Number of owners?
Discussion
ohtari said:
Wait, this isn't serious is it???
Who gives a flying fk how many owners a car has had!!!
Interesting cultural difference there if this was not ironic. Think in most of continental Europe it matters, certainly does in Germany. Bit annoying as there is some stuff I'd like to own for a short while just to tick a box...Who gives a flying fk how many owners a car has had!!!
Kolbenkopp said:
ohtari said:
Wait, this isn't serious is it???
Who gives a flying fk how many owners a car has had!!!
Interesting cultural difference there if this was not ironic. Think in most of continental Europe it matters, certainly does in Germany. Bit annoying as there is some stuff I'd like to own for a short while just to tick a box...Who gives a flying fk how many owners a car has had!!!
When buying used I'll tend to look at general condition and checks, service history and key work, service items / consumables upcoming, type of buyer selling it, how it feels on the drive drive.
Number of owners is the sort of thing I normally remeber only when we are filling out the V5.
Doesn't really make much difference to me. Dealers reg and private plates on/off all count as an owner i think? I'm not really fussed by number of owners.
cuprabob said:
Matt UK said:
Doesn't really make much difference to me. Dealers reg and private plates on/off all count as an owner i think? I'm not really fussed by number of owners.
You think wrongLike I say, it's not something I really look at in much detail if everything else stacks up.
Flipping a car around between companies / family members can all add up on paper - but to me it's just that, a bit of paper.
Matt UK said:
Fair enough, private plates don't then? But dealer reg does?
Like I say, it's not something I really look at in much detail if everything else stacks up.
Flipping a car around between companies / family members can all add up on paper - but to me it's just that, a bit of paper.
If the dealer pre-registers it, they are the first owners but if the car gets traded in and sold on the dealer is noted as an ownerLike I say, it's not something I really look at in much detail if everything else stacks up.
Flipping a car around between companies / family members can all add up on paper - but to me it's just that, a bit of paper.
Papa Hotel said:
Say you're buying a two year old Megane with five owners... wouldn't you wonder why?
I hate to be cheeky, but I wouldn't buy a 2yo megane I doubt any cars exchange hands 5 times in 2 years, but the OP was talk about 8 years. I consider it perfectly normal to consider changing a car every year, usually going up a year or two in the process. Have to keep up with them Jones don't we...
ohtari said:
I hate to be cheeky, but I wouldn't buy a 2yo megane
I doubt any cars exchange hands 5 times in 2 years, but the OP was talk about 8 years. I consider it perfectly normal to consider changing a car every year, usually going up a year or two in the process. Have to keep up with them Jones don't we...
I doubt any cars exchange hands 5 times in 2 years, but the OP was talk about 8 years. I consider it perfectly normal to consider changing a car every year, usually going up a year or two in the process. Have to keep up with them Jones don't we...
Yes, an 11 year old 1.6 Focus, that's getting the neighbours talking, isn't it? My post was an example of why it might matter if a car has had a lot of owners, sorry if the idea went over your head.
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