When you buy a used car, one of the things you're supposed to look out for is kilometers (or miles for you americans). How many kilometers/miles on a car is a lot, or too much before you have to start worrying about the engine dying out? My '94 cavalier has 206 000 kms on it (124,274.20 miles). The engine sounds in great condition.

That is a crap load of miles. I hope you didn't pay an arm or leg for it. I almost got a cav myself but there were over 100k miles on it, and the guy wanted too much for it.

Just because of the mileage, doesn't mean your engine is going to die out soon. The biggest factor is: how well you are going to take care of it. If you use the high mileage oil, and high mileage maintenace stuff (I'm not all sure what is out there) it will help keep your car running great. My dad has said alot of things about driving vehicles well over 300k miles. So as long as the car is in top condition, and everything works, you are fine. Just keep your eye on it if anything starts to act up.

Noo. I only paid $300 CDN for it. and it needs about $300 worth of work on it. Mostly breaks and some body work.

your car is a 94, so that is actually not bad for mileage really. I mean, it's not good, but for a car that is over ten years old, that's actually not bad.
You have to consider the year of the car, as well as the make. I know some cars can handle wayyy more mileage than others. Just talk to your mechanic before buying a car if you think the mileage is iffy.

even though it's a '94 i still think thats alot of miles. i recently bought a '98 and it had 75k miles on it. its not ALOT for the year it was made, but i would have rather had less miles. it really depends on how the car is driven and how well it's taken car of. you can have a car with alot of miles that has been taken care of and driven cautiously and it can last you another 6 or 7 years.