Hi Sunboy,
Hope this helps.
1st of all, ask what are you buying the car for? Point to point
usage (normally) and weekend go out with family? Or are you a sales
engineer or in sales related line and need to travel to and fro
regularly everyday?
In a 'normal' singapore context, the mileage used is about
20,000km-25,000km per annual. And for a 1.5 yrs old car, the
mileage should be around 35,000km-40,000km at most. Thus, the car
mileage of 58,000km sure seems a lot! Its the mileague of a 2.5-3
yr old car, some will say. (Just to side track abit, my 3.5 yr old
car also have a mileage of 107,000km already, an average of more
than 30,000km a yr.)
So if you are using it for point to point as I say, I believe price
will be a more sensible issue to consider. Lets say, imagine you
only used abt 20,000km a yr, the mileage will be 98,000km when its
3.5 yrs old (see, its even less than my car now!) So, the longer
you drive, the more 'normal' the mileage will get, and eventually
will fall within the 'normal' range in 4 yrs time, so it does not
make too much of a different. (58,000km + 20,000*4 = 138,000km by
the time its 5.5 yrs old).
However, if you are doing sales, or heavy usage, then I will say
mileage is more crucial. Imagine using 30,000km+ a yr, by the time
its 4 yrs down the road, the mileage is a scary > 180,000km by
the time its 5.5 yrs old. And then, you will have problem selling
it! No doubt you buy cheap, but you will have to sell it even
cheaper. Or, prepared to drive the car all the way till its 10 yrs
old, and get back the parf.
Hope this helps in your consideration.
