V8V Please help

[roddo]

Hi guys
I'm thinking of buying a v8v as a toy. It will probably only get used a couple of times a month as I have a range rover for work and my wife has a car that we use when we go out with my daughter...

So I'm looking for advise.....
What are the higher milage cars like eg around 40,000 miles?
Do I spend more for a newer car or go for a 06 plate one?

All advise/opinions welcome

Paul

[997GT3]

As with most cars, the best one to go for is the newest and lowest mileage car you can afford. Ensure the history is spot on, and buy on condition.

[bogie]

nothing wrong with one with 40K miles on to be fair - mine has 44K on a Jan06, and drives just like it was when new

interior is showing slight signs of wear on the drivers side bolster

exterior has stone ships on front and rear arches

it could do with a good clean n polish

other than that, you would struggle to tell its 4 years old with 40K + on the clock

however, I think you may find the odd car thats been used daily with 30,40, even 50K on the clock now....but for just a few grand more, there are cars with 1/2 the mileage or less

For the sake of another £5K, Id sooner have a car with 1/2 the miles, just as it will be better come resale...but I put 10K a year on mine (or more) so thats important to me to have a low miler

as you will doing less miles, you could probably buy a high miler, keep it a few years an even out the mileage on it year wise ....that would only be worth it, if you get a leggy car, cheap enough though

[Jay_Davis]

As bogie said, the trick seems to be to buy a car that's been used the opposite way you've will use it. If you will drive it every day, get a lower mileage car. If you are not going to drive it a lot, get a car that has been driven every day. If a car is kept well, the only way you'll be able to tell that car has been driven every day is the odometer.


As a side note, low mileage isn't always a good thing. I get just as concerned with a very low mileage car as a very high mile cars. Things happen to cars when they just sit idle.

[Murph7355]

997GT3 said:

...the best one to go for is the newest and lowest mileage car you can afford. ...

Disagree.

997GT3 said:

...buy on condition.

Agree.

For someone putting next to no miles on a car, just using it as an occasional drive, I'd personally not pay a premium for a low miles car. And whether the improvements on the newer cars are worth a premium is largely down to the buyer...

The limited use will eventually see the overall mileage on the car "corrected", but the higher miles now may net a car at a better price. So the eventual loss will be less.

Further more, these cars do not like being stood unused, and there are still "common" issues being experienced on cars as they get older. A car with miles on it will likely have many of these items addressed already...if it's been looked after.

I'd look for a well used car that has been properly looked after and had all the common niggles sorted.

[Steve*B]

Murph7355 said:

Further more, these cars do not like being stood unused, and there are still "common" issues being experienced on cars as they get older.

Surely this is a contradiction as you're suggesting that whatever the age of the car then 'common' problems will still be experienced

Additionally, I've yet to see it confirmed that a car, as recent in manufacture as the Vantage, will go 'off' like an uneaten banana if it's used infrequently....but I'm happy to be corrected