Buying a used car?

[duckbuster]

Looking for opinions on this subject.

Is it better to buy a newer car with high miles?

or

Is it better to buy an older car with low miles?

Thanks

[Scott K]

What ever car you pick, bring it to "your" mechanic and have them look it over. Then you get an un biased opinion. If the salesmen wont let you do that, go to a different dealer. A well maintained high millage vehicle is much better then a low millage car that hasnt been maintained.

[Ufatz]

That is the truth. Get ALL the information you can about how a car was serviced in the past. Speaks volumes about what kind of car your gonna end up with.

[Whoaru99]

Yup, that's right. Either way you have to do your homework.

The car I have now came out of the newer with higher miles category. I saved big dollars going this way and with my driving style the high miles have leveled out to average for the year. Now that the miles have normalized, typical going rate for this car today is roughly what I paid for it two years ago.