Q: Mileage and basic questions

asked by on November 01, 2016

I was looking at this Nissan 2001 . A man is selling it for $1350 with 145,000 mileage, are those good mileage for a 2001 Nissan? Do you know how long the car might last me ? And I was just concerned on the questions I should be asking him. I am 18 looking to buy a car

My car has 145000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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