There is a lot to be said in favour of higher mileage cars.

1. In general, nothing is bad for a car like lack of use. Cars were made to be driven; so long as regular and preventative maintenace has been carried out, with parts replaced where appropriate, a higher mileage car will often be a better bet than a garage queen, especially if you intend to subject it to heavy use.

2. Higher mileage cars are cheaper. If you are going to pile miles on the car, there is no point paying a premium for a low miler: you're going to turn it into a high miler by using it. When I bought my R129, I knew I would be doing 20-25k miles a year. There was approximately a GBP7k price difference between a pristine 1999 SL500 with 15k miles and a pristine SL500 with 40k miles. Guess which one I bought; it now has 82k miles on it and is worth no less than the same car with 57k miles on it.

3. With older cars, the fact that the car has made it so far must tell you something: it wouldn't have done 115k miles if it was a pos.

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JJ Rodger
2013 G350 Bluetec
1999 SL 500
1993 E300 diesel T
1990 190