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Old 10-28-2009, 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy View Post
. . . Most cars are pretty shot at 300k miles unless someone has done a ton of work to them. Its not just the motor.
Absolutely correct. That's why it's nice to find a car with a whole bunch of service records, showing what has broken and been fixed. Otherwise you gotta assume it's already broken or will break soon.
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