Another tip when looking at cars is.............
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| Compare the mileage on the odometer to the wear and tear on the car. |
Sounds obvious?
Most cars these days can do 100,000 miles without much problem. But why should you be cheated and pay for a car thats done tens of thousands of miles more than you think it has?
Some things are easy to cover up, like putting on new tyres or polishing the bodywork, but some things are hard to hide.....
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| Look for a very worn gearknob, or worn seats. Look for discolouration on the part of the roof lining above the drivers head. Look for missing pages in a log book - check the numbers on the page! Look for stonechips on under panels and compare the hue of the external paint to some covered area, perhaps in the boot. Paint fades a lot over time. Look at the engine bay, which is harder to clean than the outside. |
And always ask lots of questions and try to find out the complete history of the car.