What happens if you have too much mileage on a car? Is that bad?

I just bought a 2006 Buick Lucerne that has the 3.8 liter motor in it that gets a good 280,000 miles during it's lifetime. It had 119.000 miles on it when I bought it for $5,000. I wouldn't pay $10,000 for a car with over 100,000 miles on it. Asian cars don't last as long as cars like mine. At 100,000 miles most 

Asian cars need a timing belt and spark plugs replaced so you're looking at spending a good $800 for that if it hasn't been done yet. Look for a GM made vehicle with the 3.8 liter motor if you want to get a good car that doesn't cost a lot to maintain.

It is MOST important WHO the CAR IS MADE BYadn WHAT YEARS! I love EUROPEAN CARS mostly as they LAST the LONGEST and they USE the BEST suppliers, l;ike AUDI! AUDI engien =s are ALWAYS On the WARD BEST LIST and they oast FOREVER ci sicne they have OIL SPRAY JETSIn ides them BUT IT IS ALL ABOUT YOUR OIL and FLUID CHOICES! UsingPENNZOIL ULTRA PLATINUM gets you a WARRANTY OUT to 500,000 miles! It is GOOD to 35 BELOW ZERO and is made from NATURAL GAS! IT keepsthe eneigns CLEAN and FREE os SLUDGE, TAR, WAX VARNISH and COKE! The RINGS wil NEVER wear out! SYNTHEITCs are a MARVEL of technnology, like NASA tryp tech! The OIL wll NOT WEAR OUT or cause WEAR and the SEALS andGASEKTS wil probably NEVER LEAK! YOUR QUESTIOn isNOT realy FAIR! THere ae GOOD cars n an BAD ONE adb concumer reports has a GOOD grip onWHAT is WHAT and so does EDMONDS! BMW< AUDI and BENZ are TYPICALLY about the STRONGEST with METAL so strong you can SIT onthe DOORS! WE USED to make TERIFFIC CARS in the USA by HAND! Those days are pretty much GONE. WITH MASS prdioction came LOWER VALUES in a  wat and GM woudl make the SAME MISTKAES over and OVER AGAIN til The GOVERNMENT STOPPED THEM!  >>>WHAT YEAR car are hyou INTERESTED IN HERE! MY RULE of thumb is that PENNZOI LULTRA PLATINUM gives a WARRANTy out to 500,000 miels is VERY VERY GOOD to use! VALVOINE is NOT good to use and has put MORE engeins in the JUNK YARD than ANY OTHER OIL! SYTNETHIC OILS are TEH BEST and REQURIED in many cars! HODNA is GREAT< and so is TOYOTA and SUBARU usually !they AL had GOOD and BAD yars! AND I POREFER OLDER cars thathave ALREADY been RATED for problems and SOLUTIONS< too! GM GENErALY NOW uses German OPEL TURBO  engines and DAEWOO KOREAN ones and NOT many REAL domestic ones! The V6 and V8 engines ALWAYS seem to leak INTERNALLY And are NOISIER than most other ones! The BEST cars and engie s have OIL SPRAY JETS inside.and in SPITE of all the HA HAs,  FORD makes some of the BEST cars now WORLDWIDE and WORLD CLASS than EVER BEFORE! FORD now uses mostly ZF GERMAN trannies and STEERING< jus like BMW and AUDI and many BENZ CARS! JIA and HYUNDAI and LINCOLN and CADDY use them TOO! MOst CHRYSELR CARS NOW use ZF suppliers and there are 27 ZF plants in AMERICA NOW! They SUPPLY many systems to MOST car makers WORLD WIDE! They have the DUAL CLUTCH and SOME CVT trannies! The OTHER big name in TRANNIES is AISIN WARNER of JAPAN They BOTH make MULTIPLE GEAR trannies with SHIFT PADDLES and GREAT strength and RELIABILITY!terh AUDI QUATTROP CARS are SOMETHING ELSE! The RACE version got 555 HP from a SMALL 2.2 liter FIVE cylinder engine, The mso REIALBE and LONGEST LASTING cars MAY be ASIAn and most FORD cars now! BUt MY HEART skips a few with ANY EURO CAR likeJAGUARS and AUDIS and BMW and BENZ CARS! E and een THEY had GOOD and BAD YEARS! AUDIS wil NEVER RUST so THEY are ALWAS woth buying! AUDI is realted to BUgATTI and PORSCHE and BENTLEY! GM is STIL WASTING engergy and TEHC NOLOCY with EVERY CAR they MAKE! The CORVETTE stilo has a suspenison fromteh NODEL T that is CROSS LEAF SPRINGS that carry a BUMP across the ENTIRE CAR! There are NOT many AMERICAN CARS that ae REAL KEEPER in MUSEUMS! teh GM X,J, and A cars are ALMOST extinct now> NOT MANY are worthy of KEEPING for long times! BENZ and VOLOVE have ONE MILLION MILES CLUBS as they ACTUALLY get that far NOW we have ELECRIC CARS! VOLVOP is COMMITED TO THEM and NISSAN is committed to CVT trannies! it is a BRAVE NEW WORLD!   

Miles don't mean much of anything- it's how the vehicle was maintained. I've got two vehicles- a van with 180,000 miles and a truck with 460,000 miles. The truck has had waaaaay fewer problems than the van, because it was meticulously maintained. The van was driven into the ground and constantly gives me trouble. 105,000 is nothing to a modern car, just make sure it's in good mechanical shape. 

I personally do not buy any used vehicle with more than 50,000 miles on it, no matter what it is.

"Too much mileage" is only a real concern when your lease expires.

When you're shopping for a used vehicle, the odometer reading only tells you a partial story.  What it does not tell you is how the vehicle was driven and maintained while racking up that mileage.  In other words, a high mileage car that was mainly highway driven and well looked after can be in better shape than an identical year and model vehicle with low miles but that was driven hard and has no maintenance records.

Your taking a huge risk with that mileage. Think about getting a smaller car as with 10K,it will go a long way 

I drove cars that had over 400,000 miles on them hundreds of miles into the mountains and areas with no cell service or people anywhere around without a single worry.

And i have been in cars with 50,000 miles o them that i wouldn't risk going to the end of the street with.

The mechanical condition of the car is the MOST important thing.  Test drive the car and get the car checked by a professional mechanic.