which to go for age/mileage trade off

Thread view:

Enable EMail Alerts

Start New Thread

Thread rating:

Nospam - 04 Jun 2006 02:48 GMT

Hi

What is the thinking on car choice regarding age/mileage trade off?

if you had a choice between two cars below which would you choose?

The only difference is age and mileage price and everything else is
identical.

Focus 1.8 Ghia, registered Jan. 2004, 53 plate 5,000 miles
(older but less miles)

Focus 1.8 Ghia, registered Sep. 2004, 54 plate 19,000 miles

thanks for any thoughts

Signature

Nospam

Reply to this Message

Pop-N-Fresh - 04 Jun 2006 05:52 GMT

id go for the lower mileage...
i recently bought a 2000 zx3 focus with only ninety three hundred:-D
hell of a deal.... best car i have owned... although ive only put 4000
miles on it

> Hi
>
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
>
> thanks for any thoughts

Reply to this Message

Tim.. - 04 Jun 2006 16:01 GMT

> Hi
>
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> Focus 1.8 Ghia, registered Jan. 2004, 53 plate 5,000 miles
> (older but less miles)

If the service book shows 2 , possibly 3 service stamps EVERY 12 months on
this car, and it comes with some warranty to cover things like seized brakes
etc, and the body was unmarked (i.e. not been a town dodgem) then I would be
temped to go for this car.

> Focus 1.8 Ghia, registered Sep. 2004, 54 plate 19,000 miles

Tim..

Reply to this Message

Timothy J. Lee - 08 Jun 2006 22:28 GMT

>The only difference is age and mileage price and everything else is
>identical.
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>
>Focus 1.8 Ghia, registered Sep. 2004, 54 plate 19,000 miles

Do both have maintenance done at the proper intervals? Note that low
mileage cars may need some services done by time limits rather than
mileage.

Also, low mileage may be more likely to be city mileage or cold start
short trips. Or the car sat for long periods of time without being
driven. A car used in such manner may be more worn than people may
assume based on the mileage.

Signature

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Timothy J. Lee
Unsolicited bulk or commercial email is not welcome.
No warranty of any kind is provided with this message.

Reply to this Message

Spam Hater - 21 Jun 2006 05:49 GMT

> Hi
>
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
>
> thanks for any thoughts

The mileage on either is low. I would ignore the mileage as a
consideration.
I'd look for other reasons to differentiate these two cars.

Reply to this Message