I've never got the stigma associated with high mileage either. I would much rather own a well maintained car with 100K+ than an older low mileage car which may have missed work along the way and most likely just driven to the shops and back.
I bought my previous A8 D2 with in excess of 170K miles on it, sold it at 191K. Sadly one of the seals on the steering rack went with the next owner at 199K.
My current cars, the D3 is on 154K miles whilst the Volvo is now on 168K miles, both feel remarkably good and drive well.
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Manny
2004 A4 1.8T Sport Cabriolet, 89K Miles
Past
2004 D3 A8 3.7 Quattro, Xenon, Bose, Blinds, Solar Sunroof, TV, ACC, phone and almost every option. 168K miles rising slowly
with retrofit AMI and DVB-T in place of Analogue
2003 Volvo S60 D5 SE Manual, 197K miles.
2001 D2 A8 3.7 QS, Bi-Xenon, Bose, Blinds, Electric Everything, retrofitted RNS-D, 191K Miles
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