How many miles are too many for a "New" car

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Imdmn04
Considering each test drive is about 1-2 miles

What the hell kind of piss-poor excuses for test drives do you take?

- M4H

 

[fbrdphreak]

My car had two miles on it when I bought it, brand new two weeks ago. I know new cars are a waste of money, but I wanted to have that untouched new car experience once in my life

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: fbrdphreak
My car had two miles on it when I bought it, brand new two weeks ago. I know new cars are a waste of money, but I wanted to have that untouched new car experience once in my life

It's kind of nice to have a car that no one has ever farted in before...

 

[fbrdphreak]

Originally posted by: BoomerD

Originally posted by: fbrdphreak
My car had two miles on it when I bought it, brand new two weeks ago. I know new cars are a waste of money, but I wanted to have that untouched new car experience once in my life

It's kind of nice to have a car that no one has ever farted in before...

Got a checkmark on that one

Now just gotta get me and the lil' lady in the back of that beast....

 

[chambersc]

mine had 36 miles on it when i bought in march.....sweeet.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: StompAWOT
...is 100 miles too much?

no

 

[BlancoNino]

Originally posted by: MetalMat
Just buy a used car, dont get ripped into buying a new car.

QFT, you can buy the exact same used car with 5,000 miles on it for thousands less.

 

[StompAWOT]

Originally posted by: BlancoNino

Originally posted by: MetalMat
Just buy a used car, dont get ripped into buying a new car.

QFT, you can buy the exact same used car with 5,000 miles on it for thousands less.

If I can I can't find it!

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: BoomerD
May have just been on several test drives, or demo'd...I looked at a "new" Ford F-150 a couple of weeks, that had been a "demo", driven by the owner of the dealership's father. Had just over 4000 miles on it, and they wanted to call it NEW, and sell it for the full price...I walked away.

By law, a car is no longer able to be sold as new once the mileage exceeds 3000. Good for you for walking away.


To the OP: how the miles got there is the issue. I bought my car with about 200 miles on it, but I got it exactly the way I wanted it, and at a great deal (below invoice), but they had to dealer trade it down from the Seattle area (~180 miles away). No biggie IMO. OTOH, if all those 100 miles are from test drive after test drive, you might want to steer clear.
A long time ago, I used to work in the new car delivery biz, where they take new cars off the boats and rails and put them on the piggyback trucks and so forth. Gentle treatment is not common.

 

[amdhunter]

Originally posted by: fbrdphreak
My car had two miles on it when I bought it, brand new two weeks ago. I know new cars are a waste of money, but I wanted to have that untouched new car experience once in my life

There is no better feeling.

 

[Rogodin2]

That's a great car! I'd get a little solid with demanding a lower price.

Rogo

 

[thescreensavers]

One time I got a loaner that had 1 mile on it

 

[flexy]

Originally posted by: BoomerD
May have just been on several test drives, or demo'd...I looked at a "new" Ford F-150 a couple of weeks, that had been a "demo", driven by the owner of the dealership's father. Had just over 4000 miles on it, and they wanted to call it NEW, and sell it for the full price...I walked away.

lolmao

 

[z0mb13]

Mine had 16 miles when I bought it

 

[brtspears2]

I drove my Mazda6 off the lot with 0.5 miles for the test drive. Bought it with 12 miles.

 

[RelaxTheMind]

my 07 mazda 3 that i just got had .7m when I saw it hot off the truck and 3 miles on it when i drove it off the lot the next day...

I always thought they had to test drive it and such for other purposes to test stuff.... I guess 2.3m is enough

 

[Eli]

In my opinion, 10.

If I was going to buy a brand new car, I would go through any lengths needed to ensure that the car I get has never been test driven.

 

[SampSon]

Neighboring dealers will trade specific vehicles for a customer, and many get manually driven for delivery.

 

[thedarkwolf]

People worry way to much about this stiff. Even if it had the crap beat out of it for 100 miles its not going to hurt anything. If anything the engine will be broke in better and quicker. I follow the beat the crap out of it break in method though.

 

[compuwiz1]

WTF? Your warranty starts the day you buy the car, and whatever the factory warranty is, it will be plus, whatever the car has when you take delivery.

As soon as a car rolls, and the odometer is connected it accumulates mileage. Test drives, factory testing, moving about the lot, etc, will all impact the odometer reading.

You will not be able to buy a car with zero miles.

And, finally, I have to ask, how anal are you? Would a dealer even want you as a customer? You sound like someone with whom the dealer writes "scramble" on the coversheet of the deal

Anal people are never happy and they bring down a dealership's CSI ratings. Bad CSI can result in hundreds of thousands in incentive money being lost. .

 

[StompAWOT]

Originally posted by: compuwiz1
WTF? Your warranty starts the day you buy the car, and whatever the factory warranty is, it will be plus, whatever the car has when you take delivery.

As soon as a car rolls, and the odometer is connected it accumulates mileage. Test drives, factory testing, moving about the lot, etc, will all impact the odometer reading.

You will not be able to buy a car with zero miles.

And, finally, I have to ask, how anal are you? Would a dealer even want you as a customer? You sound like someone with whom the dealer writes "scramble" on the coversheet of the deal

Anal people are never happy and they bring down a dealership's CSI ratings. Bad CSI can result in hundreds of thousands in incentive money being lost. .

Whoa - sorry I don't buy new cars every 2 years, and consequently don't have a great appreciation for what is the norm. We're planning on buying the car, I've been fair with the dealer (gave him some nice aftermarket sales @ serious markup since I feel I got a good deal) but wanted to get joe-car-buyer's opinion. Based on the results here I don't think my question was that out of line or out of pattern with the way consumers think.

 

[funboy6942]

Originally posted by: NuclearNed
I test drove a vehicle that had over 1000 (yes, one thousand) miles on it. The dealership was selling it as new. Not only that, the salesmen were really pushing it hard - kind of like management was giving whoever sold it a bonus. I asked about the mileage, and it seems like they said it was a repo, but they were selling it for full price anyway. I don't know how they get away with doing stuff like that.

Untill the title gets processed into a persons name, no matter how many miles are put onto the car it is still considered a new car, by law. Once the title is processed it then becomes used.

There is good and bad to this though. If your looking for a super sweet deal buy a "new" car one year later. It still comes with the full manufactures warranty. The warranty doesnt come into effect though till the day you title it NOT the day it rolls of the line

So you buy a 2006 at the end of 2007 its warranty period starts the day you buy it in 2007 no matter the miles. You will get a sweet ass deal buying last years new models if you can find them. Unfortunatly some have miles and that will not change so you need to pick one with the lowest.

But for you op I thought I would never see the day when 100 miles is thought to be too many miles for a new car

 

[Imdmn04]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: Imdmn04
Considering each test drive is about 1-2 miles

What the hell kind of piss-poor excuses for test drives do you take?

- M4H

Well in most urban neighborhood dealers, you are not gonna be driving on some winding twisty road with trees on the side. Most test drives in those dealerships involve of going around block couple of times, which is about 1-2 miles.