Getting Hung up age and mileage.

[RickOKC]

I can understand the desire to buy the newest year model available just because that's just 2 fewer years of age and wear and rot. Personally, I didn't really care what year I bought; I just happened to come across the right VX at the right time for the right $$$$. I would not have hesitated to buy a '99.

Mileage.... that was important to me and I had no intention anything over 75k miles because I always assume the worst when it comes to care and maintenance. But, I sure do agree with what you said. In the end, the "right" VX came with a very good (and documented) history... along with 120k miles. Still, I felt a lot more comfortable buying this one over others with big question marks hanging over them.

Having a preference: Cool! Ignoring all other factors: You may be cheating yourself out of a better VX.

[tom4bren]

X2.

I'd kept my mileage down to about 50K. But then Boy started driving it & the miles are starting to rack up. That's OK ... I plan on being buried in my VX, no matter how many rebuilds it takes to keep it going that long.

Remember: I plan on living forever ... so far, so good.

[circmand]

While maintanence is by far the most important issue you can never really be sure what was done and what the owner said was done. Sure you can do a detailed look over but just because fresh oil is innow does't mean the oil that was just removed didn't have 30,000 miles. So absent things you can check i.e. general condition the only thing you can be sure of is the year and the mileage