More mileage and cheaper or less and more expensive?

Elika0215

Thanks for your responses. Here are the exact cars if it helps.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201905238270202?price-from=4000&postcode=rh175hw&price-to=6000&make=SUZUKI&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=New&radius=15&model=CELERIO&advertising-location=at_cars&sort=price-asc&page=1

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201905087731699?price-from=4000&postcode=rh175hw&price-to=6000&make=SUZUKI&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=New&radius=15&model=CELERIO&advertising-location=at_cars&sort=price-asc&page=1

alan_d

This:

Ebe_Scrooge wrote: »

It's an old chestnut but still holds true - an ex sales rep's car that's spent all its life on motorways and has been serviced properly, with 150,000 on the clock, is often a safer bet than a car with only 20,000 miles that's popped to the shops and back once a week.

The best, most reliable car I've ever owned was bought at 3 years old with 120,000 miles on the clock.
I ran it for a further 11 years and 155k miles before selling it to a friend, who's still running it now.

*very* low mileage is a problem - engine rarely gets up to full temperature, which leads to condensation internally and associated problems, also sticking brakes from lack of use etc.

Smellyonion

No brainer, Just 10k more miles for a 1k saving (almost 20%) on a small cheap car. In a few years time, your 10k extra miles will not make any difference to the value of the car.

Mercdriver

cheaper one is at a main dealer. That for me would give it an edge.

AdrianC

So neither ad is new - the second is from 8th May, the first from 23rd May.

Apart from that, neither ad says anything at all even remotely interesting or useful. Oh, and the colour match on the front bumper of the cheaper one looks terrible.

Elika0215

AdrianC wrote: »

So neither ad is new - the second is from 8th May, the first from 23rd May.

Apart from that, neither ad says anything at all even remotely interesting or useful. Oh, and the colour match on the front bumper of the cheaper one looks terrible.

What colour match? Do you mean it looks resprayed?

AdrianC

They're different shades of white.

Arklight

AdrianC wrote: »

You do know almost all near-new, lowish mileage used cars are ex-rentals, right?

Or you could get an older car, that has been a near new, lowish mileage ex rental that has then been purchased by someone else.

All used cars will have been used by someone for something.

My car is ex-motability. Pre-purchase googling this led me to a thread on here which promised ex-motability cars had all been thrashed by younger relatives and had the interiors destroyed by crutches. One person assumed they'd all been weed and pood in because motability users are all doubly incontinent and just let go when driving, assuming their colostomy bags don't burst when their nephews are taking them to do handbrake turns in Sainsbury's car park at 2am.

In practise it was low mileage at 3 years old, had next to no noticeable signs of wear, three full main dealer services, new tyres, and has been faultless ever since.

ShandyAndy_2

Have you ever driven said car?, they are terrible, worst car I’ve ever driven.

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Arklight wrote: »

In practise it was low mileage at 3 years old, had next to no noticeable signs of wear, three full main dealer services, new tyres, and has been faultless ever since.

So armed with knowledge from here, you performed your due diligence on your prospective purchase, and got a good one. Many people don't, hence the number of threads about "faulty" cars that could have been spotted on the forecourt.


Which is what the OP should do, 10,000 miles makes no difference, what does is whether it has been used for playing bumping cars, carrying sacks of coal, driven on dirt tracks, parked for 3 years on grass, had milk spilled on the carpet or the clutch is worn out by someone like my neighbour, who takes a good 5 minutes to back out of the drive, with the engine screaming at the redline the whole time slipping the clutch.


All of these you will spot on inspection and test drive.