car purchase- mileage vs age

The 2016 would be my choice.

How long would you keep it?

How many miles when you sell it?

Probably keep it until maintenance out costs the value

lets say ballpark 150k

7-8 years

I would go 2018 with little thought, but I only put about 7,500 miles a year on my car. In your case, I would probably still take the newer car with better features, but I understand your indecision.

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New model marginally better features.

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are they features you will use?

For some reason the wife wanted a sunroof. I think it's only been opened twice in two years.

If you don't care about the features difference, then go lower mileage. Mo' miles, mo' problems.

That being said, the 23k difference isn't a HUGE dealbreaker to me if you have your heart set on the 2018

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Miles mean much less than general usage (seats, squeaky dashboard, etc) in this case IMO. 20,000 is nothing compared to 2 years of use.

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Depends on how each accumulated their miles. Clearly 30k miles in a year was likely heavily used. 11k in over 2 years could be little old lady that rarely drives/used the vehicle. Could also be an every day driver with tons of short back and forths (not ideal driving habits for engines/parts).

Was the 18 a rental car / fleet car? That's a lot of miles for a car that new. Some people are apprehensive about that.

Last year I bought a 2006 minivan with 77K miles on it. An old lady who owned it and barely went anywhere died, and I knew the person who was selling it for her. I use it as an extra vehicle, mainly when I need to haul stuff or extra kids around.

She kept the minivan in great mechanical shape. it runs like a top.

However, a lot of the electrics and other non-powertrain stuff are starting to go to pot. I've had to replace two of the power window motors. The power lift gate no longer stays in the up position. The assembly that lowers the spare tire broke. Just stuff where "age" has more impact than "miles'.