4 owners in 4 years should I be worried

[zippyprorider]

Hi, I'm writing on my partners account,

Finally found a new (to me) Clio that i was keen to buy with cup pack 59 reg, but after Hpi realised it had 4 previous owners? That dealer didn't tell me about (Renault dealer)
Is this a bad sign that it's problematic? Or just bad on mpg? I'm hoping the first 'owner' was registered as Renault. So only actually has had 3 real owners. If I contact Renault hopefully they would know? As only last 2 owners on v5.

Also anyone know anything about safe and sound warranty seems to cover anything?

Thanks h x

[Alucidnation]

Just me, but i wouldn't.

Others will say to buy on condition etc.

[METHS]

The 4 owners might include the dealers?

[nicanary]

Alucidnation said:

Just me, but i wouldn't.

Others will say to buy on condition etc.

Lots of Clios bought by youngsters on £99 deposit PCP plans, who didn't understand the commitment of regular monthly payments. It could be the car has been repossessed three times.

[SV8Predator]

nicanary said:

Lots of Clios bought by youngsters on £99 deposit PCP plans, who didn't understand the commitment of regular monthly payments. It could be the car has been repossessed three times.

Do you know that for a fact, or is it something you've just made up?

[zippyprorider]

Is there any way of checking all the owners Hpi only lists the last 2?

Reg if anyone can af59scx.

[The Moose]

There are so many things that can increase the numbers - some people change address and tick the new keeper box. In the case of a divorce, the car could be moved to the other party's name, the car could be in a company name and then moved to the owners name, small time dealer who smoked it for a bit and needed to register it, ex demo, press car, pre-reg etc etc etc.

There are so many possibilities that you can only buy on condition IMHO.

[MarsellusWallace]

Other possibilities include the car being so unreliable the current keeper gets fed up and ends up moving it on.

[The Moose]

MarsellusWallace said:

Other possibilities include the car being so unreliable the current keeper gets fed up and ends up moving it on.

Absolutely right - hence why I said to buy on condition as opposed to purely the number of owners!

[HaloGen8]

I wouldn't on such a young car.
There's a thousand and one reasons why it may have changed hands so many times.
1 careful owner and 3 hooligans.
4 careful
4 idiots

I'd rather buy a 1 owner which hopefully indicates dedicated ownership and love throughout its life.
(Unless the 1 owner was Avis )

[Richair]

If committing a large sum to what is a nearly new car I would walk away from that personally as there's every chance it's a 'Friday afternoon' car.

Surely in this area of the market there should be enough RS Clio's about to find one that you can buy in confidence. It's not worth the risk IMO...

[anonymous-user]

If it were me I'd find another.

[Sir Bagalot]

4 previous? That means it has 4 previous and 1 current, so that makes you the 6th owner!

On a 59 plate car I would walk.

[Drive Blind]

4 owners in 4 years would make me walk away.

[nicanary]

SV8Predator said:

Do you know that for a fact, or is it something you've just made up?

It's how Renault outsold Ford in Northern Ireland. Pile 'em high, sell 'em cheap.

[Herbs]

It's relatively normal on sports cars and two seater roadsters to change cars every year and in some respects it can be a good thing as you have four people that all treat it as a new car for a year rather than the same owner that treats it with kid gloves for the first year then get slack and no bothered.

However, on something mainstream as a Clio I wouldn't go near it.

[stick100]

What does the service history say ? Was it serviced when it should of been ?

The trouble with this type of car is youngsters buy them then they can't make the payments every month and they end up getting handed back to the dealer

[zippyprorider]

stick100 said:

What does the service history say ? Was it serviced when it should of been ?

The trouble with this type of car is youngsters buy them then they can't make the payments every month and they end up getting handed back to the dealer

hey stick. if I don't buy it you will have to continue looking after the polo lol

.....Andy says great to see you back on pistonheads

[stick100]

zippyprorider said:

hey stick. if I don't buy it you will have to continue looking after the polo lol

.....Andy says great to see you back on pistonheads

fk that buy it lol

[zippyprorider]

stick100 said:

fk that buy it lol

lol thought you loved the mighty polo..... all those metal cars are the same mate you need to get a real car........plastic