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Re: The useful life of cars in the USA and Germany

With Thanks to John Firestone  for this reply:

>By the way, what is considered a high mileage used car in Germany?
> At what mileage is a car in Germany considered used up?
>( re: Bmw and MBZ  in particular)

A car gets considerably harder to sell in Germany after 100.000 km.
On average, people drive here a bit more than 15.000 km per year and
tend to fall into two groups: those who buy a new car every 3-4 years,
and those who hold a car for 10-20 years until the TU"V convinces them
it is too expensive to repair.

Used cars sell for about 50% of their original value after 4 years,
with a few notable exceptions, Porsches, for example, and BMW 8ers.

With regards from John.
'96 318is

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