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Originally Posted by Sliver
Any car from 1992 with 189,000 kms will be a maintenance headache. I highly recommend you don't follow Fozzie_DeBear's advice.
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Blanket statement is wrong. A 1992 vintage that has been properly maintained will be perfectly reliable, assuming the car is known for reliability. Yes the older a car gets, the greater the chances of certain things going wrong, such as suspension, seals and gaskets. But there is a flip side, a 1992 car is electrically much simpler than cars built today. And because it conformed to less stringent emissions standards, they don't throw the CEL as readily.
BTW, 189K is not much at all for a well built car.
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Originally Posted by NomNomNom
Anytime someone says the kms are 'mostly highway' or 'lady driven' they're full of sh**
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Almost always, but not always. I bought a car for a friend that actually WAS driven by an older lady, and she owned the car since day one. I bought a car for myself that was driven by an older gentlemen to go back and forth to work and that was pretty much it. An 11 year old car with 36,000 km. Finding gems like that are not easy, it takes persistence but it's worth it.