134000 km alot on a 05 car

alibride

does mileage really affect a car? how?
thinking of buying a 05 focus but it has over 134000km on the clock
just wondering is that a bad thing? thanks

22k kms/annum, not too bad but you'll find plenty 2005s with less than that on them.

Henry Ford III

Less than 20,000 kms per annum, which is about average I think.

Nissan doctor

Its not huge mileage....but you'd find no shortage of Focus's'ss with less mileage then that.

trepasers

mine only has 69000 on her and shes a 05

Christ0pher

alibride wrote: »

does mileage really affect a car? how?
thinking of buying a 05 focus but it has over 134000km on the clock
just wondering is that a bad thing? thanks

Mileage doesn't really affect a car - it's mileage with no servicing that causes major problems. Top of your list when buying a used car should be the words "Full service history". If the log book is full of stamps every 12,000 km (or whatever the service interval is) then you're on to a winner. No log book - be very suspicious.

I'd happily buy a high mileage car if the log book was present and full of verifiable service stamps. no worries.

Nissan doctor

Christ0pher wrote: »

Mileage doesn't really affect a car - it's mileage with no servicing that causes major problems. Top of your list when buying a used car should be the words "Full service history". If the log book is full of stamps every 12,000 km (or whatever the service interval is) then you're on to a winner. No log book - be very suspicious.

I'd happily buy a high mileage car if the log book was present and full of verifiable service stamps. no worries.

I've never seen service stamps in the log book:P

Henry Ford III

Christ0pher wrote: »

Mileage doesn't really affect a car - it's mileage with no servicing that causes major problems. Top of your list when buying a used car should be the words "Full service history". If the log book is full of stamps every 12,000 km (or whatever the service interval is) then you're on to a winner. No log book - be very suspicious.

I'd happily buy a high mileage car if the log book was present and full of verifiable service stamps. no worries.

Mileage certainly does affect a car. More miles means more wear on every component.

Nissan doctor

Henry Ford III wrote: »

Mileage certainly does affect a car. More miles means more wear on every component.

It depends, A car with high motorway mileage will have very low wear on suspension/brakes etc and a well serviced engine can actually benefit from longer running at full operating temperature.

I'd rather have an 05 car with 100k of motorway mileage then one with 60k of city/country road driving.

Leonard Hofstadter

134,000 km = 84,000 miles, so no it's certainly not high mileage in my book.

I'm currently driving something with nearly double that and it still works, and I wouldn't expect anything less until it passes the 200,000 mile mark at least:)!

Service history is way more important than the number of miles or kilometres on the clock!

flyingsnail

Nissan doctor wrote: »

I've never seen service stamps in the log book:P

Rare that you see them anywhere:p

Henry Ford III

Nissan doctor wrote: »

It depends, A car with high motorway mileage will have very low wear on suspension/brakes etc and a well serviced engine can actually benefit from longer running at full operating temperature.

I'd rather have an 05 car with 100k of motorway mileage then one with 60k of city/country road driving.

Agreed.

You'd presumably prefer a car with 100k of motorway mileage, than one with 200k of the same?

Nissan doctor

Henry Ford III wrote: »

Agreed.

You'd presumably prefer a car with 100k of motorway mileage, than one with 200k of the same?

Of course, but with a bit of savy you can tell how a car was used.

In general:
High mileage with lots of wear on the steering wheel and gear knob, very few stone chips....lots of city driving etc

High mileage with very little wear on steering wheel/gear knob, and lots of stone chips.. mostly motorway driving.

All in addition to a reasonable service record of course.


