Why so many owners? Help!

ccd18

ccd18

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Hi guys! I wonder if anyone could help me with this…. I’m looking to sell my car soon but I think the amount of previous owners is going to cause me an issue. Does anyone have any idea why some of them have owned the car for such a short time? I’m confused! The car is 2017 plate, golf estate, great condition and 55k miles.

Owner 1 - 3 years, 4 months
Owner 2 - 42 days
Owner 3 - 95 days
Owner 4 - 30 days
Owner 5 - 33 days
Owner 6 - 144 days
Owner 7 (me) - 2 years, 4 months
 
Begbie said:
No one will ever be able to tell you why, don't advertise it and let people do their own research. Some people won't care.
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Yeah, I suppose that’s the only way to go with it. I know no one is able to tell me, I was just wondering if there were any reasons as to why a car would be owned for a short time that I hadn’t known/thought about. I don’t know it businesses would ever use it for a short time or anything like that
 
jpaul said:
how many miles elapsed between annual MOT's too - that would say a lot about owners motives.
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MOT 1 - 35,407

MOT 2 - 36,810

MOT 3 - 44,610

MOT 5 - 55,132



So after the first owner having it for the 3 and a bit years it had the 35k, and then I bought it at the 36,810k MOT mark. So those 5 owners in between only clocked a total of 1403 miles between them, and all had it for such a short time. Most people have suggested it’s probably a case of traders/auctions.
 
Meatball said:
The only thing I can add that’s not already been said is that the car could have been damaged previously and sold through auctions (AIA, CoPart) and repaired. Not all of them are recorded as CAT-N or S on MIAFTR where they should be. If you run a salvage check on it (Vcheck, Car Vertical) they’ll let you know if there’s any salvage history.
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No salvage or damage history on it
 
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