I tend to buy based on what I like and condition, mileage has never bothered me unless it's super high, but if the price was right I'm still ok with it. I trust my mechanical skills to handle any of the issues that would come with a vehicle with higher mileage. Like I got a great deal on my VX and it had 133K miles when I bought it, but the price was right and it was in nice shape. Also I tend to want to modify EVERYTHING on most of the vehicles I buy, so they end up "new" in the end anyways and the way I want, that's why I rarely buy new vehicles. The VX is the newest vehicle I have ever bought myself (well tied with another 99' I had forever ago, it was my first and ONLY new car). Now my wife can keep the new cars, she bought a Camry new in 07'.