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<p>Of course the rural high mileage car may actually be in better condition than the city low mileage car, since city miles are much harder on the car than highway miles.</p>
<p>A reasonable proxy for how hard or gentle your driving is: is your fuel economy better or worse than that reported on [Fuelly</a> | Share and Compare Your MPG](<a href=“http://www.fuelly.com%5DFuelly”>http://www.fuelly.com) and [Fuel</a> Economy](<a href=“http://www.fueleconomy.gov%5DFuel”>http://www.fueleconomy.gov) ? Gentle driving tends to get better fuel economy, while hard driving tends to get worse fuel economy.</p>