"Rainbow" (rainbeaux)
08/26/2019 at 08:13 • Filed to: None
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"Rainbow" (rainbeaux)
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Do cars with km odometers depreciate faster because they hit 100k sooner? Or is 200k or something the big one for them? I know that mile cars take a huge dive at 100k, so I’m just curious whether that’s true for their metric cousins.
RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
> Rainbow
08/26/2019 at 08:24 |
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At least around here in Nova Scotia where I’m at, 150-200k is where they seem to start losing more...but cars here often don’t last much beyond 200k because of all the salt, sadly...unless they are regularly undercoated, etc.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> Rainbow
08/26/2019 at 08:28 |
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around 100k km mark here
Spanfeller is a twat
> Rainbow
08/26/2019 at 08:30 |
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Depends.... I’ve seen people normally worry in 50,000km intervals. But many people -specially older people- keep in mind mileage and not kilometers on a car.
Mind you, older folk use lb-ft for torque wrenches, PSI for tire pressure, and even quarts for oil.
nerd_racing
> Rainbow
08/26/2019 at 08:32 |
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I know sub 100k km cars go for a premium when looking at importing them. I got a better deal on my AZ-1 because it was just over 100k km. But it came with maintenance history and all of that.
AdverseMartyr
> Rainbow
08/26/2019 at 08:42 |
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It’s that way in Japan, but it typically has almost as much to do with age as it does with anything else. Most of the people in the city don’t use their car much, and until sometime in the 2000s it was very expensive to own a car over 10 years old. So by the time people rack up 100K it was also probably getting old.
Now it’s sort of the culture that a car over 10 years old or with 100K is “unsafe. ” It doesn’t help that the major (expensive) maintenance is also scheduled for around that time. So people trade in their car for a new one.
10 year old cars with 101K on them seem to be much cheaper than cars under those numbers when I look around on goo-net.
Wacko
> Rainbow
08/26/2019 at 08:46 |
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North American cars with Kms are Canadian , and 100km of Canadian winters equal rust, rust and more rust.
Most cars here die of cancer before mechanical failures.
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Spanfeller is a twat
> Wacko
08/26/2019 at 08:59 |
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“North American cars with Kms are Canadian”
¿Acaso soy un chiste para ti?
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Wacko
> Spanfeller is a twat
08/26/2019 at 09:24 |
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i meant most, sorry.
I was thinking most, but didn’t type it.
* edit. Thinking most is should be some.....
Ash78, voting early and often
> Rainbow
08/26/2019 at 09:24 |
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The old 100k thing is nuts, but I still hear it. 30 years ago, maybe. But today I’m MOST scared of anything around 70-80k because it usually has a lot of maintenance coming up (that seems to be the sweet spot where people can drive to that point without much trouble or expense).
I’m less concerned about a well-kept 120k car because they’re “over the hump” on all the major periodic items.
Truthfully, age scares me more than mileage. Almost everything broken on my car (18 years old, 125k miles) is related to age/weather and not mileage wear & tear.
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Spanfeller is a twat
> Wacko
08/26/2019 at 09:36 |
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Mexico has almost twenty million more cars than Canada....
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Wacko
> Spanfeller is a twat
08/26/2019 at 09:46 |
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see my edit
TheTurbochargedSquirrel
> Spanfeller is a twat
08/26/2019 at 09:59 |
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Didn’t you hear? Mexico is it’s own continent now.
Longtime Lurker
> Rainbow
08/26/2019 at 11:09 |
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Most vehicles sold in Canada have a 5yr/100k powertrain warranty so it's still a big metric for how used a car is. Also the human brain likes nice rounded numbers so 100k 200k 300k... Just makes sense to use even if they don't directly relate to the life of a vehicle.
vicali
> Rainbow
08/26/2019 at 11:30 |
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160km is my number, roughly translates to 100k miles.. Also happens to be a big service for Subarus and a lot of others..