how important are kms on a dc2r

[ricespirit]

hey all, question is as title states.
if you had a choice between:

perfect condition dc2 (burns no oil etc) but with high kms due to highway driving ~ 140-160 000kms

and another perfect condition dc2 but with lower kms ~100 000kms.
which one would you choose?
basically what i'm trying to say is, would you go ahead and save yourself the 3-4k and get the high kms dc2 or should you save up and pay a premium for the lower kms dc2.

the thing is, i can probably afford the low km dc2 but i'd have to cut back on everything i spend etc which i would prefer not to.
low km is so much more forgiving in terms of everyday spending. (studying full time uni)

also i'm planning to keep it for a while like 3 years minimum.
let me know what you guys think.

thanks in advance

[IBBI]

i think your taking this business way to serious, depends if you car what a bunch of numbers mean.....if you dont care than get both of them visually inspected as well as mechanical, see the compression of the engine etc and make a choice....its an older car as well so kms dont really make a huge difference....

i would think 2k difference max between them.....

[milkman]

Buy on condition not km, Tony.

[ricespirit]

yeah i see what u guys mean but what i'm trying to say is WHAT IF both of them are perfect condition and the only thing differentiating them are the kms and the price?

[milkman]

If you can get it to 3kish, I'd def go 100k over 160k

It'll pay itself off in depreciation differences.

But surely, they aren't exactly the same? there has to be something else to set them apart..

Have to looked for crash damage? etc?

[ricespirit]

nah not exactly the same, this is just an assumption cos i'm gonna go look at a dc2r in a few days which has high kms(mostly highway and also cheaper than average dc2 prices), has a lot of people vouching for it being mechanically awesome.

the reason why i'm asking is i'm not sure if i should go ahead and jump on it if it is mechanically perfect or whether i should wait for a lower kms example..

[milkman]

Any mods on either one? mods are fine granted they aren't ebay garbage..

I can't see the car blowing up after 120k or so. They are designed for the occasional thrash and they are Hondas. Seen plenty kicking about at 160km+.

Check for service records on both, crash damage and also scope out what type of owner, ie. dodgey?questionable?don't know shit abt their car? walk away!. Make sure the 100,000km has had timing belt done.

Nothing annoys me more than people who have own a type r with say 90,000km or so and they fail to do the timing belt, cos the car hasn't reached 100,000km, It's 100k or 5yrs, whichever comes first!. Rubber does deteriorate over time!

[Vitabrits]

If your serious about both, you'd best get them both inspected. That will definitely make your decision easier once you know the condition with both cars.

[DC:53:XX]

Another little thing to think about.. average kms done a year by daily drivers, people doing a round 70km per day is 25 500kms..

So in comparison to ur 100 000km dc2r.. the one with 170 000 kms has been driven Every day for the past 70 kms.. so an easy 1100 HOURS!! MORE than the low km one..

Maby even longer?? in my Van i do 110+kms a day... that includes 15 mins to get the the m4 in peak hour traffic.. stopping and starting the whole way coltiniously.. another 20 mins on the M4 to king georged road.. than another 25 mins from king georged to my buisness partners place in oatley.. then driving around from job to job ect..

Needless to say, my van looks like a dogs breakfast haha

So when u sit and think to yourself.. oh 50 thousand kms isnt alot.. think again.. thats an easy 2 years of daily driving... 2 YEARS BEING DRIVEN EVERY SINGLE DAY !!!

Sitting in peak hour traffic copping the harsh australian sun heating up... being reved up then stopped.. then reved !! then stoped another 5 meters as u thought u were going sumwhere but its just sumbody a few cars head jumping lanes..
2 YEARS!! 720 Hours of being stuck behind trucks, and stone chips, Being shit on by indian Miners!! AND PELICANS!!! and copping rain.. and dodging traffic, gunning for little openings trying to get to work/home/maccas as fast as you possiably can like the other thousands of people who contribute to the morning and afternoon rat race..

