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Originally Posted by ///d

What does everyone consider high mileage? And when you think of mileage are you thinking about resale or life/maintenance?

I know if you look it up its stated that high mileage is anything over 10,000-12,000 miles per year, but I've always based it on total mileage. Maybe that's because I look at it from a maintenance standpoint. A MY2016 with 100k miles is considered high mileage, but IMO so is a MY1996 with 100k miles. Yes, the 2016 has seen 20k miles per year where the 1996 has only seen 6k miles per year, but they have both seen 100k miles of wear and tear and will likely start to require more maintenance and care soon.

Obviously when shopping for a vehicle I'm going to pay attention to miles vs age, and a 2020 with 50k miles is going to be considered high mileage for its age, but from a maintenance standpoint it has plenty of life left in it.

I'm curious because I see so many posts making it sound like anything with 50-100k miles is old and ready to die, and that just doesn't make sense to me. Curious on everyone's thoughts

Depends on the vehicle. I'd consider an F80 with 100k miles high mileage (not a problem, just will need maintenance), whereas 100k on a Toyota Land Cruiser means absolutely nothing.