What price for mileage?

tenchy

How do you value mileage - ok, so there's lots of other considerations, but broad brush, what about this one, all other things being equal?


Audi A4, two virtually identical vehicles, including age (65 plates), except:


Vehicle 1 18,000 miles and £17,000


Vehicle 2 40,000 miles and £15,000


Any thoughts on which is the better bet?


Thanks in advance.

angrycrow

How the car has been looked after would be far more important to me, buy on condition.

tenchy

angrycrow wrote: »

How the car has been looked after would be far more important to me, buy on condition.

Both immaculate. First one (lower mileage) is from the Audi dealership. Second one is my company car that I've had from new and now have the option of buying.

Head_The_Ball

If you have looked after the current car and there are no serious issues with it, my instincts would be to buy that one.

40,000 miles isn't much for a modern car.

Get a price for both cars on an on line web site such as We Buy Any Car with the actual mileages of 18,000 and 40,000.

Then put the first car in again but change the mileage to 40,000 and see how much difference that makes.

That might help on valuation.

wgl2014

I'd go for the one you have now. Mileage difference is marginal and you know how yours has been treated.

TheMoonandBack

+1 for buying the car you’ve had from new. The extra mileage is nothing. £2k saved would pay for an awaesome pro valet and any maintenance to make yours as good as the dealership one.
The dealership one will be overpriced so they can inflate part exchange prices, they’ll also want to sell you GAP insurance, paint protection, service plan etc etc. Who wants to sit through all that if they don’t have to ?:)

vansboy

Agree buying yours, but you might like to ensure a MAJOR service is carried out BEFORE you do.

There are a number of items due now, which sometimes get forgotten.
Brake fluid change
Dif oil change if Quattro
Gearbox oil if automatic
Fuel, air, pollen filters all may only have been 'inspected' and not replaced, so they need changing
Make sure it has the correct VAG engine oil and filter done, too.
Hopefully it will have had at least two oil changes already, rather than the car 'telling' you its not needed yet
How you are on your brakes, might mean pads on the front soon, plus of course tyres need looking at, as your fronts will be due their third pair, rear maybe their second pair, soon.

The main dealer service bill for these items could be looking towards £900 ish.

VB

sheslookinhot

I would buy the lower mileage car.

spiro

TheMoonandBack wrote: »

+1 for buying the car you’ve had from new. The extra mileage is nothing. £2k saved would pay for an awaesome pro valet and any maintenance to make yours as good as the dealership one.

Just bear in mind your car will be due a cam belt etc change at 50k

angrycrow

no brainer then, buy the car you know well and know has been looked after. For all you know the other car may have been traded in by it's last keeper due to an inherent problem with the car. You do still get Friday cars that are just rubbish for no apparent reason compared to identical cars.

jimjames

sheslookinhot wrote: »

I would buy the lower mileage car.

I love people with this view, it means I can get high mileage cars for so much cheaper!

I'd go for the car you know, it just happens to have higher mileage. Unless of course you know that you ragged it from cold, never let turbo cool or have other issues with it