlingo van from new and it had a fridge motor. I ran it for 8 years, and when I sold it, it had 721000 miles on the clock. In that time it did have two replacement second hand engines and gearboxes, but it was still a decent runner when I let it go.
It's strange comparing the view in the UK that a car approaching 100k miles is "high mileage" while in the US it might still be considered just run in!
UK salt kills all
I had a BMW diesal 2010, 3 series. When I sold it , it had done 200,000 miles. I have to say it never missed a beat. All the MOT's where good. Occasional advisories. Maybe more luck than judgement ?!
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Always a pleasure to watch your videos. Straight talking and no bull sh*t.
The most reliable car I've owned was a 2003 Volvo S60 D5. It was pretty well looked after, but I bought it at 175k miles and took it to 205k, my friend still owns it at 255k. I had to change the original wishbones at 203k...!
I was that Taxi Driver, I had a B reg Diesel Cavalier with 330,000 on it when I finally quit cabbying, and I still ran it as a shove-it/hack for 18 months after that - it just refused to die. It did 45mpg around town or thrashing it up to Heathrow. It was a rare 5 speed and even more rare had power steering! It'll always hold a fond place in my heart.
after 25 years of company cars ( what a bargain that is ) I have spent the last few years buying my own transport. I knew enough to know its buy on service history not looks. I got 31k miles out of a 56 plate Picasso in 13 months before I decided enough was enough - then I got 8k miles in 6 months out of a 56 plate Scenic for £800. That got bumped and written off and her insurers gave me £1100 ( another bargain ) - now driving a £1k Scenic again - just check the history and go with that - don't get distracted by shiny paintwork or a jazzy after market stereo
Hi there, my 2006 BMW 330d has 480,000kms on the clock - almost 300,000 miles - and never misses a beat. Regular servicing and sensible driving are a must!
Agree mate, I bought a peugeot 406 hdi back in the day with 30k on it. I drove it as a taxi and took it to 254k in 5 years. I serviced it every 10k, and apart from general wear and tear items it never went wrong. The guy I sold it to took it to 450k miles! If its looked after it will last.
100% correct, 99% of the time
Excellent educational Video on owning higher mileage cars. 💯% agree with your opinions. I have always had higher mileage cars, took care of them and they all have been exceptionally good for my family. Mostly owned Toyota and Lexus with 500,000 plus kms.
I sold my well maintained BMW 530i with 155K miles because I thought it would start going wrong. It still felt like a new car when I traded it in for a 320D and then my troubles really started! I now wish I had taken the 530i up to 200K. I now think that age kills cars more than miles which I think is more or less what you said.
True. My wife bought a 2007 Ford Ka in 2019 that had 9,600 miles on the clock. 2 years later the clutch suddenly went on a roundabout and had to call a breakdown truck to collect it.
It all depends on the service it’s had because the engine is what costs the money when it goes wrong. The other components you mentioned such as suspension and bushes a wheel bearings are cheap to fix especially when you do the work yourself.
An 09 C5 with 215K (now broken and waiting for me to repair it) and an 06 Corolla 214k and counting getting 66mpg. The wear is high and it's not always a straightforward journey but it's all doable and very rewarding. It's great to grow with your cars and get to know them
I've worked on cars that were high milage, such as ex Taxi's etc and wouldn't buy one. I've replaced stupid things like universal joints in the steering column shaft, door latches and hinges. The State in Australia where I live (N.T.), vehicles have to have a registration inspection every 12 months, so its a never ending battle keeping one on the road .
To be fair, the Northern Territories is not exactly your typical terrain and roads!
My company just bought a cheapo 2010 Vito Mercedes Van as a storage vehicle with 700,000km, or 450,000 miles. A huge amount of wear and tear inside, and doesn't quite drive as smoothly as it would've brand new, but after a replacement engine was put in, it is still a perfectly reliable workhorse. The reason for this lasting is most likely the previous owner using it for their work, driving gently and at proper temperature, and ensuring everything is kept up to spec and serviced regularly.
