Used car - kilometers

[swazz99jhb]

Hi

I'm in need to buy a "new" secondhand car. How do I determine how much kilometers is to much?

My VW Polo 1.6i Classic now has 105000km on it and the clutch is gone. So on a 70000km car it might go in a year again and cost me R11k.

Also any ideas on a new car? I need a bit more power than my current 74kw. R150 000 - R175 000

Tx

 

[xrapidx]

Depends on the car - I wouldn't but anything with a max of 10,000km per year.

BTW - my clutch went at 110,000km on the S2000

And the Hilux at 135,000km - both went one month appart from each other

 

[Dolby]

I always thought 20,000km average.

I bought my 'new' secondhand car with 40,000km on the clock, which sounded excessive. But when looking closer, it is March 2008 and done about 2,000km per month - which is OK by me.

 

[Fazda]

Ex Rental cars are always worth looking at, and they are all traded in at 30 000 or one year.

Despite being driven by 10 million idiots, they are at least very well maintained, and you can guarantee that they have had all teething niggles sorted out by Avis/Eurocar etc. before you lay your eyes on them.

That aside, "Book" prices are based on a 20 000/year average, so you can play around with that figure in mind.

 

[swazz99jhb]

Thanks for all the quick replies.

Frazda, where would I be able to see the secondhand "Rentals". I think my current car was one but I bought it from VW.

Tx

 

[jay-co]

stay away from rentals.
have you seen how people drive a rental. sjoe....

 

[Fazda]

Thanks for all the quick replies.

Frazda, where would I be able to see the secondhand "Rentals". I think my current car was one but I bought it from VW.

Tx

Second hand rentals are usually offloaded on companies like Auto Pedigree...VW's often end up back with Mastercars when they are looking for decent stock, but AP will give you the widest range to choose from.

 

[MadMailMan]

stay away from rentals.
have you seen how people drive a rental. sjoe....

NOTHING REVVVVVS LIKE A RENTAL!!!!!

Seriously there are a couple Avis cars in Jhb that I have driven that I wouldn't like to drive again.

 

[wizdumb]

I always thought 20,000km average.

I bought my 'new' secondhand car with 40,000km on the clock, which sounded excessive. But when looking closer, it is March 2008 and done about 2,000km per month - which is OK by me.

i agree, 20k km is the norm

[/quote]Frazda, where would I be able to see the secondhand "Rentals". I think my current car was one but I bought it from VW[/quote]

dunno if i would buy an ex-rental, as you've heard the saying drive as you've stole/rented it ...imo

 

[xrapidx]

With the excess on rentals - I've always been gentle on 'em.

 

[swazz99jhb]

Rental or not, you don't really know what you're buying.

Should I be scared of buying a car from a specific region? Say like Lenasia

 

[Fazda]

As I said above...I have no trouble with rentals at all...they may have been driven by a bunch of palookas, but they are maintained far better than the average used car that you will come across....they also have their mileage put on very quickly, so the motors are usually as strong as hell.

RENTALS ROCK!!

 

[Sapcat]

Dude if you land up with one of my previous rentals, your next car might be a boat !!

 

[ALFAHOLIC]

Yep depends...when I bought my car my specifcations were, red, 2 door, 147, new engine, low km's...low and behold...found a red one, 2 doors, 57000kms with an engine that was replaced at 50 000kms...so low can mean different to most people...some would not look at a car with a new engine, meaning it broke before and why.To me low is below 80 000kms...

Buy what you like, you had VW, go for Audi and VW polow or something...

 

[swazz99jhb]

Does Audi have something like Mastercars website where I can start looking?

 

[Fazda]

Does Audi have something like Mastercars website where I can start looking?

Mastercars covers VAG, so it should be in the same place.

 

[xrapidx]

My first financed car was a Mastercar - VW Golf 4, I discovered after about a year that it was in a bad accident - back axle was still cracked.

 

[Dolby]

How did you find out?

 

[HapticSimian]

Does Audi have something like Mastercars website where I can start looking?

Pre-owned Audi locator

And Zeda is probably the best place to pick up an ex-rental, although I'll vouch for a lot of the decent ones finding their way back to franchised dealer showrooms.

 

[hyperian]

BTW - my clutch went at 110,000km on the S2000

The clutch of my jetta was fine until about 200,000km, and then started to get loose so I changed it as a precautionary measure