What is considered high mileage?
I found a 2006 chevy impala with 128k mileage. Really clean, drove it around, handles well and all.
The dude's selling it for 5500.
Its clean title and all.
But that seems kinda sketchy.
Does the 128k mileage really matter that much? To me it feels like a clean and well maintained car.
Mileage means nothing if the vehicle is well taken care of. Just research what vehicle you are going to look at and make sure if a part is close it the end of its life cycle it has been replaced or you are willing to replace it.
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Most parts on vehicles are given specific life times and most will go past that but they are not guaranteed past a certain mileage usually.
[QUOTE=Waffle99;40051083]Mileage means nothing if the vehicle is well taken care of. Just research what vehicle you are going to look at and make sure if a part is close it the end of its life cycle it has been replaced or you are willing to replace it.
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Most parts on vehicles are given specific life times and most will go past that but they are not guaranteed past a certain mileage usually.[/QUOTE]
I see. So its pretty much the same thing. Old car with low mileage is pretty much the same as new car with lots of mileage. Youll ahve to change parts and fix shit up anyways.
What do you think about the 2006 impala? im reading about it right now and it aint looking good
"...but the latest was a accident when my daughter was driving the steering failed and she ended up in a ditch..." ಠ_ಠ
[QUOTE=Region;40051118]steering failed[/QUOTE]
I wouldn't buy a car when the steering randomly fails when it's only 7 years old...
That seems like it's incredibly horrible quality
and an incredibly horrible freak accident.
Or that is the excuse his daughter gave because she was texting and driving? I dont see how the steering could randomly fail and then start working again.
[QUOTE=Waffle99;40051570]Or that is the excuse his daughter gave because she was texting and driving? I dont see how the steering could randomly fail and then start working again.[/QUOTE]
Hydraulic steering?
Idk what those cars use but anyway, there's nothing that says it randomly started working again.
except that the op drove it around and I would guess if it handles well he had to turn the wheel.
[QUOTE=Waffle99;40052305]except that the op drove it around and I would guess if it handles well he had to turn the wheel.[/QUOTE]
Even if it doesn't say, it doesn't mean that they didn't have to fix anything and it randomly started working again...
That's what I'm trying to say, dude
They probably mean the power steering failed. A lot of cars have power steering issues where it can sometimes fail temporarily (belt slippage) after going over a puddle.
My Contour did it rarely, my brother's Grand Am did it frequently, and it happened a few times with my dad's older Honda Pilot.
If it happens suddenly and you aren't paying attention, it's easily to loose control of the car if the power steering belt slips when you're turning.
[QUOTE=Saber15;40052659]They probably mean the power steering failed. A lot of cars have power steering issues where it can sometimes fail temporarily (belt slippage) after going over a puddle.
My Contour did it rarely, my brother's Grand Am did it frequently, and it happened a few times with my dad's older Honda Pilot.
If it happens suddenly and you aren't paying attention, it's easily to loose control of the car if the power steering belt slips when you're turning.[/QUOTE]
There was a power steering recall on the era car.
Never had that issue. With over 500,000 miles under my belt.
It's a W-Body, parts are cheap, maintenance is easy overall. Parts are find-able in every junkyard due to the number of impala, grand prix, regals and all the other w-body there was produced.
Steering is probably some hydrolic steering, think they had a recall for a steering line busting. But even then that'd just make the steering hard, not send you into a ditch.
Engine is of the high value line of V6 gm made, not exactly the best but they work.
Also, lots of former police cruisers out there depending on where you live that were impalas. Parts...parts everywhere.
i would never buy an american car made before 2009
[QUOTE=Meow :3;40059170]i would never buy an american car made before 2009[/QUOTE]
Oh hi JDK, welcome back.
[QUOTE=Meow :3;40059170]i would never buy an american car made before 2009[/QUOTE]
Thats possibly the stupidest thing I've ever heard in relation to cars.
many of my friends drive cars with 250k+ miles and they work just fine
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128k miles isn't really anything unless your car is french
[QUOTE=opaali;40061641]
128k miles isn't really anything unless your car is french[/QUOTE]
Or it's a mazda
[QUOTE=Siminov;40062894]Or it's a mazda[/QUOTE]
my mom's got a 2002 mazda mpv with 180k miles and it hasn't given her any problems.
mazdas are awesome
if its a rotary and you dont know how to service one, then its gonna be unreliable as fuck, but other than that they are fine
Age is generally more important than mileage. After about a decade or so, you have lots of gaskets, seals, o-rings, and anything generally made of rubber or weaker plastic start to go brittle or shrivel / break. A 15 year old car with 50,000 miles on the clock and little maintenance done could potentially be a lot worse off than a 5 year old car with 200,000 miles if it's been regularly maintained well by its owner.