Not to mention in thoes 720 hours think how many times the previous owners goten in and out of the car.. the ware and tare.. and the farts his ripped.. and all the times he/shes picked there nose then wiped it on the steering wheel!!!

so if you cant justify paying 2k more the car with less kms..
theres something very wrong with you

[DC2RKID]

Another little thing to think about.. average kms done a year by daily drivers, people doing a round 70km per day is 25 500kms..

So in comparison to ur 100 000km dc2r.. the one with 170 000 kms has been driven Every day for the past 70 kms.. so an easy 1100 HOURS!! MORE than the low km one..

Maby even longer?? in my Van i do 110+kms a day... that includes 15 mins to get the the m4 in peak hour traffic.. stopping and starting the whole way coltiniously.. another 20 mins on the M4 to king georged road.. than another 25 mins from king georged to my buisness partners place in oatley.. then driving around from job to job ect..

Needless to say, my van looks like a dogs breakfast haha

So when u sit and think to yourself.. oh 50 thousand kms isnt alot.. think again.. thats an easy 2 years of daily driving... 2 YEARS BEING DRIVEN EVERY SINGLE DAY !!!

Sitting in peak hour traffic copping the harsh australian sun heating up... being reved up then stopped.. then reved !! then stoped another 5 meters as u thought u were going sumwhere but its just sumbody a few cars head jumping lanes..
2 YEARS!! 720 Hours of being stuck behind trucks, and stone chips, Being shit on by indian Miners!! AND PELICANS!!! and copping rain.. and dodging traffic, gunning for little openings trying to get to work/home/maccas as fast as you possiably can like the other thousands of people who contribute to the morning and afternoon rat race..

Not to mention in thoes 720 hours think how many times the previous owners goten in and out of the car.. the ware and tare.. and the farts his ripped.. and all the times he/shes picked there nose then wiped it on the steering wheel!!!

so if you cant justify paying 2k more the car with less kms..
theres something very wrong with you

on that note im going to detail my interior hahah nah thats a reallllll good point broo

[DC2R]

Another little thing to think about.. average kms done a year by daily drivers, people doing a round 70km per day is 25 500kms..

So in comparison to ur 100 000km dc2r.. the one with 170 000 kms has been driven Every day for the past 70 kms.. so an easy 1100 HOURS!! MORE than the low km one..

Maby even longer?? in my Van i do 110+kms a day... that includes 15 mins to get the the m4 in peak hour traffic.. stopping and starting the whole way coltiniously.. another 20 mins on the M4 to king georged road.. than another 25 mins from king georged to my buisness partners place in oatley.. then driving around from job to job ect..

Needless to say, my van looks like a dogs breakfast haha

So when u sit and think to yourself.. oh 50 thousand kms isnt alot.. think again.. thats an easy 2 years of daily driving... 2 YEARS BEING DRIVEN EVERY SINGLE DAY !!!

Sitting in peak hour traffic copping the harsh australian sun heating up... being reved up then stopped.. then reved !! then stoped another 5 meters as u thought u were going sumwhere but its just sumbody a few cars head jumping lanes..
2 YEARS!! 720 Hours of being stuck behind trucks, and stone chips, Being shit on by indian Miners!! AND PELICANS!!! and copping rain.. and dodging traffic, gunning for little openings trying to get to work/home/maccas as fast as you possiably can like the other thousands of people who contribute to the morning and afternoon rat race..

Not to mention in thoes 720 hours think how many times the previous owners goten in and out of the car.. the ware and tare.. and the farts his ripped.. and all the times he/shes picked there nose then wiped it on the steering wheel!!!

so if you cant justify paying 2k more the car with less kms..
theres something very wrong with you

FTW!!!

[freakygeek]

Another little thing to think about.. average kms done a year by daily drivers, people doing a round 70km per day is 25 500kms..

So in comparison to ur 100 000km dc2r.. the one with 170 000 kms has been driven Every day for the past 70 kms.. so an easy 1100 HOURS!! MORE than the low km one..

Maby even longer?? in my Van i do 110+kms a day... that includes 15 mins to get the the m4 in peak hour traffic.. stopping and starting the whole way coltiniously.. another 20 mins on the M4 to king georged road.. than another 25 mins from king georged to my buisness partners place in oatley.. then driving around from job to job ect..

