buy a dealer pre reg that was a courtesy car?
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With the ongoing search for wifeys next car she has seen a '64 plate car with 2500 miles from a main dealer
After enquiring it was their courtesy car for 6 months.
Now this is enough to tell her to keep looking as rightly or wrongly I would assume it has had its balls cooked from day one and although it drives fine and sounds sweet, the benefits of buying 'nearly new' are not really the same with this one imho
Anyone else share the 'courtesy car' snobbery?
After enquiring it was their courtesy car for 6 months.
Now this is enough to tell her to keep looking as rightly or wrongly I would assume it has had its balls cooked from day one and although it drives fine and sounds sweet, the benefits of buying 'nearly new' are not really the same with this one imho
Anyone else share the 'courtesy car' snobbery?
I bought a pre reg leon 3 years ago, it had 500 on the clock at 3 months old, I was told it was used by the sales manager, I doubt it was but also doubt it was a courtesy car as its a 2.0 turbo petrol, the £9k off list was enough for me not to worry too much how it had been driven, it's now covered 10k and all is fine (now I've typed this it will probably throw the con rod out the engine tomorrow)
Yeah why not? Only 2.5k miles and if the condition is OK I can't see the issue.
I often wonder where do people think all these nearly new / pre reg cars come from anyway ? Many of them will have been rental, hire, courtesy, etc, etc. The only difference here is the 'history' hasn't been hidden from you. And given the often massive insurance excess on many of these loan/hire cars these days I'm not sure people do still thrash the arse off them; too risky!
I often wonder where do people think all these nearly new / pre reg cars come from anyway ? Many of them will have been rental, hire, courtesy, etc, etc. The only difference here is the 'history' hasn't been hidden from you. And given the often massive insurance excess on many of these loan/hire cars these days I'm not sure people do still thrash the arse off them; too risky!
If you're only planning on keeping the car a few years then it doesn't really matter, any mechanical problems will be covered by the warranty anyway.
I don't think modern cars really need much running in, though my Elise isn't meant to exceed 3000rpm for the first 1000 miles at which point it needs a first service, I haven't been as careful with the revs as I could have been but am not particularly concerned.
I don't think modern cars really need much running in, though my Elise isn't meant to exceed 3000rpm for the first 1000 miles at which point it needs a first service, I haven't been as careful with the revs as I could have been but am not particularly concerned.
I've seen how they can be treated and that would put me off. Me and a friend of mine (member on here too) met a crossing island after hitting ice, ripped the sump off, so it was moved to a safe spot to wait for police. The car had less than 100 miles on it so I'm more than sure it was on the road again.
Mark A B said:
I've seen how they can be treated and that would put me off. Me and a friend of mine (member on here too) met a crossing island after hitting ice, ripped the sump off, so it was moved to a safe spot to wait for police. The car had less than 100 miles on it so I'm more than sure it was on the road again.
What else was damaged, other than a bit of bent tin with a drain plug in it?Its not an ex rental is it?
A few years ago I had hired a diesel Mondeo ,it had 2500 miles on the clock.it ran like a rough old dog.I used to drive a diesel Renault master,so that was my reference.
I mentioned to the driver who came to collect the car.he replied that it was getting on,for their fleet.
Not sure if that is still the case these days.
A few years ago I had hired a diesel Mondeo ,it had 2500 miles on the clock.it ran like a rough old dog.I used to drive a diesel Renault master,so that was my reference.
I mentioned to the driver who came to collect the car.he replied that it was getting on,for their fleet.
Not sure if that is still the case these days.
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