How many Km's on a used car is considered ok?
 

Back in the UK when buying a used car they used to say as a rule of thumb you didn't really want it to have done more than 10,000 miles per year on the clock. Is there a similar amount when applying that to km with Aus cars? Obviously I know first and foremost you want to look at a good service history, and that car's here drive further and age a bit more gracefully due to the better climates, so you certainly couldn't apply the 10,000 miles (16,000km) rule out here, but interested to know if there is an Aus specific figure used as an unwritten rule? (I'll be buying in Melbourne if that makes a difference).

(Specifically thinking 2005/06 hatchbacks, auto transmission, between $10-13k, Japanese models, or Holden.)

Thanks.

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Cars in WA hold their value .... What with no MOT rquirements and with the kinder conditions your vehicle is running under the engines and bodywork appear to last so much longer...

Higher than we would consider usual mileage is usual....

Longer distances here...

The Egg (mitsubishi Delica... Looks like an egg on wheels.. Hence HIS mates have dubbed it the Egg) has done 400,000 kms... And is running strong...

But beware grey imports... Can be hard to insure and the miles on their clocks may have been harder miles than aussie miles..

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There are just way too many variables really, it depends on make and model, the way the car was driven and serviced and where in the country it is from. Modern cars don't tend to rust like older cars so the 'better' weather thing isn't so important. I would think that anything in the region of 15,000k's a year would be considered normal and acceptable.

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John Hughes Hyundai here in Perth are curently advertising new Getzs (in runout but a great little car), fully loaded and with a 5 year warranty for about this price.

I'm sure there are similar deals in Victoria.

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I think 25,000 kms per year is the average.

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2005 model? $10k?...

You should be looking at less than 80,000K on the clock ($10k is quite a bit for that age so you can be fussy). This is where it starts getting interesting too - since 80,000K service is typically a big one with some major work done it might be better to get one with 85,000 on clock post service rather than 78,000 pre-service.

As for Toyota v Holden - No contest. When you're looking at cars of that age the extra reliability and cheaper servicing costs of Toyota make it a *must* in my opinion (I will probably never buy a non-Japanese vehicle again after experiements with Landrover and Holden and hearing tales of others with Peugeot, Ford and Ducati compared to my Toyota and Kawasaki experiences that have been trouble free!).

It may cost you an extra $1-2K for a toyota over a Holden of same age condition - but might well pay for itself at the first service!

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Toyota's are not even run in until 200,000 kms!

My Hiace camper van is 20 years old and has 350,000 kms on it. No way I would change it for any of this Fiat rubbish that Winnebago and the likes are using as their chassis now.

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The *norm* i'm sure, but missus's Corolla after only 118,000k... :ohmy::ohmy::ohmy:

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u...4_192537_n.jpg

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u..._4542608_n.jpg

lol

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I actually would pick a Hyundai before practically everything else but Toyota next and Holden would be somewhere behind Trabant.

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There you have it 'missus and cars' The engine has a dipstick for a reason! :rofl:

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Agreed! ... but how to read it now ?!?!

Oh and of course ... that's MY job! ... :rolleyes: :D

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I find most cars seem to have the dipstick located behind the steering wheel.

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Average is apparently 16,000k's.

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wot? wot we lookin at there:blink:

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Looks like its thrown a con rod off the big end to me...but hard to tell from the photos.

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really:eek:




(i haven't a clue wot you onabout willis:lol:)

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Sorry I am not allowed to advise you further...I am not a licenced motor repairer! But I tell you what, I am a whole lot better at it than most of the licenced monkeys I have seen!

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they prolly trained 4 years to get to be that useless:lol:

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I've have got staff that have made a life time's career out of being useless.

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what's their grammar like? Any good:D

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prolly

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:D

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Is the correct answer!

Threw it out the front casing, and in turn the piece of casing went straight thru the radiator ... :ohmy:

Kinda made a racket TBH.

Got a 67,000k recorded replacement delivered for $500 and my sons friend did the swap for $250.

Coulda been a lot more I spose, but yeah good ole Toyota eh! ... :rolleyes:

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Depends on the type of car and what it's used for. Small engines tend to have to run a lot faster to get enough power and consequently will wear out sooner. A Getz or similar sized car with 120,000 on the clock is probably getting a bit weary: a Falcon with the same mileage is just getting into its stride.

No-one in their right mind would buy a small car for long distance touring, so high mileage on such a car is usually indicative of a lot of stop-start motoring which wears it out faster. My 4yo Jeep has done over 25,000/yr, but that includes regular cross-country trips (Brisbane-Adelaide, Brisbane-Sydney, Brisbane-Alice Springs, etc) which are a lot less wearing than driving around the city.

Formula 1 engines do around 5,000km/yr and are then totally stuffed. Trucks do 100,000/yr and keep that up for decades.

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Any manufacturer can suffer a component failure, a friend had to have his BMW replaced with a new one after they had changed the engine and transmission and various other major parts, in the end the only thing they could do was give him a new car.

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BMW is far away from qualitiy at the moment.... My former employer had different models in use...And the malfunction and failures rised three times when the new versions arrived....
And we were on their "priority list" as they are very keen that EMS (especially in their hometown:D ) uses their cars....

;)

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Highly variable I reckon.

We drive everywhere yet only put on 14k a year. Years ago, Abc diamond suggested that Australians don't necessarily drive stellar distances (but when they do it's often country miles- I know which kind of k's I'd rather have).

I don't mind cars with higher mileages.
Seems to be a big difference between a car with 200k and 300k.
At one end if the scale you can have a sweetly running car - at the other a lot of components heading south.

If I had a car with 250k + I would want to be putting the ks on, not someone else.

Stacks of high mileage Holdens and Fords - I don't necessarily subscribe to the view that Japanese cars are ultra-holy! Having said that the camry from the late 90s is supposed to be particularly good and some people swear by them.

My Jap ute needed a main seal at 340k and I only got rid of it because I got a car for 300 bucks with a RWC!

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I bought the 'entry level' Getz seven years ago and I'm more than happy with it. Great build and ride quality for the price, and with power steering, power windows, power mirrors and A/C as standard I don't think you could ask for more in a city car. Though my litle "city" car has taken me to most of Australia including trips from NSW to Ayres Rock filled with all my personal possesions and two trips from NSW to Cairns going 'up the guts'.

Did I mention the gas mileage ??? .........It's a top little car :thumbsup:

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When I was over in SA a few years ago, I hired a 1.6l Getz. I loved it. It was like shit of a shovel and great fun to drive.

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I couldn't agree more, we bought one new 4 years ago and it has never given a moments trouble and is much better build quality than other cars we looked at.

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Yeah I agree. Our 2003 Falcon has about 200 000 on the clock and it still feels like a new car to drive. Plus it's built like a tank :sunglasses:

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Small engines aren't like small engines of old, they will go for just as long as big engines nowadays. Oddly enough I was talking about this to my wife yesterday, we personally know 3 people including a brother who have sold Falcons and bought Hyundai i30's. When you look on the roads the trend away from big cars is very obvious.

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Did they change because the car was high kms or because the smaller car was more economical and easier to drive in town? Anyway, this is irrelevant to the thread topic which relates to used cars!

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Just costing too much to own and drive a big car they didn't need.

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Regardless of the age of the engine, a motor that cruises at 2,500-3,000 rpm will never last as long as an engine which cruises at 1,500-1,800 rpm.