Used car with very low mileage..

[duncanb]

If it's a diesel maybe an issue with filters due to nature of the fuel.
If petrol other than oil change all filters and maybe an aircon recharge wouldn't worry.
Would take for a blast however when purchased.

[riversider2014]

Originally Posted by wanye

i've had my car 6 years now and only done 35000 miles in it. since i started WFH a couple of days a week (and biking in at least once a week most of the year) i do maybe 4000 miles a year in it, maybe less. its all paid off now, so i plan on keeping it until it starts becoming unreliable, which will hopefully be at least another 10 years...

so yeah, low mileage isnt generally a sign of having the speedo fiddled with, some of us just don't use our cars that much! is speedo tampering still a thing? i would have thought modern cars with digital displays kinda make it harder to tamper with?

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Wasn’t worried about the tampering, was more thinking maybe it has had loads of problems and been stuck in a garage on and off for 6+ months 😊

I’ll check it out at the weekend.

[Guest]

Originally Posted by riversider2014

Wasn’t worried about the tampering, was more thinking maybe it has had loads of problems and been stuck in a garage on and off for 6+ months 😊

I’ll check it out at the weekend.

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I don’t think anybody that needs to use a car regularly would leave it in a garage for six months if there were problems. The low mileage would definitely tell me low usage by choice.

[riversider2014]

Originally Posted by duncanb

If it's a diesel maybe an issue with filters due to nature of the fuel.
If petrol other than oil change all filters and maybe an aircon recharge wouldn't worry.
Would take for a blast however when purchased.

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It is a diesel and an estate - which is what sparked my concerns as they are usually bought to be a workhorse 😊

[riversider2014]

Originally Posted by Claudette

I dint think anybody that needs to use a car regularly would leave it in a garage for six months if there were problems. The low mileage would definitely tell me low usage by choice.

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I meant in a garage getting fixed because it had problems..

Maybe I’m just overthinking 😊

[magickate]

My last 3 cars have been ex motorbility cars I've bought when they're 3 years old. All very low mileage, my current one only had £3400 when I collected it. No issues with any of them at all, I'm looking for another one now.

[wanye]

Originally Posted by riversider2014

It is a diesel and an estate - which is what sparked my concerns as they are usually bought to be a workhorse 😊

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mines a diesel estate too! i bought it because i have equipment i need to transport, but thats maybe 50 days a year. and the odd weekend away camping. the rest of the time, it's just being used as a normal car...

[vinlaasmummy07]

Our last two cars have had very low mileage both ex motability, one of our local garages buys them at auction.

[jndt]

We do very little mileage. Dh commutes to work on the train and I walk to work. The oldest 2 get a bus to school and youngest walks. We only use the car for taxiing the kids about and visiting family (2 hours drive away).

[duncanb]

Diesel Filter change.
Oil change .
Oil Filter change.
Air Filter change.
DPF clean .
Should cover everything if no record to show been done recently.