[roddy1960]

G'day...I remember talking to a car sales consultant that I used to go to school with once . In fact it's who i bought my old AU ll off.
He told me the magic number when cars drop value as per kilometres travelled is 130,000.
I bought the AU as a two year old car in 2003 with 58,000 kms and original owner was the Tasmanian Agricultural Dept and it was a fleet vehicle. Just over 200,000 now and has been a beauty . Still is.
My FG XR6 was a one owner from new built in April 2008 (one of the very first ones) with only 69,700 kms on it as we speak and it literally drives like new. I bought it in March 2016 with 65,000 on it.
I service both of them every 6 months without fail , I never drive them cold like some do which I CANNOT bellieve.
I work at a High School and I see people every day who have their car sitting all day long who get in , hit the key and drive off pretty hard within a few seconds rather than letting the engine start to warm up for a minute or two .
They're the cars I'd avoid regardless of clicks if I knew that's how they were treated.
I think the adage "Look after your car and it'll look after you " is pretty true even for newer cars that cope with rough treatment it a bit better than the older ones...Cheers Rod..