I assume it's a private sale (not from a garage)
in which case be careful. There's probably something very wrong with it if it is £2500 under list price.

Go and see it, give it a test drive, ask about service history etc etc.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 15 Feb 2010, 14:22, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

No it's from a Ford dealership

(Bazongaloid, Mon 15 Feb 2010, 14:25, Reply)

Oh...
I assume they sell it with a 3mth warrenty then. Might be a bargain, probably a car they had in part exchange for a new model and they want to get rid of quickly.

Give them a call and arrange a test drive.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 15 Feb 2010, 14:30, Reply)

Alright, I will.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 15 Feb 2010, 14:30, Reply)

Nice one.
Just remember that 10,000 miles a year is acceptable mileage, anything over that should set alarm bells ringing.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 15 Feb 2010, 14:36, Reply)

It's about three years old and it's done about 32K. Which is fine
Buying a high mileage car isn't a bad thing though, since I will be doing very few miles per year, ex fleet cars are often good deals, but at the moment with the recession they are getting rare as people realised it wasn't worth changing car every couple of years.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 15 Feb 2010, 14:41, Reply)

I do high mileage
It doesn't mean much if the car's been looked after. In some ways, a high mileage car can be a better buy, because it's probably not been driven around town much, or left to sit for days on end without being driven.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Mon 15 Feb 2010, 14:56, Reply)

Don't forget the recession...
I know it's an easy cop out thing to mention, but I doubt as many people have been buying new cars as they were last year, or the year before.

Maybe the garage have turned to the way of thinking 'Selling a car cheap, is better than not selling it.' - They do have wages and stuff to pay remember.


If I can give some advice based on experience though;

A couple of years ago, I got a decent amount of compensation for a bad thing that happened to me and decided to put it towards a 'decent' car (i've always had bangers up to then). When I say decent, I mean relatively new, reliable, comfortable and fast. Just like I've always wanted.
After much deliberating, I found it was actually better value to buy a 'shit' car for a couple of hundred quid and run it 'til it died. Then buy another shit car, and do the same with that. A couple of them I've even sold for scrap, at a profit.

I still have half the money left, 2 years down the line.
(Colonel Santiago Introduced surprised kitty to the world., Mon 15 Feb 2010, 14:35, Reply)

I drive a shit car at the moment.
I don't like it. It's uncomfortable and noisy and it's costing me more to insure than it's really worth. I think the "buy a shit car and run it until it dies" can work, but you need to know a bit about cars so that you don't drive it away and have the engine fall out. I know nothing about how cars really work so I have a couple of garages I trust and I want to buy off a dealership so that if something horrific goes wrong I've got someone with a reputation to lose if I kick up a big stink.

Edit - did the bad thing involve bumming? Were you an actor in Hollyoaks?
(Bazongaloid, Mon 15 Feb 2010, 14:40, Reply)

I don't have a fear of lynx cans,
if that's what you're insinuating...

EDIT: Also, you have a garage you can trust? I've been looking for one of those for years. Every time I find one, they're great for a year and then fucking shaft me over something shit.
(Colonel Santiago Introduced surprised kitty to the world., Mon 15 Feb 2010, 14:47, Reply)

I was just wondering if you were
this chap
(Bazongaloid, Mon 15 Feb 2010, 14:50, Reply)

I thought you might be.
No.

I can act.
(Colonel Santiago Introduced surprised kitty to the world., Mon 15 Feb 2010, 14:51, Reply)