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I'm thinking of buying a Honda CR-V as a family car - is 70,000 miles for an 07-plate model excessive?
My Honda Civic was recently written off and so I'm looking for a new car. I have two kids and we are looking to get something a bit bigger as a replacement. I'd really like to stay with the Honda brand as I really enjoyed driving the Civic. I have around £10,500 to spend but could stretch to £11,000 at a push. Looking at the market, I can get a new shape CR-V (07 plate) with around 70,000 miles on it for this price. I really like the look of it and the size would suit us as a family very well. Is this worth it with that amount of mileage on the clock, as I was hoping to get something closer to 50,000 or are there other cars that I should be looking at instead? Also, is there any major service points with these vehicles that would make it costly with the higher mileage?
Asked on 14 June 2010 by ChimpIdol
Answered by
David Ross
The CR-V is a very good family car but that mileage is high for an 07-plate. An average mileage for that age would be 30,000 miles. We'd suggest shopping around and trying to find something with lower miles on it. Obviously the older a car is the more likely repairs will be, but there's nothing about the CR-V that would be more expensive than any other car of the same age/mileage. Other cars to consider may be the Nissan X-Trail.
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