Try this handy little site:
It may not be what you're after gives the number of owners on the car and other intersting information.
Thats a very interesting site. I just ran a check on a car I almost bought at the weekend and it says that it had 3 owners, garage is claiming only 2 owners.
I thought that as well but last car I bought was out of garage and I checked this out also and amount of owners added up and didnt include the garage.
Not sure about that one - maybe if the car was only just traded in and was with the garage for only a day or something it never got officially registered to the garage? I'd guess to avoid unnecessary paperwork garages maybe hold off on doing anything for a week or so in case the car moves quickly - only a guess though.
Anyway, for anything relating to your new car purchase, I'd strongly recommend Bernard Kelly (above) for a very thorough mechanical and history check (no connection BTW).
Have used him a number of times - excellent service.
Cheers for that. Have v reliable mechanic though, its the dealers that are a prob, dont want to give proper warranties .
Yeah, think you were saying this on another post (or maybe it was someone else). Sounds a little strange to me.
I always buy 2nd hand and have never been offered anything less than 1 year warranty - in fact on a couple of occasions I've gone a week or two over the year and the garage still repaired minor things (e.g. horn not working) free of charge.
What are the dealers offering you? Are the cars you are looking at more than 7 years old maybe? (sometimes decent warranties are difficult to get on cars this age).
wont get a full warranty anywhere
Absolute rubbish. My advice would be to go outside Dublin - if you buy a car with a good reliability rep it will be very unlikely that you will have to go back to the dealer within the year anyway. From outside of warranty onwards - just use your local mechanic.
Outside of Dublin you will probably pay less and will almost certainly get your 1 year warranty on any 02 car.
foxylady, I just typed a few reg's in to that site, maybe not 100%.
It does ask you to "choose" how many owners!
Jeff 24, I understand that, but foxylady was taking the site that it was bible and thought the garage was pulling the wool over her eyes as they said a car she looked at had fewer owners that the web site and hence was now not going to buy from the dealer.
On a car that 5 years old ('02) how much warranty do you expect?
If you got a warranty for 3 or 6 months that would cover anything that could go wrong with Engine/Gearbox. But when people come back with shocks/clutch/ bushings etc that have signs of wear as the car is 5 years old. Then they "go" and require replacing. How does a garage make a profit?
Does it get a 5 year old car, replace everything and then put a price way out of line with the market and never sell it but put a full years warranty on it and use this as it's sell point?
Or does it service the car, replace the parts the car requires now and offer a 3 month warranty and if it comes back in that time, fix it. At that we may or may not make a profit.
Jeff 24, I understand that, but foxylady was taking the site that it was bible and thought the garage was pulling the wool over her eyes as they said a car she looked at had fewer owners that the web site and hence was now not going to buy from the dealer.
On a car that 5 years old ('02) how much warranty do you expect?
If you got a warranty for 3 or 6 months that would cover anything that could go wrong with Engine/Gearbox. But when people come back with shocks/clutch/ bushings etc that have signs of wear as the car is 5 years old. Then they "go" and require replacing. How does a garage make a profit?
Does it get a 5 year old car, replace everything and then put a price way out of line with the market and never sell it but put a full years warranty on it and use this as it's sell point?
Or does it service the car, replace the parts the car requires now and offer a 3 month warranty and if it comes back in that time, fix it. At that we may or may not make a profit.
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