I would say that the only folks doing a 200k mile car trade-in....might be college kids who inherited dad’s old car and have finally graduated from college. Otherwise, a 200k car is virtually worthless and ought to be the families ‘third’ car for junior to drive or be dad’s back-up car.
I would say this as well....if this was a Honda Civic....it’s just getting broke-in at 200k miles and might still be around at 500k miles.
‘02 Civic Si - 262,000
Runs perfectly - 31 MPG 160 hp
Why trade?
“a 200k car is virtually worthless and ought to be the families ‘third’ car for junior to drive or be dad’s back-up car.”
For an increasing number of people this is “the” car. I don’t know why the guy in the article is surprised by the high mileage of trade-ins; where has he been the last 10 years?