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ziggyboy4435 said:

Car_54 said:

Why would the resale value be affected? Your pal thought the car was perfect, so why wouldn't any future buyer? How many potential buyers bring along "friends" with amazing paint measuring machines?

There's nothing wrong with selling a car that's been repaired. Probably not many haven't.

surely when you buy a approved used car from a main dealer for 30k it should be perfect and fully checked by dealer ,  And you will be surprised what repaired paint will look like after a few years if not done properly ,   Might not show any issues at they time but in 3 years could look terrible 

To be honest I'd assume any used car from a dealer has had at least paint touch up done, if not more major repairs. If I was interested in that I'd have asked them for the full service history and about any accidents it was involved in before buying it.

macman

ziggyboy4435 said:

Car_54 said:

Why would the resale value be affected? Your pal thought the car was perfect, so why wouldn't any future buyer? How many potential buyers bring along "friends" with amazing paint measuring machines?

There's nothing wrong with selling a car that's been repaired. Probably not many haven't.

surely when you buy a approved used car from a main dealer for 30k it should be perfect and fully checked by dealer ,  And you will be surprised what repaired paint will look like after a few years if not done properly ,   Might not show any issues at they time but in 3 years could look terrible 

Surely when you pay £30k for a used car you'd bother to go and inspect it and test drive it first? Rather than just rely on an 'assurance that it was perfect'?

motorguy

Belenus said:

motorguy said:

ziggyboy4435 said:

Car_54 said:

Why would the resale value be affected? Your pal thought the car was perfect, so why wouldn't any future buyer? How many potential buyers bring along "friends" with amazing paint measuring machines?

There's nothing wrong with selling a car that's been repaired. Probably not many haven't.

surely when you buy a approved used car from a main dealer for 30k it should be perfect and fully checked by dealer ,  And you will be surprised what repaired paint will look like after a few years if not done properly ,   Might not show any issues at they time but in 3 years could look terrible 

It would fall under "refurbishment".  It might have had a light scratch or stone chips.

A main dealer will make any repairs to bring it back to forecourt standard. 

Why would the paintwork look terrible in three years time?  What makes you think its not been done properly?  The fact that the only way he could detect it was by using a digital paint gauge suggests its to a high standard.

Unless it is a bad job it shouldn't.

Four years ago a landscaper doing work in our garden damaged the rear off side corner area of our then 2 year old parked BMW Series1 car. He was reversing his lorry while holding the driver's door half open but was looking to the left and the edge of the lorry door hit our car.

Some panels were dented and scratched, the light cluster was smashed and the whole area looked a mess.

A local insurance approved body shop repaired all the damage. As far as we are aware no panels were replaced.

When we got the car back we could not tell which parts of the panels were original and which had been repaired and resprayed. 

Four years later we still cannot tell. Everything still matches perfectly.

One of the things a main dealer will do is check the quality of any repair work that has previously been done.  If a car isnt then it wont go on the forecourt and will be sold off to the trade.

If a main dealer has a car painted it will be done to a specific standard with an expected longevity.  There is no reason why any decent job should ever degrade over time.

motorguy

born_again said:

facade said:

I'd suggest taking it to a different dealer for a valuation as a trade-in or for them to purchase, and see how much they knock off because of the repainted panels- which might suddenly become an issue when you try to sell it, even though it apparently wasn't worth mentioning when you bought it. If they don't notice, then it isn't an issue.

And if the dealer is anything like the ones we have P/X at all they want is reg & what we said the condition was... Never even bothered to go and look at cars. 

Depends whats going to happen to it.  If its not going back on their forecourt as an Approved Used car they wont really give a monkeys as it will go straight to auction or will have been underwritten by a motor trader.

If its going on their forecourt (so typically it would need to be under 4 years old) then any repairs will get very expensive very quickly.  That Merc of my wifes probably had £2,000 spent on it.  If the salesman hasnt taken that in to account then thats the dealers profit margin blown, and the salesmans knuckles rapped at a minimum.

Grumpy_chap

motorguy said:

One of the things a main dealer will do is check the quality of any repair work that has previously been done.  

They can only check it if they know it has been done.

motorguy

Grumpy_chap said:

motorguy said:

One of the things a main dealer will do is check the quality of any repair work that has previously been done.  

They can only check it if they know it has been done.

They will almost certainly be able to detect it.

And if they cant, then its likey done to a very high standard.

But, as the O/P has demonstrated, paint thickness gauges are easily available.

I'd one when i was motor trading, though TBH rarely needed it as you can generally tell with experience.