I personally drive a lot and bought a 2011 Audi S4 brand new, put 300,000km on it by commuting and long distant driving, and then sold it in 2018 when the DSG started having issues. It was an incredible workhorse and treated me very well. Then bought a 2018 golf R (not wanting to spend as much money haha) and have already put 100,000km or 60,000miles on it and will try reach 400,000 this time! Might take a good few years though.
2:10 😂 My dad had a Volvo S60 D4 company car a few years back and let’s just say that car was not driven to sensibly
I remember reading in the past, "...make sure it's not an ex-taxi with intergalactic miles" and that stuck with me. But your different take on the matter makes perfect sense. As long as the sick and kebabs has been cleaned up.
My 1996 Volvo 940 2.4 diesel (VW van engine) estate was at 222,583 miles when it was crashed into last year. That's my record. The new owner says he intends to put it back in the road with a new wing and headlight.
I had a 225K MK2 Ford Focus 1.8 petrol, engine was surprisingly good, well serviced through its life, amazing car but I replaced the clutch then 3 weeks later the gearbox blew up, little annoyed I spent my money on the clutch but also I couldn’t believe and I’m still so shocked that, that car did 225K being a petrol
I currently own a 06 S max, 174K Miles needs a services but she’s strong
Unfortunately what can happen is when you’ve replaced a tired old clutch you put a brand-new power train on a tired old gearbox and this can lead to gearbox failure. This is what appears to have happened to my uncles old high mileage Audi A6…
I bought a Toyota Prius (around 10 years old at the time) with around 90k miles on the clock. After 17k miles that I clocked up on it, the engine was burning a considerable amount of oil. To resolve that issue, it would have been worth more than I got for the car part-ex. It was clear to me that I had to cut my losses and get rid of the thing. It was also clear that the previous owners never took care of the car, otherwise it would’ve done more miles before I got rid of it
This got an upvote without even seeing the video, merely on the title!
Great attitude !! I should do the same : useful straight to the point intelligent title !!
I've just bought an Alfa Romeo Guilletta 2ltr TD, its a 2011 and has 103000 miles on it. It's the highest mileage car I've bought to date. One owner from new, regularly serviced, and I can honestly say, it's as tight as new. Its currently doing 50mpg too - When are you going to do a review on any Alfa Romeos ?
Buy a Lexus or Toyota! They will never disappoint you in quality and endurance.
Always bought higher mileage cars with full history. Not space shuttle stuff, but 3 years old with 80k say, kept them 3 years put 40k on them and can still move them easily. Value wise it works for me. As long as you maintain them no real issues imho. Helpful vid. People get hung up on mileage, not using a car regularly can be very detrimental to its reliability.
I had -03 avensis mk1 and it has 353000km when i sold it. My "new" Yaris Ts -07 has 157000km. Lets see how many miles i get with this yaris in about next 5 years 😁.
How many miles are on the Yaris now?
@@spadgm 234000km 😁 4.5 years later 😅
@@Kohjunice one!
As a skint bloke in the early 90,s had to get a very economical car to do my Cambridge to Northampton work journey..what better than a Peugeot non turbo diesel.....never had a heater...stereo...paint was.a sort of matt blue.windy windows..the sort of car the devil would dismiss..but never missed a beat.as got serviced every 10 k .with good oil.there in lies the secret.
Give me lots of motorway miles any day, ex lease straight from the auctions.
Agree, i taken loads of company cars over 100k and all went back having not missed a beat.
An interesting topic, I have just bought (Dec19) a 2003 VW Golf 1.4 Match with 120k on the clock, top-end of the engine needed to be re-built as the cam belts snapped, spent time (and money) on a real clean and full service, passed the MOT with no advisories, including the price of the car total spent £680, then £200 road tax and £300 insurance. It looks very smart, its for a run-around to save miles on my other car, cheap motoring. Regards, RichardA.
I would never buy a high milage ex-taxi. On the other hand, if a high milage car spend 90% on the highways, I buy that car in a heartbeat.
