WHATS BEST ??? LOW MILEAGE OR LOW OWNERS
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What matters most on a griff if you had to choose.... low owners or low mileage????
I was lucky with my last griff having covered only 38,000 miles with 6 owners, shouldnt have sold the bloody thing..... well live/learn i suppose
Lets say you have a budget and you get offered a 2 owner car with 70k on it, then for the same money a 30k car with 12 owners..... which one would you choose, and why ???
Answers on a post card please.....lol
I was lucky with my last griff having covered only 38,000 miles with 6 owners, shouldnt have sold the bloody thing..... well live/learn i suppose
Lets say you have a budget and you get offered a 2 owner car with 70k on it, then for the same money a 30k car with 12 owners..... which one would you choose, and why ???
Answers on a post card please.....lol
12 owners in 30k miles is quite a lot and I would want know why if I was looking at it. Thats averaging 2.5k per owner which is a bit odd to say the least.
A low mileage car on the other hand can suffer from quite a few niggly little annoying problems simply down to not having been run - crank and gearbox seals can either dry up or settle, and will never be right until changed for new ones; brakes can stop working properly and discs can corrode beneath pads if the wheels arent rotated frequently; electrical gremlins can start to surface due to not being used and the contacts can gather moisture. All the above can be excacerbated by the conditions in which it is stored as well.
However as has already been said, condition wins out everytime.
Cheers
Marty
A low mileage car on the other hand can suffer from quite a few niggly little annoying problems simply down to not having been run - crank and gearbox seals can either dry up or settle, and will never be right until changed for new ones; brakes can stop working properly and discs can corrode beneath pads if the wheels arent rotated frequently; electrical gremlins can start to surface due to not being used and the contacts can gather moisture. All the above can be excacerbated by the conditions in which it is stored as well.
However as has already been said, condition wins out everytime.
Cheers
Marty
I use such things as pointers. Neither high mileage nor lots of owners is a reason to turn a car down but they should be born in mind when making the final decision. A number of stone chips on the bonnet is a bit of a downer but no reason to reject an otherwise attractive car.
The White Elephant was bought with a tree growing up through the boot. This is normally an indication that the buyer should carefully consider their purchase but in that specific case it was something that could be ignored.
Chassis outrigger deterioration is always given as a reason to walk away yet if the car is otherwise in pristine condition it could be an excellent bargaining point.
High mileage does tend to suggest that bits have become worn and might need replacing at some time in the near future and a high number of owners might make you think that none of them might have been bothered about taking car of the car. So check the condition of the ancilliaries and the servicing book should be examined with care.
The White Elephant was bought with a tree growing up through the boot. This is normally an indication that the buyer should carefully consider their purchase but in that specific case it was something that could be ignored.
Chassis outrigger deterioration is always given as a reason to walk away yet if the car is otherwise in pristine condition it could be an excellent bargaining point.
High mileage does tend to suggest that bits have become worn and might need replacing at some time in the near future and a high number of owners might make you think that none of them might have been bothered about taking car of the car. So check the condition of the ancilliaries and the servicing book should be examined with care.
High number of owners may not be an actual reflection of the car,these are mainly summer toys,and not unusual for someone to buy one for a summers use,and then move it on to someone else...... again high miles might be prefered to a low mileage car as any issues or faults should have surfaced and been rectified over a little used example,better guide is as already stated,condition,condition,condition.
i bought a car with a lot of owners (5 before me in 10 years), the mileage was low, and recent service history with the last owner was good but it was far from full history before him.
all this was reflected in the price, and that probably was putting some buyers off.
so i maybe took little risk, but since 2 years, the car has been great and did not have any serious issue.
my budget was limited as i wanted to keep money to service it well after, if i had been more comfortable about budget, maybe i would have preferred a car with more perfect history. Maybe i ve had bit of luck, but in my case it seems many owners did not do anything bad to the car
all this was reflected in the price, and that probably was putting some buyers off.
so i maybe took little risk, but since 2 years, the car has been great and did not have any serious issue.
my budget was limited as i wanted to keep money to service it well after, if i had been more comfortable about budget, maybe i would have preferred a car with more perfect history. Maybe i ve had bit of luck, but in my case it seems many owners did not do anything bad to the car
LESSON 1
I'VE always been in two minds about this subject myself, a car thats had many owners could have been very well looked after because most of us petrolheads go mad when we get a new car, clean it, service it touch up paint work and basically keep people away from it in case it gets scratched.......you agree???????
Then however many owners could mean that it has been nailed sideways for the 12mths they have it, spend nothing then sell it on.
LESSON 2
Low mileage cars have been kept too long in the dry and rarely driven hence gaskets and rubbers drying out and generally things begin to cease up
low mileage cars then could also have been well run and looked after, maybe just run 4 or 5 miles then put away just to keep everything working and the milage down......
But then i had a genuine 38000 mile mk2 escort MEXICO at the same time it was 10 years older i never had a problem with it.
The only way i suppose it to have it from new, but sadly that option ended with the griff nearly 10 years ago
I'VE always been in two minds about this subject myself, a car thats had many owners could have been very well looked after because most of us petrolheads go mad when we get a new car, clean it, service it touch up paint work and basically keep people away from it in case it gets scratched.......you agree???????
Then however many owners could mean that it has been nailed sideways for the 12mths they have it, spend nothing then sell it on.
LESSON 2
Low mileage cars have been kept too long in the dry and rarely driven hence gaskets and rubbers drying out and generally things begin to cease up
low mileage cars then could also have been well run and looked after, maybe just run 4 or 5 miles then put away just to keep everything working and the milage down......
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But then i had a genuine 38000 mile mk2 escort MEXICO at the same time it was 10 years older i never had a problem with it.
The only way i suppose it to have it from new, but sadly that option ended with the griff nearly 10 years ago
Edited by 3024E on Monday 5th April 20:39
Edited by 3024E on Monday 5th April 20:40
rswheelnut said:
Looks good to me. because of it's age it doesn't have to have 117,500 miles to be 'a gudn'. It's how it's been looked after that counts. That is down to the previous owner. I've had a high miler[ish] griff that was superb, and a low mileage [late] griff' which was phucked. I now have a late chim 
low miles which is the best yet 
Work that out.CONDITION/HISTORY!
Edited by macdeb on Thursday 22 April 22:08
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