rodduz
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completely new to cars sp is this normal, or does it look like sonethings up and the car is dodgy?
08 plate, 2 owners, 20k miles, for sale again... normal or suspicious?
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08 plate, 2 owners, 20k miles, for sale again... normal or suspicious?
To me, it definitely looks suspicious - but take into consideration that in Greece (where I come from) people keep their cars for an average of 6-10 years.
If I bought a used car, I would definitely not want it to have more than 1 previous owners. Of course, the age of the owners and the category of the car play a role too (e.g. sporty cars tend to be abused and then sold..). Buying a car that had one owner, you can always "weigh" them and try to understand how they treated it. Does the car have full service history? I guess if the reason of selling is convincing (e.g. moving) and everything else looks clear, you could go for it..
If I bought a used car, I would definitely not want it to have more than 1 previous owners. Of course, the age of the owners and the category of the car play a role too (e.g. sporty cars tend to be abused and then sold..). Buying a car that had one owner, you can always "weigh" them and try to understand how they treated it. Does the car have full service history? I guess if the reason of selling is convincing (e.g. moving) and everything else looks clear, you could go for it..
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rodduz
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The cars had one service at 18k and there is documentation for that. It looks all good but there's no way of finding out really.
Got my car which was 9 months old with 27 miles on it from a dealer as it had been Pre registered and sat on a old airfield for a wee while
so now mine is nearly a year old with about 3k on it with 2 owners showing on the V5c.....
might look strange but sometimes there is a perfectly reasonable reason if in doubt check and double check
so now mine is nearly a year old with about 3k on it with 2 owners showing on the V5c.....
might look strange but sometimes there is a perfectly reasonable reason if in doubt check and double check
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rodduz
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Cheers guys. I gave it a miss in the end, test drove it and all was good but then I spotted a beautiful chemical grey Mjet GP version. It was love at first sight!
