For the most part Steve I agree with you. However, my 2007 F-150 King Ranch that I sold in 2021 had 282K miles and I would say it was 80% like new. Interior and exterior were in perfect condition. Mechanically was the 80% but it drove and rode great without one rattle inside. Really miss it.
Thanks, Mark. But let’s face it: your ability to maintain a vehicle is unrivaled!! You are in the top minute fraction of 1% and most people (myself included) would not be able to understand and react to auto issues like you can. If everyone had the knowledge of the experts on this forum, cars would last much longer and would drive infinitely better. I’d argue that automakers would also go bankrupt.
It's all about the maintenance. I had a 2005 Mazda 3 that had 248,000+ miles on it when I traded it in. Still had the original clutch and the brake pads were only replaced once because I mastered rev matching in that car. When I eventually traded it in, the salesman originally offered $500 for the trade... the bare minimum. I insisted it was worth more and that he should drive it to confirm. He was so impressed by how well it drove and how clean the interior was that he bumped the offer up to 3K. I later saw him driving around town in it. Found out he bought it from the dealership that same day. That was the first car I ever bought that I actually wanted. I took care of it and it took care of me.
Where do you see the capacity and health numbers?
Get a bluetooth OBD2 scanner, download the Car Scanner app for your phone, it'll be listed as HVB Health.
The vehicle I sold after acquiring my MME was a 2001 Toyota Tacoma S-Runner with 285,000 miles on it. Aside from the paint, which was dull and ugly, that thing was still in great shape and ran like a Swiss watch. I don't plan on ever going back to ICE, and Toyota's BEV offerings have not impressed. But they really knew their ICE engines and vehicles.
