High mileage vettes
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High mileage vettes
What do you think about buying high mileage cars? I came across this
http://www.canadatrader.com/result/d...px?ID=22881294
I'm always sceptical about buying high milers. Is this too high?
http://www.canadatrader.com/result/d...px?ID=22881294
I'm always sceptical about buying high milers. Is this too high?
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If a car has been taken care of I don't worry that much about the higher miles to a point. If you are going to drive it hard then the lower miles the better. If you baby it and it is in as good a shape as it looks you should be happy for a long time. When you sell it remember it will be even higher mileage so that is another reason to get the price down on this one. That is a nice looking car but the price is to high for one with half the miles this one has. This is more like a $16,000-$18,000 car.
Last edited by Flat Broke; Jan 5, 2007 at 02:44 PM. Reason: change price
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The price, if in CDN$, would convert to about $20,390 US$ at the current published exchange rate.
But it's in Winnipeg. My brother came home to a foot of snow in his driveway after New Years. You'd have a tough time taking it for a decent test drive right now.
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That's too high for a car with that many Kms/miles on it. It may have been well taken care of, but still a lot of miles for the money. The C5 has a pretty reliable drivetrain (with the exception of the rear differential seal leaks), so the mileage should be OK. If you can get them down and the car checks out, then it could be a good buy.
