There used to be a guy up in Rowley that rebuilt cars on salvage titles that my parents bought from a couple of times. You couldn't tell otherwise and they had no issues with them.
Buying a car with over 100k miles
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I got over 250k out of my 2004 Grand Caravan my family owned since new. It ended up rusting out the passenger floor board. Engine and transmission were still strong when it went to the scrapper. 
Buy ours with 30-50k on them and haven’t gotten rid of one until they hit 200k+. One I saw on the road 6-7 years after I sold it with 213,000 on it. Know who had it and if they take care of them.
This is getting a little off topic but... we bought a salvage title (but low mileage) car from this guy a couple years ago and we've been really happy with it. http://www.colfaxtractorparts.com/pre_owned_cars/index.aspx
A different option, I bought a 2016 Ford Explorer in December of 2016 with ~16K miles on it for $27.5K the new window price was $40K. It was basically brand new and is at ~75K miles now with no problems. Outside of buying a Tesla I don't think I'll buy a brand new car unless I reach the status of f*** you money.
Edit: Also if you know a mechanic buy them dinner or give them a few bucks to tag along. My uncle, who's a mechanic, essentially told me I was getting a steal even before negotiating down a bit.
Edit: Also if you know a mechanic buy them dinner or give them a few bucks to tag along. My uncle, who's a mechanic, essentially told me I was getting a steal even before negotiating down a bit.
Most of the vehicles I've bought, including the two we own now, were purchased right around that 100k mark. Paid cash for both, and both are now approaching 200k with no major mechanical issues. Some advice:
--Research the reliability of the model you're considering
--Request maintenance records (if the dealer doesn't have them, they can often get them from the prior owner)
--Drive it and inspect it thoroughly
--Have it inspected by a third party
If anything makes you uneasy, walk away. If it passes all the tests and is everything you need, enjoy your cheap and reliable transportation!
--Research the reliability of the model you're considering
--Request maintenance records (if the dealer doesn't have them, they can often get them from the prior owner)
--Drive it and inspect it thoroughly
--Have it inspected by a third party
If anything makes you uneasy, walk away. If it passes all the tests and is everything you need, enjoy your cheap and reliable transportation!
Buying used cars with 100k is like marrying a divorced 37 year old. Still plenty of action left on the drive train if it hasn’t been rode hard and put away wet, and the body could be hiding some hard to find rust and damage. If you research them well, they can be fine and enjoyable Although you could be getting someone else’s headache and that is why they got rid of it.
check it out well.
check it out well.
Same here. It was a 95 Silverado and was the biggest pile of **** I’ve ever owned. I ended up having to replace every single steering component and CV shafts 6 months in. You had to let off the gas to go from 1st to 2nd gear. The exhaust was just sitting on the frame so that broke off. The “rebuilt” motor barely ran a few months in and got a whopping 6 mpg. That pretty well sums up college me and my awesome decision making skills at that time.
I had bought an suv with 122k. I bought it for 4k from a friend of a friend. I put 25k on it before a neighbor totaled it. Got 7k from insurance had it for 3 years. I would do it again.
The only problem I have is that you never know how it was treated. You have to pour thousands to get it up to standard (tires, brakes, fluid change, timing belt). I spent thousands only to get 63k miles out of it before trading it in. The prior owner had an accident of some sort but it wasn't reported. My axle ended up falling off in the middle of a snow storm. We buy new now.
Have an 11 suburban that usually is 17-18 on the highway. It switches off 4 cyclinders if you don’t need the power.
