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What to buy - low miles or fsh?
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Re: What to buy - low miles or fsh? -
03-02-2007
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Palindrome wrote: Hi, Which is likely to be a better buy: 1) A low miles car (<25k) never been serviced at all 2) A high miles car (100k) with full service history? In other respects the cars are identical, same make and model, etc. I have a choice between two cars - one has done 100k in 4 years, but has been fully serviced by a main dealer. The other has not been serviced at all during those 4 years, not even an oil change. I wouldn't worry about lack of MD SH on a low mileage 4 year old car - even if it was serviced it could might still have original brake pads, disks, fluid, battery, gearbox oil, rear tyres, coolant, plugs, cambelt. Bottom end and clutch fucked due to lots of short journey town use. |
You are aware that low mileage short trips is an "abnormal" service
schedule requiring MORE servicing than an average or high mileage car?
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In article <es8plj$st2$1 (AT) registered (DOT) motzarella.org>, Nick Finnigan says... I wouldn't worry about lack of MD SH on a low mileage 4 year old car - even if it was serviced it could might still have original brake pads, disks, fluid, battery, gearbox oil, rear tyres, coolant, plugs, cambelt. Bottom end and clutch fucked due to lots of short journey town use. You are aware that low mileage short trips is an "abnormal" service schedule requiring MORE servicing than an average or high mileage car? |
had been replaced on a 4 yo low mileage car with FMDSH and 1 lady owner.
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Conor wrote: In article <es8plj$st2$1 (AT) registered (DOT) motzarella.org>, Nick Finnigan says... I wouldn't worry about lack of MD SH on a low mileage 4 year old car - even if it was serviced it could might still have original brake pads, disks, fluid, battery, gearbox oil, rear tyres, coolant, plugs, cambelt. Bottom end and clutch fucked due to lots of short journey town use. You are aware that low mileage short trips is an "abnormal" service schedule requiring MORE servicing than an average or high mileage car? Yes. Even so, I wouldn't be surprised if none of the items I mentioned had been replaced on a 4 yo low mileage car with FMDSH and 1 lady owner. |
to most service schedules, but the other stuff on your list lasts for bloody
ages. Coolant lasts for the life of the car in anything vaguely modern,
gearbox oil is supposed to do the same. Plugs last for 60k or so if they're
decent. The only thing I'd be vaguely worried about would be the cam belt
and rear tyres. OTOH, not changing your oil for 25k over 4 years is very
very stupid. Oil doesn't last that long.
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"Nick Finnigan" <nix (AT) genie (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message news:es91bs$5mj$1 (AT) registered (DOT) motzarella.org... Conor wrote: In article <es8plj$st2$1 (AT) registered (DOT) motzarella.org>, Nick Finnigan says... I wouldn't worry about lack of MD SH on a low mileage 4 year old car - even if it was serviced it could might still have original brake pads, disks, fluid, battery, gearbox oil, rear tyres, coolant, plugs, cambelt. Bottom end and clutch fucked due to lots of short journey town use. You are aware that low mileage short trips is an "abnormal" service schedule requiring MORE servicing than an average or high mileage car? Yes. Even so, I wouldn't be surprised if none of the items I mentioned had been replaced on a 4 yo low mileage car with FMDSH and 1 lady owner. Why would it matter? |
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OTOH, not changing your oil for 25k over 4 years is very very stupid. Oil doesn't last that long. |
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But, as you say, I could get the low miles one and give it a "4 year" service, replacing everything that might be a bit tired by now. I'd do that. It's not old enough to need belts and stuff yet, and it hasn't done that many miles so at least all the perishables will be in tact. Many, many modern cars have 20k/2 year interval anyway, so I wouldn't worry about it. |
Without knowing what car it is, there could be some expensive, urgent,
maintenance issues that need dealing with ASAP.
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