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Old 07-08-2005, 10:26 AM
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Yeah, somehow everybody thinks that a vehicle is pretty much done at 100,000 miles. So if you're smart and don't just grow tired of your selection, you can save a lot of money utilizing that 100K to 200K band. And if it hasn't been abused, it can run like new there.

If its been well maintained, even to 300K or 400K is fairly easy, although you can begin to have weird unexpected failures; things like differentials, belt tensioner pulleys, hood hinges, brake and trans fluid line rust-throughs, etc. And, like an old house, most have had incompetent work, accidents, or "accumulated errors" by then.

Past 200,000 miles, unless the vehicle is somehow special or reliability is not a concern, it's probably best to just buy an "almost new" replacement like that one with 89,000 miles!
 

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