Why do Americans consider 150-200k miles for a car ''high mileage''?
Used car market is full of 500k-1M km Volkswagens, BMWs and Benzs in Europe.
Plus if you go to american car auction sites you can find plenty of solid cars that need minor repairs.
Why do americans consider cars as disposable objects?
Don't americans do any basic maintenance on their cars?
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Why do Americans consider 150-200k miles for a car ''high mileage''?
Jordan Brown
Robert Lee
Most people don't take care of cars anymore.
Most people don't trust cars with mileage that high.
Most people don't want to put money into an "old" vehicle.
Most people drive the shit out of their vehicles here. It's not like Europe where you crawl in traffic all day.
We have plenty of million mile trucks and commercial trucks.
Landon Murphy
Because cars are driven into the ground regularly and the average person only knows how to replace the cabin air filter and drive it to a mechanic / dealership.
Also road salt will rust out a car's frame if you live in a snowy area, which is never a good thing.
Jaxson Nelson
i'm not talking commercial vehicles i'm talking about regular cars. everyday commuters.
you don't crawl in traffic in europe you do high speed cruises on highways and autobahns.
it's normal for people to drive 60-120 miles per day here because work is often far from home
do you really think these cars have reached 2 million kilometers by crawling in city traffic? lol
Dylan Young
I'm pretty sure above 150k mileage doesn't matter there anymore, price-wise. Not a lot anyway.
And would you rather drive a 150k car or a 750k car even if the latter was mechanically in good order? Cars like those start to feel tired, no matter how well taken care of. Especially those Mercs, BMWs, Toyotas etc. that are claimed to have gone "1 million miles without major expense". And you sure can feel it.
Goddamn they feel flimsy, tired or otherwise ready to bite the dust.
Parker Myers
my 610k mile 5 series does not feel tired. in fact it still does the same factory claimed 0-62 mph times and it can still do 160 mph and it still feels comfortable.
Mason Allen
Well, would you buy a car with 200k miles on it?
Yeah, I didn't think so.
Jeremiah Flores
I actually bought a car with 500k miles on it. Currently at 610k miles. See OP pic
Samuel Turner
Highway miles are generally pretty easy on a car. Still people here that do that many miles in a day (even though it's retarded as fuck) don't really trust a car with mileage like that. Plus to get to that you still need to dump a lot into the car which you could just put towards a new car.
Charles Lopez
>Used car market is full of 500k-1M km Volkswagens, BMWs and Benzs in Europe.
This is just plain out false, at least in regards to Western Europe. Most cars go to Valhalla around the 200K km mark.