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Offline zooms3

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Re: Paying an extra grand for lower mileage?
« Reply #15 on: January 20, 2013, 01:42:09 pm »
I agree, seems good money for the lower mileage one but it could have been ragged from day 1, whereas the higher mileage one could have been driven to the shops by a 60 year old and 29mph.

How many previous owners?

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Re: Paying an extra grand for lower mileage?
« Reply #16 on: January 20, 2013, 02:44:03 pm »
I would pay the extra, feel feel less tired in the long run.
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Re: Paying an extra grand for lower mileage?
« Reply #17 on: January 20, 2013, 03:36:45 pm »
I agree, seems good money for the lower mileage one but it could have been ragged from day 1, whereas the higher mileage one could have been driven to the shops by a 60 year old and 29mph.

How many previous owners?

Or it could be the other way around.

People that think like this....... :grin:

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Re: Paying an extra grand for lower mileage?
« Reply #18 on: January 20, 2013, 05:28:39 pm »
Very very rarely are higher mileage cars better than low mileage cars of the same era  :innocent:
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Re: Paying an extra grand for lower mileage?
« Reply #19 on: January 20, 2013, 06:29:05 pm »

Very very rarely are higher mileage cars better than low mileage cars of the same era  :innocent:


....Just because yours is a low miler  :P :booty:

I understand your generalisation but still think it depends on the individual car's history and owner.


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Re: Paying an extra grand for lower mileage?
« Reply #20 on: January 20, 2013, 08:42:48 pm »
Go for the low mileage one all day. No matter how well its been looked after, that engine has pushed the car along for a lot of miles. Plus the gearbox, whelbearings, driveshafts, bushes, etc etc have all taken the hits. It would need to be a £3k difference almost. Why take the risk?

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Re: Paying an extra grand for lower mileage?
« Reply #21 on: January 20, 2013, 11:10:55 pm »
my mk 3 had 105k when i bought it and had it till 173k

where low mileage is concerned add £5 to list price for every 100 miles, so if a 40k car is worth £8k a 30k car should be £8.5k as a rough rule of thumb (so a motor engineer told me anyhow)
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