ran a carfax - should i still consider it?

[SportSC4]

So I've been looking for a car now.. for a while. Found one that I like, a 2002 MB CLK430 w/ 40k miles. From what I've seen (it's on the east coast and i'm in Denver) it looks great and comes with nearly everything I want (not sure if it has the pop up rear shade, but no navigation so i can add my own because the oem version sucks)

I ran a carfax. It's had only 1 owner (good), registered as a private lease vehicle in '02, sold at auction in NY as a fleet vehicle in '05. WHA?

So i'm confused. If this was a fleet vehicle, it was probably used and abused. But carfax says it was registered as a private lease vehicle. What do you all think?

 

[Thegonagle]

Lease return vehicles are generally sold at auction, so that's fine. Fleet vehicle probably means it was bought by a company and registered as a company car of some kind. One of the big-wigs probably got to drive it around for awhile, tired of it, and now, here you are. If it's in good shape, there should be no problem.

 

[AMDZen]

Originally posted by: Thegonagle
Lease return vehicles are generally sold at auction, so that's fine. Fleet vehicle probably means it was bought by a company and registered as a company car of some kind. One of the big-wigs probably got to drive it around for awhile, tired of it, and now, here you are. If it's in good shape, there should be no problem.

This just about covers it

 

[cavemanmoron]

people with a lot of money often lease expensive vehicles.

So do medium sized buisness's often,
partly, because if the company goes broke they can turn the car in,
and break the lease easier than selling the car/vehicle.

A new sandwich shop near me, is leasing an Escalade, and has a magnetic
sign on it advertising the place.

Go for it. 🙂