Greetings!
I’m not convinced that mileage is as important as proper care and maintenance.
Since the early 1990’s, rigs will frequently need expensive repairs before 100k miles, with computerization comes added problems and expenses. Older pre-computerized rigs could easily go many hundreds of thousands miles with proper maintenance. My 1973 Dodge Travco camper van just turned 500k miles on it’s original engine & transmission, and other than normal maintenance, hasn’t needed a single expensive repair in the 11 years & 300k miles that I have owned it. Not bad for the $700 I paid for it, and the $300 I spent to recreate the interior. (It had been gutted when I bought it.)
Everything totaled up over the years, oil changes, tires, brakes, etc. etc. it probably averages out to $200-$300 year total. Totally acceptable. Even if I need to replace the engine or transmission etc., it could be done for under $1k, labor included. Replacement parts are cheap and easy to replace, unlike with newer vehicles. Simply better engineering to begin with. Built to last instead of being built to break like they have been for the last 30 years, and it’s only getting worse.
I’ve been rear ended numerous times in this van, but due to it’s original heavy duty bumper & my trailer hitch, it’s never even dented my bumper, only scratched it. But it totalled a Sprinter that hit me hard enough to push me clear through an intersection. They just don’t build them like they used to. The Sprinter driver & passenger both needed ambulance rides to the hospital, but my passenger & I were uninjured and able to continue on normally. Only damage was her spilled cup of coffee, which also took out her cellphone.
They want us to believe that newer is better & safer, but more than likely that’s a sales pitch, rather than reality.
Cheers!