Ex -funeral cars, best buy barges?

Ex -funeral cars, best buy barges?

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brrapp

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Monday 23rd January 2017
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I spotted a 13 year old, 60000 mile Volvo s80 for sale locally for peanuts recently. Now that's less than 5000 miles a year, always kept clean and shiny and presumably well serviced. Seems like a good buy to me but will it be in better or worse condition than the average car given that most of these miles will be at sub 30mph speeds?

brrapp

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Monday 23rd January 2017
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LordHaveMurci said:
Was it dead cheap?
laugh Sorry, I should have pointed out it wasn't a hearse, just a standard saloon, the type they carry the live relatives in.

brrapp

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LeoZwalf said:
buy on condition as you would with any other car. Just keep in mind it will almost certainly never have been ragged so prepare for issues if you ask high mileages of it.
It seemed to be absolutely immaculate (except for the coughing/coffin sounds when started wink ). Just wondering how much the lack of activity might have harmed the mechanics.