7 tips Before you Buy a used car!!

=rizla=

Personally i'm not going to throw away or try to sell second hand a brand new tyre, this is MSE after all. So far as I can see it, its a small city car, its on the rear, its not a budget brand, and by the time I come to sell the car it'll be changed anyway.

jimjames

dannyrst wrote: »

Completely disagree with mismatched tyres.

I used to have cars that I believed were worth putting the best of the best tyres on and have them all match. I now drive a SEAT Ibiza 1.6, which I do not really care about matching the tyres on. It doesn't mean I don't look after the car...I just buy the tyres that are on offer at the time that I need tyres.

There's a big difference between 4 tyres of decent brands and 4 varying branded ditchfinders. Branded tyre on offer is still a good tyre and not something that would affect my decision but 4 rubbish tyres would.

Shaka_Zulu

Here is my tip for buying cars:-

1. Look for cars with poor professional reviews but better personal reviews (they will be cheaper to buy).

2. Research prices of a few makes and models.

3. Go to copart and find suitable salvage

4. Factor in your discount and all costs to repair, transport etc and figure out your maximum bid (repeat as necessary).

5. Have car repaired and then drive it until it dies (no residual to worry about and potential buyers moaning it had a new wing seven years before and is a death trap).

Hoof_Hearted

I think we dealt with this some time ago:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4547881

LandyAndy

Zandoni wrote: »

In your case I'd buy another new one of the same type.

So you'd replace one new one with another just to get back to having four identical tyres?

Herzlos

LandyAndy wrote: »

So you'd replace one new one with another just to get back to having four identical tyres?

No, he'd replace the unrepairable one with one that matched the other 3, or at least something similar.

If it's got similar/matched decent branded tyres on each axle at least, it'll have been looked after better than if it's got 4 different budgets on, as it's likely the owner got them replaced with "what's decent?" rather than "what's the cheapest you've got?".

For I've got different tyres front and back (different load ratings, too), but the axles match and they are well regarded mid-range brands.

When buying privately I also ask the owner a bit about the car to try and see if they know anything about it. Last one I looked at was a company car and the owner didn't even know when the MOT was due or when the tyres were replaced (apart from one he did just before the sale, failing to notice another one was totally bald). Needless to say I walked away.

You're just looking for signs that it's been looked after, more than anything else. Some drivers genuinely don't care about the car at all and will just try and get things done cheap or ignore them entirely.

LandyAndy

=rizla= wrote: »

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Mismatched tyres, really?, I've got a '15 plate car with mismatched tyres. It came with no spare and I had an unrepairable puncture, the only tyre place near where I was didn't have the same tyres in stock, and I was on my way to a flight for work, what should I do replace a brand new tyre to keep them the same?

LandyAndy wrote: »

So you'd replace one new one with another just to get back to having four identical tyres?

Herzlos wrote: »

No, he'd replace the unrepairable one with one that matched the other 3, or at least something similar.

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Did you actually read it?

Herzlos

I'd missed the rush, and forgot new cars rarely have a full-size spare. No I wouldn't replace the new tyre to match the rest, unless I was turning it into a spare.

1 mismatch isn't really a problem (assuming it's something comparable - you wouldn't want to have 3 top end Michelins fitted with a Linglong), things like that happen. The bigger concern is when 3/4 of the tyres are different brands.

dannyrst

jimjames wrote: »

There's a big difference between 4 tyres of decent brands and 4 varying branded ditchfinders. Branded tyre on offer is still a good tyre and not something that would affect my decision but 4 rubbish tyres would.

So if two cars are infront of you to buy, one has a full service history, all repair and replacement part receipts are there and is on budget tyres. The other has a part service history but is on expensive tyres and the seller insists the car has been looked after, you'd go for the one with the better tyres?

If that isn't what you mean, then surely you're judging two cars that are identical on their tyres alone, in which case of course you'd go for the one with the better tyres.

kripel

!!!!!! are u guys talking about?
I told the tyres is one of the things you should look at, if it's some scrappy car, from bogus seller with other obvious faults than 99% of the time tyres also will be crap.

You dont walk away from perfectly good car if the only thing what is wrong is tyres.