I lived in Japan for many years, and it is true that the Japanese rarely drive their cars for thousands and thousands of miles like we do.

Why?

Every year the car registration fee gets higher and higher, to a point that it is riduculously expensive to drive a used car. Thus, they sell it and buy a new one.

I have never heard of a mileage restriction, like 30,000 miles, but I'm absolutely certain that virtually all cars in Japan don't get even close to 30,000 miles. It is not just because of the high registration fees, but also due to the fact that the roads are so jammed and highways are so few, that there is no possible way to accumulate a lot of miles.

Having said that, even at low miles, they are the hardest kind of miles you can imagine. Very little high speed cruising. Nothing but stop and go traffic and long periods of idling.

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Paul S.

2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior.
79,200 miles.

1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".