Buy used car with replaced water pump?

[Sikorsky]

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If this is a 2010 car, to me almost 70,000 miles is a LOT of miles for a car that age.

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<p>While that’s true, if it’s a car that new, it’ll probably go for a lot more miles than cars did in the 20th century. A hundred thousand miles used to be a lot; now 150,000 miles is kind of normal.</p>

<p>If this is a car that new with that many miles, I would want to know how it racked them up. A single owner with a long commute wouldn’t worry me much–especially if the commute included a lot of highway miles. On the other hand, if this was a car used for taxi service or deliveries in a city, that might be another issue.</p>

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I replaced the water pump on a Honda Accord (back in the 80’s) three times before 75,000 miles. I thought that was excessive.

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<p>You were right!</p>