Selling an ex driving instructor car

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ACID wrote: »

guessing the mileage would be very high?

When I was learning to drive my instructor had a six month old car and it had 30K miles on in that time! So you're talking 60K a year!

mikey72

hollie.weimeraner wrote: »

My wifes had 4 new cars now since qualifying as an instructor, all purchased as driving school cars and all with full manufacturers warranty. (2 Fiestas, Nissan Note, and currently Toyota Yaris). The only company that I have heard don't warranty cars used for driver training are Hyundai but haven't actually gone into this. I also know that Renault and Peugeot provide full warranty's for Driving instructors.;)

Bought privately, or through a scheme at a larger discount?

Weirdlittleman

Standard warranties will not cover business use. The car would need to be bought as a business vehicle or through a scheme.

Be very careful there isnt some scam going on with the warranty

mikey72

It's easy to get caught, I've a mate who is a driving instructor, he got a 12 month business warranty, not the usual 3 year private customer warranty I'd get on the same car. Just changed the car after 18 months and about 30k miles.

Kilty_2

My instructor leased his car over 2 years - would the leasing company have taken over the manufacturer's warranty duties after 12 months then?

emmell

If you bought the car cheaper because of it's history then the only reason you would want to hide it's history is to get more money for it, that is surely deception.
When I worked at the auctions most traders could spot an ex driving school car a mile off, they always seemed to get down on their knees and look under the glove box, and the passenger side carpet was always as worn as the drivers side.
ML.

Kilty_2

I'm pretty sure the hole from the dual controls is always left in the footwell so it's the first thing to look for, hence looking under the glove box

If you're going to muck around with registered keepers to hide the car's history (and adding another one won't help, it'll devalue the car) - then you might as well clock it also! :rotfl:

babyshoes

It sounds like more trouble than it's worth, especially if there is some sort of problem down the line. Just be honest about it, accept that it won't sell for as much as you are hoping, and put that cost against the price of legal help down the line if it became necessary.

Keith_F

Weirdlittleman wrote: »

Standard warranties will not cover business use. The car would need to be bought as a business vehicle or through a scheme.

Be very careful there isnt some scam going on with the warranty

I'm an instructor using a Jazz, Honda have no issue with honouring the full 3 year warranty.

If you tell the salesman its correct use and they don't warn you of a reduced warranty then you can get them under consumer protection regulations.

bengalknights

AA generally change there cars instructor cars every 6 months as its in the contract of the instructor who joins them.Most the cars they sell on though always have Ford as the previous owner and no dual controls etc with the stickers all removed which makes them look like normal fleet cars until proper history is requeted.