Views on old cars with low mileage

missile

That is a rip off

fred246

Something is only worth what someone will pay for it. People will pay extra for a very low mileage car. I wouldn't but I bet someone will pay that or very similar. They see it as 'nearly new'.
I remember a relative asking me to find them a nearly new car less than a year old with 2000 to 4000 miles on the clock. I would find her an absolutely spot on car with 5000 miles on the clock and she would say "Nah, too many miles". It was so frustrating and silly.

LandyAndy

My mother is 84. She has a '14' reg Aygo that she bought with delivery mileage. It has now done c.5k miles in 4.5 years. Mechanical sympathy isn't her strong point.

16 years of potentially the same treatment wouldn't encourage me to buy the OP's car

System

fred246 wrote: »

I remember a relative asking me to find them a nearly new car less than a year old with 2000 to 4000 miles on the clock. I would find her an absolutely spot on car with 5000 miles on the clock and she would say "Nah, too many miles". It was so frustrating and silly.

If it was under a year old there would be no problem with buying one with that low mileage on. Things like the seals are still fresh and pliable and haven't had chance to dry and go brittle with age. In the first few years it isn't an issue, especially given it'll still be covered by manufacturer's warranty. But a decade of doing 1-2 thousand miles a year will be, a decade and a half most definitely.

Retrogamer

LandyAndy wrote: »

My mother is 84. She has a '14' reg Aygo that she bought with delivery mileage. It has now done c.5k miles in 4.5 years. Mechanical sympathy isn't her strong point.

16 years of potentially the same treatment wouldn't encourage me to buy the OP's car

The car is the OP is talking about is an automatic though. It's easier to be mechanically sympathetic when driving one of them

AdrianC

Retrogamer wrote: »

The car is the OP is talking about is an automatic though. It's easier to be mechanically sympathetic when driving one of them

A 14-plate Aygo might well be auto, too.

stator

With a Ford I would be worried about the bodywork. Pay a garage to stick it on the ramp and inspect it.

eamon

In the past I've purchased 2 old cars with low mileage (Ford Orion & Nissan Primera). The Orion was 10 years old 12k mileage, I took it up to 80k. I overpaid for it but it had FSH, no rust and was in better nick than any of the many much newer cars that I looked at and still within my budget. The same with the Primera except for higher mileage at 14k. I kept both for 6 years

Perhaps I was fortunate in not being hit with any expensive catch up repairs. As it happens the Orion came of the German production lines and the Primera @ Sunderland. The Focus could be a good purchase at a cheaper price to factor in a really good service etc and replacement of aged things such as tyres. Still see lots of V1 Foci being driven around so that says a lot for their longeivity.

mustiuc

I had a mondeo mk4 diesel with 127k on the clock. I sold it next year with 140k miles. Ex fleet car... no SH and it started to ask money. Electrical problems, clutch was going down, a loooot of black smoke,etc. It wasn't a pleasure to drive it.
Had a peugeot 206 automatic petrol. Year 2000 !!!! Fsh, never failed a mot !!!! 76k miles. Kept it 2 months while I found my actual car. Paid 500 for it. Fuel consumption too high to keep it, otherwise i would never ever sold it.

Astra J 2010 diesel, 43k miles, fsh. After a week battery died. After 2 weeks fuel pump and wheel bearing. The dpf is regen'ing every week. The suspension as many said earlier is like you dont have it anymore. Lack of power, cluch is worn as I don't know what IDIOT could put hill assist on a diesel car. And it worns the cluch everytime the system activates.
I'm quite happy with it but overall disappointed. I thought by buying a "lower mileage with fsh" car I would do a better deal. If I think about now, I could fix the clutch and cam belt to mondeo and have it for another 50k miles easily with the extra money paid for astra.