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Buying a high-mileage used car

I'm thinking about buying a new car and it has 139,000 miles on the clock, is that worth buying at 700 quid? The car is a 2001 Ford Focus 1.6l 3dr hatchback.

Asked on 1 January 2012 by tommylehart

Answered by Honest John
That's pocket money. If it has a long MoT and nothing obviously wrong, probably worth buying. Short MoT, walk away.

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