How much does mileage per year matter when buying?

Hey all, new to the forums. There's a lot of good info here so I thought I'd ask. I'm looking to buy my first Tacoma, and first truck at that. I'm looking to get a 4dr V6 prerunner, with a budget of under $15k; obviously leaving my only options to be tacoma's with well over 100k miles. I've found some decent options but I'm most intrigued with this 2010 with 165k miles for $12,491. That's a lot of miles for a 2010, about 25k a year. I've read that about 12k miles a year is normal. Do miles per year really matter that much if the truck was maintained well? Looking at the carfax service report, it seems like it was taken care of very well.

Truck: https://www.carfax.com/vehicles/3TMJU4GN2AM108555-used-2010-toyota-tacoma-prerunner--houston

Service report: https://www.carfax.com/VehicleHistory/p/Report.cfx?partner=UCL_1&vin=3TMJU4GN2AM108555&source=CFX

 

To me the more miles per year the more likely those miles were highway miles are are better for the truck. So for two trucks with

I bought a truck at 130k, but according to the carfax the first owner put 115k on it the first three years, then sold it to somebody who only put 15k on it the 4 years after that. To me that says my truck had a real easy 130k before I got it, much easier than if that 130k had been distributed evenly throughout it's life.

That said it's still more miles. Quality of maintenance is more important.

 

I'm not sure about the "quality of maintenance," or how'd I'd go about checking that, but based off the carfax report it seems like the owner took very good care of the truck.

 

Its better to buy a truck with more yearly miles than significantly less than average.

Vehicles with very low yearly mileage are usually driven very short distances at a time. Usually so short most or all of the drive is before the engine oil and other lubrication fluids reach operating temperatures.

90% of engine wear and tear occurs on start up. So an individual who drives lets say 3 miles straight to work will be in that 90% wear and tear range most or all of that trip. Whereas a person who drives 30 miles to work will have driven the near majority of that trip with fluids properly lubricating the engine/trans etc.

How a truck is driven and where the miles come from is what will correlate to the longevity of the vehicle, not the total miles. When buying used its nearly imposible to know the quality of miles so I judge based on yearly miles. Trucks that aren't driven a lot scare me off. Usually it means harder miles.

Also, people do maintinence based off miles, even when they shouldn't. You should change things like filters, fluids, and oils after a certain period of time because of weather changes (like oil) and age. So low miles can mean under cared for. People who wrack up miles usually are better with maintinence items.

Just my perspective.