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Car that has not been used for a while

  • 18-05-2010 11:01am
    #1
    obi604
    Registered Users Posts: 5,678 ✭✭✭


    Hello

    Would you buy a car that has been lying on a forecourt for 6 months and rarely used except for test drives ?

    Or is it bad that the car has not been used properly in so long ?


    thoughts ?


Comments

  • #2
    no1beemerfan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,714 ✭✭✭no1beemerfan


    Wouldn't bother me. 6 months is nothing and anyways its been out for test drives in that time. I've a car that I didn't drive for two years four years ago. Still going perfectly!!


  • #3
    Dazzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 594 ✭✭✭Dazzy


    My current car was for sale by the garage for almost a year before I bought it. My mechanic said it was nothing to be worried about and its running fine ever since I bought it 18 months ago (touching wood etc).


  • #4
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    My cars been parked up since start of Jan bar a few weekends. No difference in it at all when I do drive it.


  • #5
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    I had a car that was hardly touched for almost 2 years, once all the consumables was changed it was fine.


  • #6
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    I used to see the same Nissan Micra on a forecourt for over 4 years...never moved an inch, I wouldnt want to be the guy who bought it!


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  • #7
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,478 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    corktina wrote: »
    I wouldnt want to be the guy who bought it!
    Nor would I. Imagine having to drive a Micra :eek:


  • #8
    E39MSport
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,721 ✭✭✭E39MSport


    No.

    - flat spots on tyres
    - seized joints
    - seized brakes
    - batteries
    - ..... rats ;-)

    Some cars don't react that well to being left undriven. I'd rather buy one that has had regular use.


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