What happens to cars with high mileage?

SwordofLight

Hi guys and gals

Mate does a lot of commuting and is up at 320k miles on an audi A4 2013. Says it needs injectors cleaned and a few other bits, isn't sure if the car is worth anything anymore so is reluctant to spend.

I didn't know what to tell him, obviously the value of the car will have dropped massively with the mileage, but got me thinking would a garage even take a car on a trade in with huge mileage?

Is it the scrapyard for 350k plus mileage?:eek:

colm_mcm

Everything has a price.

Most garages (main dealers etc) will have stuff they’ll retail and stuff they’ll trade.
The trade stuff goes to traders who will sell it to other (lower end) garages or puts it through the auctions - where it will end up being bought privately or by a garage.
Its entirely possible that it will end up with half the mileage and sold ‘privately’ through Facebook or Donedeal at some point.

Point is; a garage will still take it as a trade in.

ELM327

You have nutjobs like me that like to buy them. I have a toyota in storage with 527k on the clock, awaiting vintage tax.

cml387

Is that miles or Km?

Barely run in for a diesel if it's km.

I suppose if he's had it from new and he likes it why not spend a few bob.

JoeA3

That vintage of A4 diesel seem to be very robust. We have one in the household with 190k kms on the clock (I thought that was high till I read this) and it's never got anything other than an annual service and tyres as and when required. Never misses a beat (touch wood)...

I also do wonder though what it would fetch if we tried to sell / trade it.

bazz26

High mileage cars that require a bit of money spent on them tend to find their way down to the bottom feeders of the motor trade who open and close company names regularly or pose as private sellers on donedeal. As said don't be surprised if it eventually finds it's way being passed around donedeal with half the mileage and asking twice what was paid for it.

User1998

A member of an ethnic minority would buy it and clock it

colm_mcm

ELM327 wrote: »

You have nutjobs like me that like to buy them. I have a toyota in storage with 527k on the clock, awaiting vintage tax.

Another Corona that we won’t see the end of for a while.

biko

I used to buy interesting ones for peanuts and drive them for a year and then scrap them.