100000 km in 2 years ?? too much ?

paulusdu · 10-01-2008 9:06am #1

Well im on the lookout for a second hand car, 05 or 06. One has been offered to me from a dealership, with 100000km and its an 06 reg.
The car in question is a Nissan Almera.

I'm just looking for some advise on this, is the milage too much ? 50000 a year seems pretty intensive to me, surely that would be a lot of battering on an engine.

Opinions anyonre ?

L1011 · 10-01-2008 9:51am

On a diesel, its not that bad. On a petrol, avoid like the plague. My father about 70,000km on an 18 month old diesel, its virtually all motorway driving, probably far less wear and tear than 20,000km of stop start N7 commute.

unkel · 10-01-2008 10:01am

MYOB wrote: »

On a diesel, its not that bad. On a petrol, avoid like the plague.

Why? As long as it was well maintained, the petrol engine should be fine

paulusdu · 10-01-2008 10:08am

So Unkel, the 100000km wouldn;t put you off a two year car ?
the car has a full service history, so it should have been serviced 4 or 5 times ????
i have to guess that the majority of the miles would have to be motorway, otherwise someone spent the last two years in the car constantly. But there's no way of knowing that

milltown · 10-01-2008 10:12am

Ex taxi by any chance?

L1011 · 10-01-2008 10:14am

unkel wrote: »

Why? As long as it was well maintained, the petrol engine should be fine

I'm cynical as to the existence of well-maintained cars in Ireland, thats why.

unkel · 10-01-2008 10:30am

paulusdu wrote: »

So Unkel, the 100000km wouldn;t put you off a two year car ?

No. Provided it was fully serviced. And of course the price needs to be right (a lot cheaper than a low mileage same car). You can check if it was ever used as a taxi on cartell.ie (you'll have to pay a fee for that)

If all the signs are green, have the car checked out properly by a mechanic, before you decide to buy

10-01-2008 10:36am

paulusdu wrote: »

Well im on the lookout for a second hand car, 05 or 06. One has been offered to me from a dealership, with 100000km and its an 06 reg.
The car in question is a Nissan Almera.

I'm just looking for some advise on this, is the milage too much ? 50000 a year seems pretty intensive to me, surely that would be a lot of battering on an engine.

Opinions anyonre ?

If you do a small amount of mileage each week it is worth buying a car that has clocked up alot of miles.

The reason being you get it cheaper than the equivelent low mileage car and if you arn't clocking up huge mileage its pointless buying a car that has very low mileage.

As long at it has been well maintained of course.

bazz26 · 10-01-2008 10:58am

100,000km is just over 62,000 miles which broken down on a 2 year old car is around 31,000 miles per year. Big enough mileage for a petrol car in a short space of time but not unheard of these days since many people have to commute long distances to their place of work.

Alot of people tend to see 100k on the odometer and automatically run for the hills. This seems to be a left over condition from years gone by and probably a valid assumption of cars built 20 years ago but these days generally cars are capapable of much higher mileage and tend to be mroe reliable.

The most important thing in the OPs case is to find out how the car was driven and details of it's service history. That and the thumps up from a decent mechanic. A properly maintained/serviced high mileage car can be a sound buy if you buy the right one.

E92 · 10-01-2008 11:33am

100,000 km is nothing on a Japanese car if its been well looked after. As long as it's not an ex-taxi, an Almera should do 4 times that mileage no bother if its been well looked after. I hate the way people automatically think oh because there's more than 100,000 miles(160k km) up its going to break down all the time. Rubbish. If it's well maintained and the price is right, that Almera should be capable of doing 400k km without a bother.

the_syco · 10-01-2008 11:57am

How far away from Dublin do they live?

Example, if they lived in Cavan, and travelled to Dublin each day, that'd be ((115km * 2) *5 days) = 1150km for a week, and 552000km for the year...

paulusdu · 10-01-2008 12:05pm

So the general assumption that high milage on a relativly new car should not put me off, as long as the car has been well serviced and maintained.
I'll check the service log, and i'll also check to see if it was an ex taxi.

Just on a side note, how would i have the car checked out by a mechanic ?

Are there any mechanics who offer their services (payed of course) to go along and give a car an impartial inspection ?

Excuse my ignorance on this, but i'm a newbie (ish) with motors.

100000 km in 2 years ?? too much ?

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