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When I was looking for a Sienna, I saw one online that had 322,000 miles on it at 4 years old for around $3000 I think.
It looked in great condition and I did briefly consider it.
It really depends on what part of the country you live in and what the road conditions are is another factor.
You can have a 50k miles car feel like 150k if you live a city where the road conditions and infrastructure is in terrible shape. The constant pounding of hitting potholes and driving over rough pavement can really age a car beyond its actual years from all the excess vibrations penetrating the cabin. It’s biological clock is aging much faster, including in extremely rainy, snowy and hot climates.
But overall high mileage vehicles driven in very rough street conditions in say CA, I would stay away from.
On the other hand I’d consider cars from smooth asphalt states such as AZ and NV. Besides the insane heat, as long as the vehicle has been garaged, the cars bodies have most likely been less abused.
When I was looking for a Sienna, I saw one online that had 322,000 miles on it at 4 years old for around $3000 I think.
It looked in great condition and I did briefly consider it.
Wow, 80,000 miles a year, quite impressive!
I realize if people wanted to, they can put 100,000 miles or more on a vehicle in a year, but that's still a lot of driving.
I would not have anything in the Chrysler brands including Dodge and Jeep. Across the board, they are always at the bottom of reliability lists. They have more recalls, more warranty issues and higher maintenance.
Not anymore since 2017 model years (all Chrysler/Fiat/Dodge/Jeep models).
Safety comes with maintenance.
Mileage meh. It's a measurement.
My mileage:260,000. And doing well.
Typical safety replacements,brakes,susp, tires,belts,tune up. Pretty sure these are standard procedures to keep it reliable.
Mileage only matters to EVs, I would easily consider cars with 200k mi but not a Tesla.
Say a good looking car inside and out with 200k mi costs only $3k when the same car with 50k mi costs $10k, I go for the $3k then fix and replace anything that are worn. Cars are use items stop thinking about value based on mileage and more about the overall car's condition as a whole.
No, not a bit. I have put over 200K miles on my old 82 Scirocco, and it seems to be none the worse for wear. Lord only knows how many miles on the car overall. 315K on 92 Subie Legacy, still runs fine. Over 200K on an old 71 Impala. This one does burn some oil, but it is still a usable car.
Definitely depends on how the car was driven and cared for. If garaged, driven mostly in a rural environment, not in rust country, the car will age well. Parked on the street in the Eastern Megalopolis, it will age rather less gracefully.
Also, a car with really high miles may have a new clutch if it's a manual, a rebuilt transmission if automatic. So a car with more miles on the clock may have more remaining service life in it than one with less miles and say the clutch will only make another 10K miles.
My daily driver is a options loaded EX-FBI 2008 Crown victoria with 180K miles, Yes MPG's isn't the best and I'm NOT a "FURD" guy but it's the last REAL BOF RWD car and the damn thing drives new !!!
The "family hauler" is a '01 Suburban LT that I bought with 195K miles 5 years ago and have driven it ALL around the country with only basic maintenance needed. Worst was ALT/Battery going bad during a BAD winter season
So for reliable HIGH MILEAGE cars:
Any Toyota
Any Honda careful some mid 00 cars had trans issues
Any GM 99-07 NON-AFM newer full size truck/SUV with 5.3 or 6.0 Vortec V8
Any RWD Ford with 4.6 V8, (The 5.4 tritons are POS that spit out spark plugs)
*Avoid >ANY< Chrysler vehicles nothing but JUNK GARBAGE !!
Hyundai/KIA's have many little issues and are mostly 3-5 year old throw away cars
Ex GF had a new Nissan Rouge and the POS trans went out at 45K miles
Whatever vehicle you find, That you're seriously considering buying please do your research
Those reliability studies are surveys done on cars with less than 30k miles on them, NO reliability study is done on cars with 100,200,300k miles on them. Once they pass 100k miles, the reliability is based on environment and the person who maintains the car, not on make or model.
If a car has made it to 200k miles in a reasonable amount of time, it's not unreliable, no matter who made it. THAT"S the fact, not some 20k mile JD power study on a car that's still under warranty and has some minor things go wrong with it (remember, it's problems per 100 cars, but not how BIG those problems are.)
Neither my Chryslers nor my Jaguars have been problematic or unreliable. My current BMW is considered problematic by Consumer Reports, yet I'd take it across the country tomorrow with no worries. With 175k miles on it, it's proven to be trouble free.
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