Would you buy a new car with 61 miles on the Odometer?

[Linux23]

2005 Nissan Maxima SL with everything. Dealers have left over 04's on the lot which does not include Navigation. Very few 05's at the dealerships, this is the only one i found that included all of the options that I wanted.

So, would any of you guys buy this car with 61 miles on it?

 

[TuxDave]

Why not?

 

[StageLeft]

Of course, I would say that's average for the new cars I've test driven.

 

[Wuffsunie]

If the price is good and the warrenty is too... why not?

 

[Tremulant]

Yeah, why not? Hell, when I was first looking for cars I put 60 miles on a Mustang GT during the test drive (didn't get it though, ended up being too expensive after everything).

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

That wasn't the car they used for test drives, was it?

 

[ElFenix]

yes.

i woudlnt' buy one with over 1000. probably not one over 500.

of course, mileage can be negotiated into price paid, so if a car had 10000 miles on it, but had never been stickered, i'd take it given a good price drop.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Auto manufacturors are not required to sell a vehicle as used if it's got less than 5000 miles on it.

 

[Demo24]

61 miles mean they did some high speed runs with the raddar detector and gto gas

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: AgaBooga
That wasn't the car they used for test drives, was it?

Yes - it's not likely that it was 61 miles from the truck or shipyard to the dealership. It's rare that you can buy a new car that hasn't been test driven at least once. On the plus side, dealers usually travel with the test drivers these days, so the car probably wasn't _brutally_ flogged; only fairly badly beaten on.

 

[Eli]

No.

If I ever buy a new car, my goal will be one with less than 1 mile on it.

 

[Squisher]

61 miles is typical.

 

[Linux23]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
Of course, I would say that's average for the new cars I've test driven.

average? how in gods name could the mileage be so high on a new car that just rolled off the assembly line unless the manager took the car to the Jersey shore for the weekend for a helluva test drive.

i don't know. it worries me because the salesman told me to push that same car to its limits and to "test the brakes" by doing a hard stop. needless to say i just couldn't do it.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Linux23

Originally posted by: Skoorb
Of course, I would say that's average for the new cars I've test driven.

average? how in gods name could the mileage be so high on a new car that just rolled off the assembly line unless the manager took the car to the Jersey shore for the weekend for a helluva test drive.

i don't know. it worries me because the salesman told me to push that same car to its limits and to "test the brakes" by doing a hard stop. needless to say i just couldn't do it.

Yeah, it leaves a nasty taste in my mouth too.

I'd make the dealership let me pick the car up at the port if I had to. I don't want a car that has been driven by God knows who.

 

[mugs]

My car has 134 miles on it when I bought it new.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: Linux23

Originally posted by: Skoorb
Of course, I would say that's average for the new cars I've test driven.

average? how in gods name could the mileage be so high on a new car that just rolled off the assembly line unless the manager took the car to the Jersey shore for the weekend for a helluva test drive.

i don't know. it worries me because the salesman told me to push that same car to its limits and to "test the brakes" by doing a hard stop. needless to say i just couldn't do it.

If it just came off I guess it could have been a long trip from the shipping yard?

You may not want to drive the card hard, but everyone else does - unless they think it's the one they may buy.

Really though 61 miles is not bad.

 

[Kntx]

It's either from test drives or being driven over from another dealership, nothin to worry about anyways. Don't worry too much about it having been driven hard. Not that it hasn't been driven hard, it's that every new car bought from a dealership has been burned out in, e-brake turned, skidded and bumped into things. It happens at the plant, and at the dealership.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Kntx
It's either from test drives or being driven over from another dealership, nothin to worry about anyways. Don't worry too much about it having been driven hard. Not that it hasn't been driven hard, it's that every new car bought from a dealership has been burned out in, e-brake turned, skidded and bumped into things. It happens at the plant, and at the dealership.

Not if I can help it.

I'll call around until someone is willing to accomodate me. If I'm buying a new car, I want it to be brand new. No test drives. None.

When you buy something at the store that has been "test driven"(display model), you will get a discount.

 

[Linux23]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Kntx
It's either from test drives or being driven over from another dealership, nothin to worry about anyways. Don't worry too much about it having been driven hard. Not that it hasn't been driven hard, it's that every new car bought from a dealership has been burned out in, e-brake turned, skidded and bumped into things. It happens at the plant, and at the dealership.

Not if I can help it.

I'll call around until someone is willing to accomodate me. If I'm buying a new car, I want it to be brand new. No test drives. None.

When you buy something at the store that has been "test driven"(display model), you will get a discount.

true, but before you can take delivery of a car, the service manager has to do a test drive in it. so, in theory you really can't get a new car with 0 miles on it.

i'd say 15-20 miles should be the acceptable norm.

 

[imported_judge]

depends, if price is right, color that i like. Got good deal over all from dealership then yes. I got my car with 11 miles

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Kntx
It's either from test drives or being driven over from another dealership, nothin to worry about anyways. Don't worry too much about it having been driven hard. Not that it hasn't been driven hard, it's that every new car bought from a dealership has been burned out in, e-brake turned, skidded and bumped into things. It happens at the plant, and at the dealership.

Not if I can help it.

I'll call around until someone is willing to accomodate me. If I'm buying a new car, I want it to be brand new. No test drives. None.

When you buy something at the store that has been "test driven"(display model), you will get a discount.

It's easier said than done though. Dealerships just let people drive a lot of vehicles and would have to special order, in many cases, one with your exact options that has no miles. That can take a while sometimes...

 

[welst10]

my car had 7 miles. 61 seems high. I heard many people abuse the car in test drive.

 

[mchammer187]

a car with 61 miles sure

but definitely not a new maxima

http://www.dieselstation.com/w...an-Maxima-2004-001.jpg
bleh

 

[Linux23]

Originally posted by: mchammer187
a car with 61 miles sure

but definitely not a new maxima

http://www.dieselstation.com/w...an-Maxima-2004-001.jpg
bleh

have you test driven one. all is can say is NISSAN_DRIVEN.

 

[Viperoni]

I'd try to get something knocked off the price, but it's nothing to worry about.

To Linux23: If you never step on your brakes hard, especially before you buy the car, how would you know what it does when you actually have to step on the brakes hard?