What’s the mileage limit when buying a used car?

What the buyer of an old and/or high mileage car needs to realise is that it will wear out; every part of it, not just the engine.

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Would it be asking for trouble to buy a used car that has done 200,000km or more, even if it seems in quite good condition?  KBH

If that is the number on the car’s odometer, it equates to motoring right around the world...five times! So even if it has been sympathetically used and diligently maintained and kept clean and shiny (or well restored), it is rightly categorised as “old” and “high-mileage”.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.