Last year we bought a 00 clio for my step daughter, its interior is like new, its the tightest MK2 clio I've driven and the body has no car park dents at all, but its got over 120,000miles on it. I bought it over several lower mileage clio's I looked at with much less mileage that were falling apart.

jj92

My 05 deisel B5.5 Passat had 210,000 km when I bought it nearly 18 months ago, had history, Cartell check and it's story checked out 100%. It's now got 275,000 km and I've had no major issues with it. I'd rather a genuine high milage car with history and a story that checks out (no. of previous owners, import or not, crashed or not, milage history on NCTs, service book stamps etc.) over a low milage car with no history or a story that doesn't check out any day. It seems every smartass up and down the country is clocking cars now that it just requires a laptop, cable and a thick neck.

To put it simply, the number on the oedometer means absolutly nothing without the documented history to go with it.

Also without knowing more details about the car i.e. petrol/deisel, engine size etc. you're question could have been titled:

"How long is a piece of string?"

Hope this helps:D

Christ0pher

Nissan doctor wrote: »

I've never seen service stamps in the log book:P

That's the problem. They are rare - due to clocking of cars being rampant. How do you tell a clocked car ? No service book !

I should add that my current car I bought without a service book. So you know - I could be a hypocrite !

Nissan doctor

Christ0pher wrote: »

Mileage doesn't really affect a car - it's mileage with no servicing that causes major problems. Top of your list when buying a used car should be the words "Full service history". If the log book is full of stamps every 12,000 km (or whatever the service interval is) then you're on to a winner. No log book - be very suspicious.

I'd happily buy a high mileage car if the log book was present and full of verifiable service stamps. no worries.

Nissan doctor wrote: »

I've never seen service stamps in the log book:P

Christ0pher wrote: »

That's the problem. They are rare - due to clocking of cars being rampant. How do you tell a clocked car ? No service book !

I should add that my current car I bought without a service book. So you know - I could be a hypocrite !

You missed the point of my post.



However, about service books, I've never bought a car with a completed service book but then I'm not in the position of the average motorist. I do keep a very concise maintenance record when I do own the car though.

The other problem, a service book is only a piece of paper and some staples....a service history can be fabricated even easier then clocking a car.

Christ0pher

oh yeah I say log book and service book - same thing to me

Is it easy to fabricate a service book? I'd always call the garage whose stamp appears on the book - to ask about the servicing. Well ok - I wouldn't always - but it's an easy way to discover a dodgy service book.

How would a person so inclined fabricate a book? Where would they get all those garage stamps?

bazz26

83000 miles on a 7 year old car is about average imo. Anyway mileage on the odometer is not an accurate indication of use or wear on a car. An accurate indication of wear is dependant on the individual driver, the type of roads the car is driven on and how the car was maintained.

Lots of low mileage cars out there that have had very little maintenance and driven like they were stolen on back roads.

angelfire9

2 cars in this house both 04 regs
1 Fiesta 59k
1 Focus 78k miles
Both serviced every 12,000 miles at the Ford Dealership service book stamped and I have all the service receipts

Are we the only family that does this??

flyingsnail

angelfire9 wrote: »

2 cars in this house both 04 regs
1 Fiesta 59k
1 Focus 78k miles
Both serviced every 12,000 miles at the Ford Dealership service book stamped and I have all the service receipts

Are we the only family that does this??

No but I would say you are in the minority, in my house its similar. I remember when I was looking for a car, dealers just seemed to accepted it as standard that there would be no service history.


2004 polo 84K, partial service history from main dealer before we got it, annual service by indi + recipients for work done since.
My 2003 mondeo 92k, no service history before I got it, have receipt for all work done since
My grandfathers 99 Lupo 34k. Owned since new, full main dealer service history for first 6 years, indi service history since. Still has every receipt and nct cert.

_Kaiser_

My 06 Passat now has 210000km (of 95% motorway miles) on it with a full on-time VW main dealer history. The fuel pump went on me this week though but it was changed and of course I have the receipt but despite all this, and the fact that even the Recovery guy commented on what great condition the car is in, I still know I'll get buttons for it when it comes to change because of the fear of anything above 100k and not in the €156 tax bracket

Pity really cause I'd like a change but I don't have the money to just go buy a new (or even new to me) car outright.

Oh well...