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This topic comes up in my family all the time. my family wants to know why, i m always trading cars.why i wont move closer to work. There's an oil/gas company less than .5 miles from my house. I d love to work there but, I am not a chemist or an accountant. So I have to drive for work.
I drive 60 miles one way. Front door to front door. That's 120miles round trip.
120 x 5 days 600 a week.
Times 4 weeks of work travel 2400 a month.
Weekend trips can be New Orleans. San Antonio, austin or Dallas, At least once a month.
An extra 500 miles per trip easy.
That's 2900 miles a month minimum.
Didn't even mention getting groceries, going out around houston or anywhere else..
On the other hand, my parents both drives brand new cars, they still work live in a medium siz town in Kansas.my dad for example
2.5 miles to work. 2.5 miles home. 5 miles round trip
25 miles a week just for work. That's every working days for a month = 100 miles.
His groceries 1 mile from home. Round trip 2 miles. Once a week
That's 8 miles a month.
No other form of travel. So he travels 108 miles a month.
I book more miles in one day then he does in one month.
It all depends on where you live, work and play.
I think 15-20k miles annual are the norm for big city.
I m in the market for a prius to relieve my two other vehicles.
Okay, but would you personally want to buy a 10 year old vehicle with 150,000 miles on it, even with a favorable Carfax report? What would you consider, quote, "low mileage" for a 10 year old vehicle?
I wouldn't be afraid of the vehicle no matter how many miles it had on it. And some I wouldn't buy if they were brand new. But that's me. I have a 90 GMC with about 400,000 miles on it and would take it anywhere. Bought it new in '90.
I wouldn't depend on Carfax. I would depend on a compression test, brake check and so forth, and I would immediately replace the more expendable items on any car I bought. Just price it into what you are willing to pay.
I guess I'm saying that I don't believe the mileage tells you all that much about the vehicle.
Okay, but would you personally want to buy a 10 year old vehicle with 150,000 miles on it, even with a favorable Carfax report? What would you consider, quote, "low mileage" for a 10 year old vehicle?
I have, and will continue to, I have no interest in making payments, nor can I afford to make payments for a car, I don't like most new cars anyway. Most old domestics with common parts run a long time, such as 73-93 GM C/K trucks and SUV's, Ford Panthers. Parts are usually cheap, engines easy to find...
Miles add up and fast. My car already has 12k,we bought it new in June.We live in a rural area,about 10-15 miles away from major stores etc.I also travel for work as well. It's rare to find a low mileage vehice unless it's a babied sports car
Really? Two of same rant perhaps 15 minutes apart. All those people keeping their vehicles longer in this recession depriving you of what you want. Shame on them.
I just have to vent my puzzlement - how the hell do vehicles get so many miles on them??? Husband & I have been looking at used vehicles lately, 10 to 12 year old SUV's mostly, and I'm amazed at what dealers consider "low miles" for a 10 year old vehicle. Anything over 100,000 is high miles, in my book! My car is 7 years old and has 44,000 miles on it. Husband's truck is 9 years old and has 80,000. How on earth do ten year old vehicles get 150,000 miles on them - do the owners just drive them around in circles to watch the odometer turn over for entertainment?!?!
Easily, many are one owner cars. You have over 100,000 miles on you vehicles if you combine the 2. So if you only had one vehicle it looks like you'd have driven 134,000 miles on it.
Vehicles are designed today to go easily 200,000 miles if properly maintained.
My 12 year old Ford SUV just turned 100,000 miles 2 weeks ago. Our insurance agent says that the average across the country is 12,000 miles annually for one of the points they base their premiums on.
You WILL find low mileage cars of any category, just don`t expect to find them in your neighborhood. Be beware though, look for typical signs of high mileage, and get a Carfax.
You will need to pay more for a low-mileage car, but sometimes it is worth it. Dealers will claim anything as low-mileage...but we don`t believe everything dealers say..do we??
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