Question is how would you know they are hiway miles?
@@doubaya2959 Most of the cases one doesn't.
Had a Skoda Octavia, had just over 250,000 miles on it when we got a rid of it. It had 210,000 miles on it when we bought it.
I had a 350,000 km 92 GQ Patrol - Petrol from new. Sold it to a friwnd of a friend and it is still going 9 years later, I think. I don't know the k's now, but guessing around 550,000.
I had a 1997 citroen zx dturbo once with 153k on it, it went like a missile! Totally agree that its all in the maintenance. Ignore the handbook and change your oil every 10k miles maximum and your engine will go on and on.
Highest mileage I've drove is a 600,000 mile citroen berlingo. It was abused, neglected, had quite a few faults but still always ran
What car is that ?
@@franklinmardy8171 Its a little white Van. It had the 1.6l diesel
Driving a toyota hiace van 1990, with 600,000km on it,and doesn't seem to be dying any time soon. The key is regular servicing and maintenance
Man your guys used car prices in the uk are crazy low compared to the us.
The Tech Librarian - yes and crazy low compared to EU. Well it's all about to change in UK because of Brexit, two years time will see car prices increase ...
We need the money to spend on fuel.
@@mikewa2 Nonsense, don't post such tripe. The primary difference is LHD vs RHD. That's why a £500 car in the UK is £1.5k ish in Spain/Italy/France etc. But NOT the same car. The same comparable RHD car.
@@mikewa2 its time to buy NOW!
@@AndyK.1 Ha!
Over twenty years ago my friend sold a Mercedes 300d from about 1983. It was still running ok and had 600,000 miles on the clock.
I agree with what you said 100% 👍I always have my car serviced every 6 months and never had a problem, my last car was a Honda Accord which had done 270,000 ks. I only changed my car because I was offered a great deal on a Mercedes Benz.
I have 3 cars, all high milers and I love them. A volvo v50 with 150 thousand miles, and two bmw e46s. A 330i clubsport with 170 thousand and a 320d with a poultry 130 thousand. All bargains and all brilliant
I used to deliver vehicles up and down the country with a company , 1998 mitsubishi shogun 2800 diesel lwb and brenderup trailer , that vehicle never ever broke down and had 368,000 miles on it when the company owner donated it to his local vicar in the Lake district . (He was a born again Christian )
I have a 2003 Seat Leon Cupra 180T and I bought it in 2005 with 20K miles on the clock for 10 grand. It now has 207,000 miles on the clock. It's had a new clutch and flywheel and brake discs, all the stuff you'd expect. But it's the things you don't think of like my heater matrix went that cost about 700 quid to put right. But when you have a car like that unless a few things really bad happen at once it's usually cheaper to keep running it.
Mine was 330,000 miles on my 1964 Volvo P1800S which I drove daily for about 6 years. Its the car in my profile pic. Stupidly I sold it about 20 years ago and regret it ever since.
David FE I love those cars
@@HighPeakAutos Yes me too, they are great.
David FE a Volvo P1800 is the ultimate high mileage car .One has clocked up 3.267 million miles in its original engine and gearbox -clutch needed changing at 1.7 million miles .Has used 112000 gallons of petrol , 438 spark plugs and 33 sets of tyres and has never broken down unexpectedly in 54 years !!!
@@ronnieince4568 Yes I know, if I recall right its owned by a retired teacher on Long Island
@@DAVIDE-bk8by Yes it was nit he died last year -there was a television programme about the car made a couple of years ago when it crossed the 3 million mile mark making it officially the highest mileage car on the planet .
Couldnt have put it better mate, loving the chanel as always 👍🏻
My bmw 530d has done 350k and is still flying
My 2007 530d has 452 000 km, a daily commute.
Couldn't really agree with you more, sir! A very useful and clear video, thank you again.
2.32 Land Rover in its natural habitat
My personal car, Toyota Avensis T22(2001), 193.000 miles, had some repairs but it's been regularly serviced and it's going strong. I bought it at 164.000 miles.