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Old 06-02-2015, 07:15 PM   #1
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Im about to buy a car... well I think I am..

Not looking to spend a great amount as I already have too many cars..

essentially I found a car im very interested in...

ticks all the boxes for me..

one owner
service books upto date
Fully optioned
price is what im willing to spend
its a ford
awd
immaculate condition

etc etc etc

but the one thing im a bit iffy on is the km....

it has 98,000km on the clock and its 9 years old.. its sort of the tipping point, a phychological point where the car is seen as past its best..

Or is it? The car is on the central coast so id imagine plenty of highway driving, its a one owner car fully serviced and maintained, its an elderly couple that own the car, always garaged and the price is very fair.

but its still on the cusp of 100,000km... its still with a bit of driving will hit north of 100,000km and start to need maintenance etc.. then when people ask how many km it has ill have to sheepishly concede.

Please someone help me look past my km phobia. Its a great car and I want to buy it. Just the km holding me back.
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easy......dont like Km's or age, go buy new!

next problem?
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easy......dont like Km's or age, go buy new!

next problem?
Spot on advice there, question answered, close thread
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Old 06-02-2015, 07:26 PM   #4
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easy......dont like Km's or age, go buy new!

next problem?
Not exactly....

New this car is about 5 times the asking price that I'm paying..

Despite the good price I'm unsure if I can shirk past the km on the clock..

But maybe some cars are built tougher than others.. 100,000km on an i6 might be like 50,000km on a 4cyl
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Old 06-02-2015, 07:29 PM   #5
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98 thousand kms on a 9 year old car , do you think you will get 1 with less
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Old 06-02-2015, 07:32 PM   #6
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Not exactly....

100,000km on an i6 might be like 50,000km on a 4cyl

Not exactly....

Depends largely on how each one is driven and maintained
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Old 06-02-2015, 07:33 PM   #7
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Don't be a pussy

My 10 yr old Territory has 248 thou kms. I've had it since new

I bought the 2004 RTV with 211 thou kms 3 or 4 years ago and have added another 20 or so since then.

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9 years old and only 98k, so average use....... and your worried about that?

just buy the thing and drive it.. like cars are meant to be, its not hard.
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I never had a problem telling people my old diesel rodeo had 650 000ks on it, don't know why you would be embarrassed telling people your car had 100 000ks on it.
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98000km is a lot these days? Lucky a 9 year old car hasnt got 200k on it
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I had chicken and veggies for dinner!
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Yeah but how many kilometers had the chicken done?
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Im about to buy a car... well I think I am..

Not looking to spend a great amount as I already have too many cars..

essentially I found a car im very interested in...

ticks all the boxes for me..

one owner
service books upto date
Fully optioned
price is what im willing to spend
its a ford
awd
immaculate condition

etc etc etc

but the one thing im a bit iffy on is the km....

it has 98,000km on the clock and its 9 years old.. its sort of the tipping point, a phychological point where the car is seen as past its best..

Or is it? The car is on the central coast so id imagine plenty of highway driving, its a one owner car fully serviced and maintained, its an elderly couple that own the car, always garaged and the price is very fair.

but its still on the cusp of 100,000km... its still with a bit of driving will hit north of 100,000km and start to need maintenance etc.. then when people ask how many km it has ill have to sheepishly concede.

Please someone help me look past my km phobia. Its a great car and I want to buy it. Just the km holding me back.
I'm a bit like you Hulktser (ahhh help me guys...), and always aim to buy the lowest mileage car available.
However, I'm getting more and more used to it.

The massively significant advantage to buying used cars with a few k's on board is the fantastic value.
You've worked this out anyhow, knowing that new it's worth 5 times the asking price of this second hand one.

100,000km isn't a lot at all if it's been maintained well, and it sounds like it has.

If it ticks all the right boxes, I would certainly go ahead with it, you'll have forgotten all about the k's in a few weeks.
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Old 06-02-2015, 08:28 PM   #14
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I wouldn't buy it.

The first 100k are the best, the new car feel, smell and tightness.

If it was say....a Rolls royce, lambo etc...but a Falcon?


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Old 06-02-2015, 08:32 PM   #15
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I don't get why some of you are so hostile and can't answer the question. If you have nothing nice to say that doesn't relate to the topic then don't post, it's as simple as that (seems a lot are jumping on the Hulk hate band-wagon just for the sake of it).

Anyways Hulk, if the cars been looked after and been serviced regularly it should be fine. If they're an elderly couple like you mentioned and the cars mainly been used for highway driving it wouldn't stop me from buying it.

Personally, when buying used I look for low km examples too but the km's don't tell the whole story. For example a car with 50,000km's could be treated terribly, never serviced etc. I'd say go for it if its what you want, just get it inspected thoroughly.
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Some used to have that exact same concern when odometers recorded miles, so if your grand dad thought the same as you then go ahead and buy it - it's done 60000 less kms than the one he bought . . .

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The old boys 2003 Mazda 323 is about 400,300km original engine, still has the original clutch too.

Its been abused its whole life, never serviced properly and it survived me learning to drive in it.

The only cars I wouldn't buy is one from a P plater regardless of km or from someone with one continuous eyebrow from Western Sydney.
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Nothing wrong with km on the odometer

But as long as the price reflects it

I'm leaning towArds buying
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So with my xh having 193 thou on the clock I should really drive it off a cliff.
98 thousand is nothing
198 thousand is nothing.

Get over the phobia.
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But as long as the price reflects it

I'm leaning towArds buying
Go for it, if its been garaged thats the icing on the cake because its not sat out in the sun with wiring/electronics contracting and expanding for 9 years.
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i got a hand me down car off my dad a few years back due to him upgrading and didnt want to clutter up his garage, a 7 year old falcon, 240,000ks, still on 2nd set of tires, drove like it was brand new, towards the end i wore the 330,000+kms proudly and i regret moving it on..
So you've found a car you want, elderly owners, always serviced, garaged, price is right, 10,000km per year and probably never broken the speed limit, honestly, i think you'd be crazy to pass it up. In fact, whats their number, i might give them a call
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I only buy new or demo cars. Then I know the cars history. I dont wont to buy someone elses problems.

When my cars are at 100ks I give them to my kids and get a new one.
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I've got two cars with over 300,000 on the clock and no problems.
Go for it, 100,000 is nothing these days!
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When my cars are at 100ks I give them to my kids and get a new one.
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That car has 14000 ks on it. That was a present for a good Lad
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Another troll post from Hulk, you either want it or you don't, enough said.
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First hundred is always ur best. Being an earlier model Territory I wouldnt touch it... Bull joints, diff bushes, brake shudder, door hinges, locks, rust.... Get my drift.
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I only buy new or demo cars. Then I know the cars history. I dont wont to buy someone elses problems.

When my cars are at 100ks I give them to my kids and get a new one.

Me too, I buy brand new but I'm too stingy to give them to my kids, they already expect too much!


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No, Im not a piece of work...just a piece of *****.
I know this is none of my business but i think im gunna have to agree with u on this...

I dont recall reading where it was compulsory to read or answer any thread, if you dont like his threads, dont read them
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