Need advice from High mileage drivers. What do you do?

Wait until you get promoted to manager where you don’t have to drive as much. In the meantime, get a cheap used car and run it into the ground.

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get a cheap used car and run it into the ground.

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This.

If you get a car for $2500 and make it last a year, it's cheaper than a car note.

Used V6 Honda Accord imo.

Good used vehicle a few years old.

Minivan. They get great mileage and you can haul a lot of shite in them.


Or maybe just a high end large sedan

I'm in nearly the same situation as you and I went with a 4 year old MDX with a shade under 40k miles. I keep my vehicles until 200k miles though.

One sales rep that I know that has been running the road for 30ish years. He has figured out the Honda Pilot is the best. He buys one low mileage and goes to 200,000 and repeats the process.

get a carolla or camry with under 150k miles, if you want a 2 door then get the solara instead or whatever toyota you like

as long as you change oil regularly toyota engines any trannys average 400-500k miles before the they wear out

as for holding resale value, you can forget about that, because the high mileage you will put on it will make its resale value worthless.

toyotas hold their value the best because people who know cars know a 250-300k mile car still has many miles of good life still left in it.

in your case with that much driving you shouldnt even think anything you buy will be worth selling when you are done so drive it until the engine or tranny gives out, then buy another used toyota

I get a company car. If I received a stipend I would probably buy a 2-3 year old car with about 20,000 or so miles and just drive it into the ground. I drive about 45,000 per year, and usually get a car every 2 years. I have purchased a few cars from our company before they are being turned in. My son still has a Ford Escape with about 175,000 miles still going strong.
I guess the decision is: do you need a small suv (like a escape) or a car (i’d go with a Honda) - but it really just comes down to personal preference.
At least get something comfortable and maybe satellite radio -that seems to make all the difference.

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2500 miles is not close to being a high mileage driver.

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he said that was 2500 miles every month which is 30k a year