Q&A: Is car mileage a lot to worry about or consider?
Is car mileage a lot to worry about or consider?
I have a 2000 Chrysler LHS, and it has 126,460 miles on it. I don’t know much about cars, and I’m just wondering if this will determine how much longer the car will be “driveable” or able to run. The car passes inspection and all that good stuff and has good brakes, but is all that mileage really hurting the engine? Please tell me if I’m appearing paranoid, I just would like a little input on the matter. Thanks.
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Answer by T Wrench
I’m not sure what the life cycle of this particular engine is according to the manufacturer but if the engine was properly maintained and not abused, it should very well last you up to 200,000 miles. the same goes for the vehicle as a whole. the way you treat it determines it’s useful life. there’s dozens of components on a car that determine whether the car is “driveable” or not. if all safety components are in top operating condition, then you don’t have much to worry about except performing proper preventative maintenance.
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Keep up on your maintenance at the intervals you are supposed to and you will go alot further, tune up,oil changes, transmission tune up, engine tune up and do not beat it up to much. you take care of it and it will take care of you. don’t for get the coolant change and check the hoses.
The only way to get your money’s worth is to drive the car. Everything wears out, but if you do regular maintenance that helps to prevent break downs and minimize wear. If it was a Camry I’d say that’s not enough mileage to worry about. That Crysler of yours may have a gray hair or two. You can make it last longer if you treat it with respect- good gas and clean oil.
yes it does matter a lot, idon’tt know about any were else, but in the uk, we have city roads and motorways, most of the time if a car has done alot of miles you want it to be done on the motorway due to have no corners and just a straight road however if the car has done alot of miles in the city which means alot of turning and going up/down hills, with carless driving then this could spell future problems with the cars turning, or stucture problems.
my personal appion is not to buy a car which has done more the 80000 miles on it due to engine wear, to give you a hint a cars han belt may break after 60000 miles which means the engine could explode due to a quick build up of revs.
try looking outside the box for example cost of the car, who owns the car (boy or girl. e.g boys may be boy races and messed around with the engine, which isnt good), and can you get your hands on the service book to see any problems the car has had in its history.
The number of miles is not what is truly important when buying a car. it does effect the value of a vehicle if their is extreme high mileage on it. what is more important is the vehicles care history, by that I mean how well did the original owner take care of the car. If all fluids were changed on the recommended intervals and the car was not driven hard or beaten on through really hard driving or racing and so on you should be fin so ask for the cars maintenance records if maintenance records can not be provided it is time to make sure an expert that knows you inspects the car and you get a good price on the car. make sure you do your homework and research the care history as this is a lot more important then the mileage when buying a car.
If the car is properly maintained it should last you a very long time. I have a friend with a 1999 Corvette that has 451,000 miles on it and has only had a water pump replaced. The more miles that you put on a car the more you are going to have to fix. Mechanical parts wear out, thats just the way it is. however there is no reason you shouldn’t be able to get 200k miles out of an LHS if you take care of it.
I owned a 1996 Subaru which lasted 350,000 miles. The engine still ran well but the body fell apart.