Ok, ok, high mileage cars are better than low mileage cars, just not with me. One more tiny thing, the higher the mileage the more likely that one or more of those other than competent miserable excuses for a mechanic has laid hands on it. How I detest those incompetent jerks. Even my 35,000 mile car had marks everywhere of incompetence, improperly routed vacuum hose, "unneeded" parts discarded that I had trouble locating, improper adjustments and on and on. The previous owner was unaware of all of the really dumb stuff that had been done because the "mechanic" was from Ireland and had worked at the factory. So much had to be corrected or reversed I can't begin to cover it here. If you've never had an unhappy experience with a "mechanic" on you're D you're either very lucky or very unaware. Read the poor devils on the list, the car was fine, the fixers were a disaster. If I had my druthers, I'd choose a car that no one had worked on. Bottom line, nearly every owner is happy with his car, regardless of troubles, regardless of VIN number, regardless of mileage. One fact keeps surfacing, no matter what the problems, no matter how great the cost or effort involved the car is worth every penny of it. That's true of Ed's $62,500 owners. Not a one is unhappy with the purchase as far as I've been able to determine. (Sadly, that price would have taken me out of the market and we wouldn't be having this wonderfully constructive dialog) Cheers!.