Vigo wrote: I mostly think mileage concerns are bullE36 M3. I just buy on condition and among good condition cars i will go for the one with the highest mileage because it tends to have a cheaper price for the same condition.
You know it's more likely to have been well-maintained, at least. That alone is worth a lot.
Most "low miles" (sub-5k/yr) vehicles have been poorly maintained.
I dont think low miles 'for the age' is even necessarily a good thing. I dont want to buy a 13 year old car with a 13 year old timing belt because the owner thought 'hey, i havent hit 90k miles yet' or a 16 year old car with 16 year old coolant or buy a car that was driven normally with normal miles/yr, then sat for 6 years and was got running just before selling it as a 'low miles' vehicle (or, id at least like to know that before buying).
For a modern car, still being in good condition at high mileage is about the best guarantee you can get that the PO was a good owner. It means the owner didn't have the option of blowing things off because they had to use it on a daily basis and did what they had to do as far as maintenance and repairs.
Of course, on old cars, back when things actually wore out before the owners trashed the interior and wrecked the exterior into things, low miles is probably a more valid indicator. Lots of stuff that would wear out on older cars just DOESNT on new cars. My 348k mile (iirc) DD doesn't burn a drop of oil and is still on a COMPLETELY original suspension. It needs a swaybar endlink and the front strut mounts creak when the weather gets cold. It's on its 2nd set of spark plugs. I just bought a 211k mile Prius that still has the original front brake pads and spark plugs on it. I don't even consider this all that odd anymore. My expectations have moved to keep up with new realities.
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