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Mileage does matter to most buyers. BUT, being someone who has torn down a 3.2 engine, I can tell you the only inherent weaknesses are valve guides and, to a lesser extent, head studs. My 3.2 with 133,000 miles needed valve guides, but the bottom end and cylinders were still in almost new specs. Knowing these cars, I would be more concerned about buying one with 60-100K miles than one either above or below this mileage as that is when the valve guides are most likely to start wearing out.
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