I've seen a car, a Land Rover Freelander, it's a June 2002 model, is perfect inside and out, but it has 130,000 miles on the clock. It has a full service history, which were apparently clocked up on the motorway only, but I'm worried that this might give the car a shorter life.
Would it be better to get an older car with low mileage, or a newer car with high mileage?? You can't have both for my budget.
2007-02-27 09:13:41 · 22 answers · asked by Anon 4 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Buying & Selling
If it has mostly motorway mileage on it it should be fine. It is better to buy a newer car with high mileage in this instance.
My dad bought a 1994 Geo Prizm back in 2000 with around 180,000 miles on it (all motorway). This car is still going strong in 2007 with 270,000 miles on it!
2007-02-27 09:22:44 · answer #1 · answered by Double 709 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on who you buy the car from. If the car has been in the posession of an old lady who drove it really carefully for the last 20 years then the mileage really wouldn't matter.
If you buy a car from a teenager who does wheelspins and dragraces it on the weekends then even if it has low mileage it would probably be an unwise purchase.
Mileage can be a factor, but it really depends on the car, the previous owner and the way the car was treated. In 2002 I bought an Isuzu pickup (1984 model) with about 280,000 miles on the clock and I used it to drive across southern africa.
2007-02-27 09:23:37 · answer #2 · answered by greenfan109 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually HWY miles are less wear and tear on the car. If your budget is low maybe you should try to get a newer car that is not a luxury vehicle. Like a Toyota Corolla or a Honda civic or accord. These cars are very reliable and good on gas too.
2007-02-27 09:24:25 · answer #3 · answered by struck 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most of the time a high mileage car is better than a low mileage one. At least the high mileage one was getting used as intended and got up to working temperature every journey.
2007-02-28 06:49:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good Luck with your new purchase whatever you choose to do.
Either way you can't win. When you by a car especially from a garage it is always " a great buy, with a CD player, special rims, special model" oh and I nearly forgot "it's a very popular colour"
You bring it home, look after it, wash it, talk to it, smile at it when you've just finished washing it, and drive it carefully for a couple of years.
You take it to a garage to sell it and low a behold "they are doing you a big favour for taking it off your hands" if fact "thats the best deal they can do for you considering that your car that you have loved and cared for is basically not fit for this world any more"
IT MAKES ME SICK
2007-02-27 09:26:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
High mileage shouldn't be a problem, especially if it is a Diesel engine.
But a Freelander!!!! Why not get a decent Land Rover if you really need an off road vehicle?
2007-02-27 09:21:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That particular car is not renowned for reliability and that is quite a lot of miles.Average is 12000 per year so thats double.
A diesel car with high miles will be better.Even an older car with less miles would be a better option.
2007-03-03 04:00:49 · answer #7 · answered by coolkebab 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd only consider it if its the diesel. The petrol freelanders had the dreaded k series engine that popped head gaskets more often than tyres.
Mind no way a petrol freelander would reach 130k+ unless it had an engine change.
2007-02-27 11:40:27 · answer #8 · answered by Mark B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
4yrs ago i went in search of a volvo 940 diesel estate... i found one, at german and swedish cars in colchester, but the misrepresenting scumbag didnt mention it has 288000 miles and no service history.. so i walked away...
then i found a 760TDi volvo.. with a full volvo service history to 117000.. and it only had 140000 on it.. so i paid my 300 quid... ok, so it cost me 800 quid to put it on the road 4yrs ago.. and that included almost everything bar the engine and main timing belt as itd just been done by volvo...
in the last 4yrs its cost me 200 quid, and that includes 3 mots... and 2 services.. it does 40mpg, and as my friends commented when retutning from new zealand.. bugger its more comfortable than the seat from cathay pacific...
older cars are made to a better higher standard... always buy quality volvo beemer merc audi... my mates got a 220 merc..with 265000 on it.. and it runs like the day it was made, and it gets 53mpg..not bad for 1600 quid..and its got 23 stamps in teh book...
quality lasts. new peugeots and fords, well if you get 10yrs youre lucky..most people just throw money away...
2007-02-27 09:27:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well for starters, DONT buy a Freelander, they're cr4p....unless of course the price is rock bottom,
aim to pay about £2500 - £3000 MAX! at auction.....any more than this and you'd be taken as a mug!
2007-02-27 09:20:36 · answer #10 · answered by bluecow 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