Previous owners

Jono8 · 9 Aug 2012 at 10:52

Just gauging opinion here. Would 5 previous owners for a 55 plate 2006 car put people off?

Jono8 · 9 Aug 2012 at 11:13

It is an Octavia VRS, so no, not that exotic

Jono8 · 9 Aug 2012 at 12:33

last owner aquired vehicle on 6th feb 2010. Hm, its a long way to go to go and see it so i am just working out whether i should bother or not.

Jono8 · 9 Aug 2012 at 12:40

Greebo said:
2 owners is fine IMO especially if the first owner was the garage so it was a pre-registered car.

It has had 5

Jono8 · 9 Aug 2012 at 12:41

crinkleshoes said:
1.5 years of ownership is a decent amount of time, IMO - that wouldn't worry me. I've never owned a car for that long and sold on without issues. The only shed I bought that did have issues, went on ebay with a full list of the known problems for £200 haha.

If it's a long way to go, I'd be asking a lot of questions before making the trek.

What's the car? Is it really that hard to get one in similar spec for similar money nearer to you?

It is a Mk2 Octavia VRS, well spec'd ( well the spec i want anyway) and yes they are a bit few and far between for the 5.5-6.5k mark.

Jono8 · 9 Aug 2012 at 12:46

I just wonder why it had 4 owners in the first 4 years of ownership. Seems a bit dodge. It is a bit reassuring that the last owner has had it for 2.5 years though.

Jono8 · 9 Aug 2012 at 12:54

Relentless81 said:
Personally it would put me off knowing that it wont take long for an example with less owners to appear, its not exactly a rare car

With certain options it is. There are hardly an abundance of them on sale to be fair. within 100 miles of me on Autotrader with under 80000 miles and under £8k there are about 6

Jono8 · 9 Aug 2012 at 12:59

Greebo said:
I know, I was just pointing out in response to people who say they only buy one owner cars that two owners can be acceptable in certain cases

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Yeh 2 owners would not have worried me at all. 5 however....

I have a big decision on my hands. 5 hour round trip and £50 to waste!

Jono8 · 9 Aug 2012 at 13:10

[TW]Fox;22526186 said:
Don't you think there is a season for that and that you should up your budget or pick something more affordable if that's not possible?

No, there are just generally not many for sale within a reasonable distance from where i live. I am hardly looking at the very high mileage nails ( which are more like 4.5-5k)

As many have written on motors including i am sure yourself Fox, why spend 8-9k on an 08 car when it will be the same as an 06 car for ~6k.

My max upper budget is £7k and I hardly think that is unreasonable for a good 06-07 Octavia VRS.

Jono8 · 9 Aug 2012 at 13:11

crinkleshoes said:
^^

Going for the cheapest cars on the market is rarely the best option.

Sometimes you can luck out, however... like I did with my 320d - it was the cheapest for it's year, but there was a valid reason for it (dodgy fix of BMW lacquer peel).

it is not the cheapest car on the market and my budget is by no means unreasonable for a decent 06 VRS.

Jono8 · 10 Aug 2012 at 23:30

Thank you for your input guys. I bought it today. Saw, it and drove it for a good 30 mins and couldnt really fault it.

Has had 5 stamps in the service book, 4 from main dealers. Only blemish is a 15k gap between the 4th and 5th service. Last serviced in August 2011, 6k miles ago so the place i have bought it from are going to give it a full service before collection. No history of the cambelt being done though so the dealer is going to do that for only £200 which i thought was very reasonable.

It is in lovely condition inside and out. Hardly a mark on it. Can't wait to pick it up.

Jono8 · 11 Aug 2012 at 00:25

AndyH_Lufc said:
There are plenty of these about.

There really arent...

. there are 12 within 100 miles of me on autotrader between 5-10k and under 80k miles! A handful have the options i want.

Jono8 · 11 Aug 2012 at 00:27

crinkleshoes said:
I'm going to be evil...

... cheap one at cambelt failure mileage... They bought it cheap part ex, fixed it and just charged you £200 to produce paperwork

(please ignore me, I hope you got a good deal )

Maybe, who knows! I doubt it though as I brought up the whole cambelt issue . Its only done 63k, average miles for its age.

Ill be the first to admit, it was a bit of a gamble, but it is hard to find one of these with xenons,maxidot,dual zone climate, 18 inch alloys e.t.c in a colour i wanted (Red or Blue).

Jono8 · 11 Aug 2012 at 00:47

One reassuring thing about the car that makes me think that it has been looked after by the previous owner (or at least not skimped on) is that it has continental contisport 3's on it all round, as well as a brand new one on the spare.

Always better than it having wan-li's or something at the very least!