Thats basically where im at right now actually. The stigma of low miles is a better car is concerning me a little bit. But honestly I drive at least 20 miles a day during the week and plenty during the weekend so miles will def rack up for me. Thanks all for the input! Now lets hope the one im looking at is a winner!

 

I do think its important to have some extra cash for the unknown when buying a car like thia. There is always something that pops up.

 

I bought a evo with 5k miles once. I needed to retune it and replace the injectors right off the bat

 

I stack on 125+ miles daily on mine. car quite literally goes everywhere with me

 

i would buy a used evo with 50k or less. It's becoming rarer for a 8 or 9, but you can find one all day for the evo x.

 

Well the one i was after didnt work out ): back to the drawing board...The thing i drove it around the block...guy wouldnt let me go on the highway and the brakes squealed like a stuck pig everytime i braked.

 

Not sure what's up with the no highway thing but the brake squeal is pretty much normal for these cars, even with stock pads.

 

Really? thats the first evo i ever heard that had squealing brakes. It was there everytime i stepped on the brake too.

 

it could be warped rotors/brake dust ect.

 

I've had periods where the Evo brakes squeaked a lot and then, just like that, it stopped. Sometimes a powerwash of the brakes can encourage it to stop.

 

Personally it all depends, I bought my 2013 evo x with 40k miles on it, and motor lost compression out of no were at 53k on it. If your buying it from a dealer I wouldn't buy anything over 30k.

 

if you plan on really modding it then mileage shouldn't be a big deal as long as the body and interior are ok. if you will not mod it much then just make sure you get a compression test or better yet a leak down test. if compression is good then the mileage doesn't really matter much.

 

As others have said, vehicle history > mileage. Unfortunately one is much easier to verify than the other. I wouldn't heistate to pick up a 1-2 owner Evo with 80-100k on it if the car's history is well documented.

 

I personally would go about 70k, my friend bought an 08 gsr and surprisingly it had a great compression and leak down test. The steering went out thought 2k miles later, along with the clutch, break ect, but if you have money i would by lowest posssible.

 

As others have said, I wouldn't be super worried about an Evo X with high miles. My current car (purchased new in late 2008) now has just over 130,000 miles on it. I kept it mostly stock (with extended warranty) through 100,000 miles. I had my AYC pump go out around 80k miles (fixed under extended warranty prior to Mitsu acknowledging the problem) and recently had my battery die (at around 125K+ and 8 years). The only other issue that I've had is that I had to recharge my AC loop last summer.

I'd agree that the suspension probably needs a refresh around 100k miles (I put coil-overs on mine around that time). That being said, mine had mostly highway miles for the first 90k of it's life (was driving like 100 miles a day).

It's not a cheap car to maintain by any means, but that's not because of reliability.

Finally, I'll say that I definitely don't have receipts for all the maintenance that I've done. I don't keep receipts for stuff like oil and filter. I do have engine oil analysis printouts from the last several years of oil changes (luckily those get e-mailed to me so they are perma-saved).

Knock on wood, but this car is pretty damn reliable IMHO.