[mix4fix]

To me, under a certain mileage (low) and age (couple of years) I consider it as "pre-owned"; it should have factory warranty and such. Anything beyond that, I consider it used.

So, what do you consider as high mileage on a used car?

[WGH]

Probably depends on the car

My 1977 Jeep Wagoneer had 280,970 miles and I just sold it for $5,600. That's definitely high mileage but I got a very fair price for it.

People in the Subaru Outback forums ask if they should buy Outbacks with almost 200,000 miles and the group says yes, they last forever. Those high mileage Outbacks sell for a lot less than I got for my Jeep.

[nlitworld]

My theory for cars is to drive them til the wheels fall off. With modern vehicles, 100K is the new 50, where they start to develop some quirks but still function as intended. 200K starts to get some concerns and 300K turns into issues. My truck (well used and definitely abused) is 245K, my Mazda daily commuter is 312K and my wife's jeep is barely broken in at 136K. My consideration of "high" mileage starts at 150 and up from there.

[nature boy]

+200K on any car built after 2015 that is properly maintained.

NB

[mresseguie]

My '07 Toyota Tacoma Prerunner has 108k miles. It's pretty young when you consider they can easily be driven 250k miles with reasonable maintenance.

[S Clark]

It depends.  250K on a Honda or Toyota is getting high.  I've got about 250K on a '93 Cummins D250 that is very low mileage on the engine (but not the suspension or body). 

[Tyson]

400,000 miles.

[Letitroll98]

Things have changed drastically over the years.  Back in the 60s and 70s 60,000 miles was the number that a car's value fell off the cliff.  100,000 was a junker.  Now that's nearly doubled.  Now anything under 100k is low mileage.  And it's not until 200k miles that the value plummets and the car sits forever on the used car listings.  My first car was a twenty year old Chevy with 32,000 miles on it, my dad bought it for me for $250.  Today a 2004 Chevy Impala with 32k miles would go for $6,000 according to NADA.

[Early B.]

My '07 Toyota Tacoma Prerunner has 108k miles. It's pretty young when you consider they can easily be driven 250k miles with reasonable maintenance.

I agree with the 250K mile mark. I have a 2014 Tacoma with about 120K on it. When I hit 100K, I figured the truck was just breaking in. For some people, the age of a vehicle may matter more than miles due to telecommuting. Since I work from home and only drive a few thousand miles per year, it could take me 20 years to get to 250K.

[ctviggen]

What I've found that happens, depending on where you live, is things like plastic and rubber begin deteriorating.  If you live in AZ for instance, plastic gets very brittle.  And heating and cooling cycles in northern climates and wreak some havoc on parts like those.

[qdrone]

Depends on the make of the car, how the car was driven and how was it maintained. I mean if a truck has 60,000 freeway miles in overdrive then I would consider that average.