Needless to say, my van looks like a dogs breakfast haha

So when u sit and think to yourself.. oh 50 thousand kms isnt alot.. think again.. thats an easy 2 years of daily driving... 2 YEARS BEING DRIVEN EVERY SINGLE DAY !!!

Sitting in peak hour traffic copping the harsh australian sun heating up... being reved up then stopped.. then reved !! then stoped another 5 meters as u thought u were going sumwhere but its just sumbody a few cars head jumping lanes..
2 YEARS!! 720 Hours of being stuck behind trucks, and stone chips, Being shit on by indian Miners!! AND PELICANS!!! and copping rain.. and dodging traffic, gunning for little openings trying to get to work/home/maccas as fast as you possiably can like the other thousands of people who contribute to the morning and afternoon rat race..

Not to mention in thoes 720 hours think how many times the previous owners goten in and out of the car.. the ware and tare.. and the farts his ripped.. and all the times he/shes picked there nose then wiped it on the steering wheel!!!

so if you cant justify paying 2k more the car with less kms..
theres something very wrong with you

Your argument is flawed.

A car doing mostly highway mileage (average speed ~90km/h) will have far less wear and tear than one sitting in traffic and stop start driving (average speed... ~30km/h).

Buy based on the merits of the car... every car has pros and cons and many people dismiss higher-km cars just because of the number... it doesn't tell the whole story!!!

[milkman]

I agree. I prefer a car thats done alot of highways kms than one thats done less stop start. ie. buying a rural car thats done high mileage, as opposed to a city one.

[DC:53:XX]

Your argument is flawed.

A car doing mostly highway mileage (average speed ~90km/h) will have far less wear and tear than one sitting in traffic and stop start driving (average speed... ~30km/h).

Buy based on the merits of the car... every car has pros and cons and many people dismiss higher-km cars just because of the number... it doesn't tell the whole story!!!

I agree. I prefer a car thats done alot of highways kms than one thats done less stop start. ie. buying a rural car thats done high mileage, as opposed to a city one.

Fair enough i understand your arguments but are you saying the kilometers i put on my car arnt highway?? well the kilometers i have put on it whilst in my possesion..

i own 2 other cars, a van and a ute for work, oh i also have a truck which i share between myself and my father, as well as another dozen trunks we own from our building supplies company that i have at my disposal.. but bsides the point..
my integra is pretty much a weekend commuter, for the past few months iv used it for nuthing that driving to my dads place in hurstville area.. which from my place without getting into detail..

james ruse drive, m4, king georges, then 2 streets from mair road to my dads..
alternativly my gf place.. up m4 again, cumberland highway into smithfield, then horsely drive to her place..

my car visits no shopping centres..
my car visits no busy car parks..
no city..
maby the corner shop..
comes out between the hours of 7pm - 5am and occational the saturday and sunday afternoon..

which one of you's are rural boys?? and can say cars from out on the country side are better driven than city cars?? country roads are ussual rat shit!! the bumps.. the pot holes.. the fact that there arnt police officers in sight and the cars get driven at 130 +km hour speeds on these rat shit roads!!

i go hunting down in Young, Wellington.. they drive like maniacs there.. the gent at young's whos property we stay at when hunting has a son my age who owns a s15.. and yes it is pretty clean but the way he drives it.. insane and if you see the conditon of the road he drives it on... lol.. some bad shit. alot of the people from that far out have it hard trying to get there cars to a proper service station... everything is done on there own farm.. no adrian from toda or hanny to go crying to when sumthing goes wrong, they take it to there neighbor down the road, the local grease monkey to take a look at..

and Milkman dont lie.. when looking for a car you do the same thing the rest of us do... go onto car sales.. go highest/lowest price, st ur budget and look the the lowest km with log books, latest year model ones avalible... check the location.. extras wether factory or aftermarket.. call and speak to the seller and see how genuine he is.. then go look at a few then make your decition..

not to mention not alot of rural boys like type R's.. copuntry boys like there 8's..

[Miss VTEC]

I prefer low kms, as long as you service it well every 5000kms & fix problems asap thats all that matters no matter where you drive it. log books & service receipts also help.