I thought I'd get a little cost/benefit analysis discussion going. I've always
thought the best used-car deals were ones between, oh, 2 and 8 years old. If
it's too new, you might as well buy new, but if it's too old, you're just asking
for trouble, right? What's the average (range of) mileage where cars start
konking out to a higher expense than their value? Most people seem to casually
say between 100K and 200K; most consider 200K to be a long life. The engine and
transmission rebuilds are the only really huge items, right? How much does
rebuilding those cost? Anything else to watch out for?
And is it me, or do Japanese car alternators die really easily?