how many k's

[sv8ls1]

hey all, interested in how many k's you normally put on your cars before you sell or if you keep,are high k's ok in your opinions? is it worth keeping them?

cheers cameron

[Wonky]

How long is a piece of string? :confused: There are a hundred factors that can affect such a decision, access to the folding stuff being high on the list. Do we assume you mean if money is not a great drama?

[GODSMACK]

I sold my last car when it had 70k.

[youngstar]

Last car
Mazda RX-8 - had from new and sold after 4 years and just ticked over to 70K

Before that I had a Honda that I also sold with 70K.

I think there is a pattern here ! Guess I get bored after 70,000km's !!!:rofl:

[sv8ls1]

How long is a piece of string? :confused: There are a hundred factors that can affect such a decision, access to the folding stuff being high on the list. Do we assume you mean if money is not a great drama?

good point, not really a money thing, though would you see fit to replace for arguments sake a car with 110000ks that u know is in good working order for spending 45odd grand for a new car? are they even worth keeping?

[VX_SS_II]

I sold my last car when it had 70k.

Bought mine with just under 70k on it... Everyones different!

[Marco]

I haven't owned enough cars for there to be a pattern to it, but kms don't matter as much as how those km were done.

As I've said here before, I bought a new Astra in 2001 and traded it at the start of this year on the VE. I put 164,000km on it but most of that was freeway driving and I always had it serviced and kept it waxed and so on. I'd say whoever bought that car would be better off than someone who'd bought one that had done say 80k around Sydney over the same period of time in the hands of an 'average' car owner.

As far as the SS goes...when I'm finished with it as a daily driver I'm buying a dust cover and hiding it away in my garage.

[mustanger]

I personally think that 100,000 klm is the magical figure that most people look at as being the changeover point from new. Average say 20,000klm per year or five years is a common changepoint. I am not saying that anything over that is a lot of ks ,but if I was buying a late model car ,I would try to get something under this. As long as a car has been regularly serviced and looked after, there is no reason why you cant get 3 or 4 hundred thousand klms out of modern car,but remember you are buying a second hand car for its unused mileage......Cheers John

[Wonky]

good point, not really a money thing, though would you see fit to replace for arguments sake a car with 110000ks that u know is in good working order for spending 45odd grand for a new car? are they even worth keeping?
Depends then what your priorities are. If you've got kids and a big mortgage then unless you're desperate to buy the "latest and greatest" I'd probably stick with the current one.

Unless you can buy at a bargain price then the one thing you'll always cop on new cars is huge depreciation! That's why some people on here only buy 2+ y.o. cars so that somebody else has already taken the big hit on depreciation.

[sv8ls1]

interesting guys, thanks for your opinions