How long do DSMs last?

[Corbic]

Serious.

I've been looking around now for a while. About 95% of all DSMs I see for sale have around +90k on them. More and more are having closer to 140k. I was wondering how much longer could these cars survive?

I was seriously thinking of handing my Golf over to my kid sister when she gets her license. I would get a DSM as a daily. However I just could never spend 10k on a 97 or 98 car. So realistically I would be looking at 3-5k for a 94-97 with around 140k on them

Insight? How much does a rebuild revitalize a car? Would a new engine and trans make the car like new? Could one of these cars make a RELIABLE daily? Mind you I drive 25k a year.

 

[Rice Over Wheat]

It just so weird that I can find cars of the same era with only 30-50k miles all day long, yet to find a DSM with under 100k and at a resonable price is impossible. Shit I even found a few Corraods with a mere 76k on them and they are 10-15 years old.

Not impossible. Just more difficult. I bought my 96 GST last year with 58k miles. Today it has 60,060 miles.