What else do you expect with a car that has almost 300,000km on it?
Our Mystique has 312,000 km on it at the moment, but we've been babied it ever since we got it, and the condiditon it was in when we got it showed that the previous owner did too.
We bought our 'stique with 212,000 km on it and considering its mileage the car has been amazing. In the last 100,000km the only major thing's that needed replace have been the alternator and the waterpump, and the a/c compressor doesn't work anymore. It could up and throw a rod tommorow and I wouldn't be mad at it, it's served us well considering it's mileage.
If your going to buy high mileage cars, you have to be sure it was well taken care of, and be prepared to put money into it.
My Cars
1999 Silver Frost SVT - 80,000km #2603/2760 Aug. 10, 1999.
1996 Mercury Mystique LS V6 MTX - retired @ 323,151km.
1995 Ford Contour V6 MTX-sold @ 214,000km