What Mileage Is Too High For a Used Car?

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Today we will discuss the maximum mileage for a used car that you can consider buying. What mileage can be acceptable for reliable cars, cars with CVT gearbox, DSG transmission and powerful turbocharged engines

[@catsofistanbul3565]

Yeah, when cars were not so complicated they were much more reliable!

[@nncast00]

3:30 For CVT? I'd be comfortable with 5k km, nothing further 😂

[@Fat_Petrolhead]

That make sense)

[@enajenaj6841]

I have 2008 Ford Edge & have 360,000km. Original engine & transmission.

[@PlaAwa]

hi, is there a rule of thumb (like model years) to easily tell whether a particular DSG uses a wet or dry clutch?

[@Fat_Petrolhead]

Yes, dry one name is DQ200, usually goes with 1.0-1.8 engines. But you can google the name of the gearbox and model you are interested in.

[@PlaAwa]

@@Fat_Petrolhead thanks, cheers. yes, I now see on wikipedia that only the DQ200/e were dry.

[@PlaAwa]

Also, I have been under the impression that, as a general rule, the more cylinders a car has, the more mileage you can get out of it. how true is this?

[@Fat_Petrolhead]

Not always, as a general rule - maybe yes, but the best example is BMW 4,4 V8 which is well known being one of the least reliable engines in the world) Today it is getting better but still much lower resource than 4 or 6 cylinder engines.

[@PlaAwa]

@@Fat_Petrolhead interesting. I wonder what makes an engine unreliable. It could be too much complexity, or an engine that has been rushed into production with not enough testing or testing that is not rigorous enough, and/or engines with too much new technology. maybe they contain parts that didn't have good quality control, maybe from a third party. perhaps a manufacturer gets too experimental and deviates too much from the norm. could even be due to a bad choice of materials or ratios of various compounds. i know that motorcycle engines can't handle too many k's and i don't think that is just for the two-stroke engines. I also know that some traditional taxi engines can last for millions of k's because they never really cooled down - they were always in use over different shifts, with just a change of drivers. apparently a very high percentage of the damage to engines is during cold starts. taxis, police cars and certain other fleet cars are very frequently maintained and serviced, an probably also use genuine parts when they need replacing. finally, diesels used to be built very strongly, probably due to the requirement to tolerate the compression ignition. this is the little i know. amen

[@Fat_Petrolhead]

@@PlaAwa It could be because of any reason you mentioned, but the main as I see it - why would manufacturer produce the engine that can last forever? Doesnt look like cool business idea. I remember Ford (not 100% sure about the company) was proud to present some of their new engines with a resource of 240K kms.

[@PlaAwa]

@@Fat_Petrolhead good point! 'planned obsolescence' means they can still sell future products, plus generate parts and service income in the meantime, while not having to invest in perfection in the first place.

[@18_rabbit]

@@Fat_Petrolhead yes and no. Co's like Toyota and honda engines can last a very very very long distance. But the technical factors in engine making are making it to a price point and that means the precision can't be so good, nor materials and design so good that they would be extraordinarily durable. So the build-to a price-point' idea really IS the main factor in why engines dn't last longer than they usually do. Obviously some brands are utterly inferior, like Vag's E888 engine series with multiple design failure points, it IS the worst designed engine known in automotive history actually.