Is 203000 miles on a 20054 Toyota Camry Le to many miles

This car would have to be dirt cheap to be worth it with those miles. It's at a point where EVERYTHING is going to start to go.

If you buy a car, any car including a Toyota, with that many miles on it, you'd better set aside a portion of your paycheck every week for repairs, because they're coming.

Don't buy any car with more than 200,000 miles on it.

Thank you I was thinking the same thing. Pepple seem yo think if its a Toyota it's okay.

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I have an '05 Camry with 328,822 miles. Other than oil changes, tires, gasoline, this car really hasn't cost me much. Only thin out of the ordinary to go was the starter. With this many miles, I think I've done and still doing quite well. I recently bought a 2011, thinking the '05 was ready to retire. In the 2 yrs. I've had it, I've had to replace the transmission, a sun visor, the headliner is falling out, brakes have been worked on 3 times. It has less than 150,000 miles. You just never know. It depends on who owned it previously and how well they cared for it. Do a title search and stay away from former "rental" cars.

Research the history. One that was owned by one or two people and wasn't a rental or fleet car can be ok. Test drive it. If it starts ok, shifts ok, and runs/idles ok then those are good signs. Look under the hood. Does it smell like oil? Are there signs of rust in places it probably shouldn't have rust. Is the brake fluid black as ink. Are there parts, metal parts, that are obviously newer than other parts. Look underneath. You'll be able to tell if it was intentionally cleaned to remove oil deposits. Is there a sign of oil leakage underneath? Not just around the oil filter or oil plug which is common. Back further on the frame and undercarriage. Make sure they didn't start it up before you got there. You want to hear and see it start from cold. High mileage cars like this can be a gamble. But the insurance can be cheaper and you've got no other payments monthly. So by comparison an 8000 dollar car could cost you about 200 a month just for a loan. That's a new engine in that car EVERY YEAR. So yes you might want to set some money aside for repairs like rotors, shocks, maybe some other repairs if you're unlucky and a tow or two. But if it lasts a YEAR it's paid for itself.