2016 Dodge Grand Caravan - HIGH MILES

OK, but what I meant by city driving is congested, stop light to stop light, low speed, like you would normally associate with downtown driving. Not freeway driving in a large metro area which is the same as rural freeway driving-in my view anyway.

I recently sold my ‘98 Civic with 318,000 miles for $600. It’s just a matter of finding the right price. You’re basically selling something with that much mileage for salvage value plus whatever value is added by demand for a cheap beater in your market.

Freeway driving in the Baltimore/Washington area is more like the downtown traffic you allude to, except there are no stoplights. Same thing with any major metropolitan area, I suspect. I’ve only driven around the LA, SFBay area, Chicago, Seattle, San Diego, Boston, and NY areas, but traffic is frequently snarled in those metro areas during standard business hours. Stop and go traffic adds between 50% to 100% to my travel time, and a courier can still book a lot of miles in 8 hours under those circumstances.

I do not think the mileage is a “deal breaker” as long as the Caravan is in decent condition today, and as long as you are prepared to do the various repairs and maintenance which a high-mileage vehicle will require. I have purchased cars with high miles which ended up lasting for several years, and I have purchased cars with very low miles, which ended up being uneconomical to keep running for even a year.