Mileage- what figure per year is high?

22,500k km a year in a 1 litre petrol is quite high tbh. There would be a lot of petrol cars out there only doing half that. Me personally I’d have no issue with it but for a 1 litre petrol its definitely above average mileage.

It really depends on what you want from the car. What mileage you will be doing yourself, how long you will be keeping it for etc

So at that stage you’d have a 9 year old 1 litre petrol with a little less than 200,000km. It seems high but I suppose with all the down sizing going on and more petrol options coming to the market these days that higher mileage in these engines will just become the norm. Usually a 1 litre would have half that mileage at 9 years old but when they start putting 1 litres in Octavias, Golfs etc that figure is going to get higher.

I think its down to personal preference. Me personally I’d usually go for something with higher mileage and higher spec. But not too high that it would put buyers off when its time to sell

More importantly I'd focus on how well it was looked after more so than how the mileage was achieved

If mileage was the only main point to decide between them, yes.

However when it comes to buying a used car a lot of different items will play around and you should consider all of them and try to find a balance to make a decision: mileage, current wear and tear, log book, history of the car (accidents, claims, etc), if it was used as a private or commercial vehicle, etc.

If it was a company car it probably has a full main dealer service history, so check that. Not really a bad thing that it was a company car. NCT being expired for a while wouldn’t be an issue either as it’s probably been sitting for a while waiting to be sold or put through an auction. And 6 months warranty is normal. A lot of dealers would only offer 3 months as standard. If you want a longer warranty you can just ask

Interesting to hear views on mileage. I'm averaging 50,000 km per year in a 2.0 Audi A6.

Petrol or diesel? Either way its above average mileage. Especially for a Fiesta. 40k km’s per year.

Probably drives fine and was up the down the motorway and with a full service history. But if your going to be doing high mileage yourself it will be worthless soon

I’m a very low mileage driver so I used to buy relatively new cars with very high mileage, 4 years old Golf with 100k miles, 5 year old Passat with 160k miles etc. Always one owner and full service history. Never had a problem with any of them and I always got great value for money

I've a 7 year old a6 with just over 100k kms on it. When buying it in 2018 the dealer had 2 in stock, mine which was a 4 year old 56000km 2014 S Line and there was a 2 year old 120k kms 2016 SE. The 2 year old was only 2000 more than mine but I chose low mileage and spec over reg plate. Which I'd do every time. But it's all preference really.

There is no exact mileage that is set in stone. If you bought something with say 100k km’s you could easily drive it for 5/6 years to 300k km’s if you service and maintain it properly. Weather you buy something with high or low mileage you are still driving 40,000km’s a year so you will have to replace timing belts, clutches, suspension, breaks, tyres, etc. You will have to service the car twice a year.

Really you need to decide what type of car you want, what age bracket, and how long you plan on keeping it. It pretty much has to be diesel with that mileage. Maybe I’m wrong here but I feel like if you want something with low mileage for €7k it will have to be something small/cheaply made which wouldn’t be ideal for someone doing 40k a year. Pretty much any decent diesel car for €7k will have high enough miles

40k a year in Yaris would make me blow my own head. And that's before I would even hit that 40k.

Skoda octavia with a Diesel 2.0 lump would at least make it bearable.

We replaced our Octavia with a 1.5 Kodiaq. It's lovely and very practical for the high mileage low distance driving we do.