In my very first post I told a story about how my dad got rid of a car that despite having close to 200,000 miles on the odometer drove better than our much newer Dodge. My mom was convinced that hitting that 200k figure meant automatic doom. I never believed it, and every car I've owned since has in one way or another striven to prove that arbitrary mileage figures mean less than good car maintenance.
Every car I've owned as an adult has had more than 180,000 miles on the odometer when I finally got rid of it. I even went so far as to buy a 1979 Cadillac Coupe deVille (pictured above) that had 190,000 miles on the clock. I also owned a Mazda Protege that had 180,000 on the clock when I got rid of it. None of these cars yet (including my current Accord) has stranded me.
I like to buy cars really cheap. High-mileage cars accomplish that fairly easily and if you can find one with a great service record there's a lot of value that can be had. But in a future post I'll discuss why I'm not attempting 400,000 miles in my Accord.
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