And even then you normally hear the worst only on the internet. My BMW 740i V8 apparently could blow up anytime as the bore lining would come loose, I think there was a similar issue with the Porsche 911 996 if I recall correctly. The Nissan Navara engines would also seize according to many reports, and so on...
Like yourself, I like high mileage second hand cars...One thing I tend to do is plug in my computer and check the mileage....Never forgot one BMW a 730i which had 114K miles on the clock, yet the computer had a misfire at 226K miles...
I hope you find what you are looking for data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
Sounds cool (I'll get my coat). Annoyingly it wasn't an option on my 4 series.
Don’t forget on the BMW, the clocks can be in miles, but the diagnostic codes will be in km. data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
But even then, 114K M is around 184K km - still not 226K km data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
Yeah, still clocked but not as bad as first thought data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7!
It was already converted to miles to avoid confusion data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7 Was the old style round 32 pin plug...