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Originally Posted by SUB-FT86
I bought my RSX over 5 years ago with 69k miles at 50% of its new cost($11,500 cash) and now it sits at 110k. In those 5 years I spent around under 3k for just maintenance and one or two sensors. The same maintenance I would have to spend on a new car in 40k+ miles. I don't think what you are saying applies to all used cars especially a low mileage Japanese car like Honda/Toyota/Subaru.
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It's definitely true the "your mileage may vary" on this. I have a 2000 Chevy Astro with 288K miles on it. I bought it in 2001 as an off-lease vehicle with 15,000 on it for $16K. At the time a new 2001 with the same configuration was $29K.
Other than standard maintenance I would have had to do on the 2001, its been in the shop twice for repairs totaling under $1K each visit. One happened before 100K miles and one happened at a little over 200K.
I had a similar experience with a 1989 Astro that went to 250K miles.