Alternative view; a car that is in decent shape from a first owner, especially if that person put on mostly highway miles and had the first 50+k miles of maintenance paid for is definitely not a lemon.

Anecdotally: bought a 2004 bmw from the original owner with 123k miles in 6 years. 7 years later. 185k miles, original clutch. (I'm also a mostly highway miles driver, but this also includes track days)