Then you need to factor in country of origin - Japanese cars typically have low mileage, but they spend an incredible amount of time just sitting in traffic idling or being driven at low speeds, resulting in poor internal condition of the engine (lots of carbon buildup for example) and often lacking quality of paintwork. And as a general rule of thumb, around 100,000 miles is when things like MAF or o2 sensors start to become problematic and needing replacement, which is often why on more electronics-focused cars you see them being sold around that mileage point... the owners are either starting to have more and more problems, or they're savvy to it and want to flick it before the bills start stacking up.
It's all really common sense though... check the history, know the owner, and always get a PPI before making an offer or purchasing.
[QUOTE=Region;40064268]my mom's got a 2002 mazda mpv with 180k miles and it hasn't given her any problems.
mazdas are awesome[/QUOTE]
Mazda 626 with 180k
It has wanted to suicide since 150k, lots of overheating problems, alternator problems, transmission problems.
[QUOTE=Region;40064268]my mom's got a 2002 mazda mpv with 180k miles and it hasn't given her any problems.
mazdas are awesome[/QUOTE]
HEY! We had a 2003 mazda MPV approaching 120k miles and although it was a damn reliable car the key solenoid (I believe) broke, so the key would get stuck in the ignition, and you'd have to disconnect the battery to get it out.
And it was expensive as faurk to fix
So we got a mitsubishi outlander GT
But moral of the story is mazdas are great cars, but as all cars stupid shit goes wrong with them at some point.
In most chevys I've driven, you can pull the key out while the car is running. :v:
[QUOTE=Del91;40085411]In most chevys I've driven, you can pull the key out while the car is running. :v:[/QUOTE]
In my Jeep I only need the key to "unlock" the ignition. If I twist the key all the way back I can even start it without the key
[QUOTE=Ldesu;40085517]In my Jeep I only need the key to "unlock" the ignition. If I twist the key all the way back I can even start it without the key[/QUOTE]
I love American cars :D
<3 <3 <3 <3
[QUOTE=Del91;40085411]In most chevys I've driven, you can pull the key out while the car is running. :v:[/QUOTE]
The key on my Dodge falls out on occasion, makes it easier to open the trunk anyway with the car running. As far as those impalas go, I see a lot of them made after 2000 on Craigslist for $5k and under. 90% of them "runs and drives great, only problem is needs a headgasket" I love those kinds of ads.
3100/3400 engines likes to blow headgaskets, but those were 1999-2005 impalas, generation before the one the OP was looking for. If you want a good '99-05, get one with a 3800.
2006-2013 ones goes for more. Those with high miles goes for less, though. But they don't have fuckty 3100/3400. They come with the HV 60* V6, 3.5, 3.6, 3.9.
My grandpa has a buick with a 3100. I have to floor it on the freeway in OD just to make it up slight grades at 60mph.
When buying used cars it's always good to ask about how often the car was driven. You might see a car ad which says that the car was driven every day over long distances and think "oh no lots of miles that's a bad thing", and then you might see another ad which states that the car was a "weekend" or "holiday" only kind of thing. Which car should you go with?
In this case it's always best to go with the one that was driven daily. To be able to do that you would know that the owner looked after it by servicing it frequently. You just can't trust cars which are advertised as not being driven very much. Unfortunately many people are idiots and they only service their cars after a certain mileage, even though it may have not been serviced in five years but "it was only driven every now and then".
A mate from school fell for that when he purchased a Holden Commodore which had been locked up for (I think) two years without being driven. It gave him constant problems. I don't know the full story and whether he had it serviced when he got it straight away but it doesn't matter; mileage doesn't mean shit in a car, it's about how it's looked after. I have a Mitsubishi that's thirteen years old and has driven 280,000km, yet it's had its minor service (oil and the air, fuel and oil filters etc) every 10,000 and a major service every 120,000 and it run perfectly fine when I got it. It needs to have the spark plugs and wires replaced as of recent but that's it.
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