How much mileage is too much

[m0rk]

eh? why is that?

because it's got 174k on the clock........

 

[micky 32]

i see, just the comment was "irish plate-would have to be v v cheap" and i was wondering what the difference was because it had an irish plate.

 

[m0rk]

registration fee then

plus the irish cars are 'more' than UK cars, so it'd be over priced IIRC

 

[micky 32]

On a car here that costs 22000 euro the feckin goverment gets 8500 of that!

 

[m0rk]

Gotta pay for those high quality roads some how I guess!

 

[Ant FR]

Gotta pay for those high quality roads some how I guess!

no we pay for that, thats why we have **** roads and every other Eu country has marble smooth roads.


as for the milage, dunno need to check with a specialist to see what the engine is likely to run too. I thought most VAGS were pretty good as long as they had been looked after.

Only reason i say check is, i remember reading a letter in autocar about buying a high milage beemer 525 ( not sure which engine it was) but in that letter they said not too cos the engine just falls to bits after 200000 and would require a new block due to wear. There was also a very good read a couple of months ago about buying high milers, they had focuses etc with 160k on the clock and gave a guide to buying intergalactic mile munchers.

 

[prc]

On a car here that costs 22000 euro the feckin goverment gets 8500 of that!

Tink that's bad, here the 2.5 pays over 13000 to the government...