20th Apr 2017, 13:52

Many people buy very high mileage older used Escalades, Navigators, Range Rovers etc very cheap as a low cost prestige look. With a beer budget. Look at the original reviewer's tally on recent repairs. There's plenty of newer lower cost vehicles out there, but there's less cache. Not everyone is happy that way, but it's sensible with buying nicer other brands with low miles. My family owns horses and we like to say as a comparison the cheapest thing to buy is the horse. It's all the ongoing care and upkeep that puts you way up there. Same here. What fun is it to have a potentially massive repair bill hit on an old, very high mileage SUV?

I know a guy that just bought modern LED front head lights for his SUV for a new late model look. Spent 6 hours taking out the grille and bumper cover etc. Then couldn't plug into the harness completely and spliced in new wires. Now the lights don't work turning it on. Plus he has to re-aim the new bulbs. He has to take it all apart to troubleshoot. It's a high mileage vehicle. Why bother trying to do things like this. Buy a newer vehicle or stay in your newer vehicle affordability comfort zone. I simply don't get people buying vehicles over 150000 miles for a look or ego driven look at me. My 2 cents. I don't need a Cadillac emblem. People like you for who you are, I have found.