Comments on: How many miles should be on a new 07 car that I’m buying new?

By: UCANTCME

UCANTCME — Sun, 24 May 2009 07:40:07 +0000

NOPE, THAT’S FINE………

By: Uncle Leo

Uncle Leo — Thu, 21 May 2009 08:18:56 +0000

This car has probably been test driven several dozen times, or used by sales personnel as a daily car. Bargain hard. If you can’t get a good discount, consider sending e-mails to the Internet departments of several car dealerships, asking them their prices for a comparable vehicle. You can sometimes start an auction that will give you a better price than you can get on the showroom floor.

By: Leslie K

Leslie K — Thu, 21 May 2009 02:00:33 +0000

It’s not unusual if it’s a “remaining” 07. At the dealership I worked at we sometimes had cars that crept up that high. It’s mostly because of test driving. Think about it, if a car’s been on the lot for 6 months and test driven 2 times a week for an average of 5 miles, that’s 240 miles!

Don’t worry about it though because when you buy a car they record the actual mileage at the time of sale and your warranty is moved out to cover over those miles. So instead of having a 30,000 mile warranty you really have a 30,169 mile warranty.

What I’d worry about is why has the car not sold. Look it over carefully for stains or dents or paint chips. Listen to it when you’re riding in it for road noise and feel for any shaking or vibrating. Also – test drive another one that is equipped the same and make sure that it feels and rides the same.

Sometimes cars don’t sell because a dealership bought too many of them, or it’s an odd color. Sometimes they don’t sell because there’s something not quite right.

Good luck to you!

By: dodge man

dodge man — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:18:03 +0000

it has probably been test drove a lot or it could have possibly been used a little by a salesman,either way its going to come with a full warranty on it,and I’m sure if you ask them to they will come down some on the price of it,that’s not unusual to see a new one with a few miles on it,test driving can add up ,that’s low compared to some i have seen,good luck.

By: gearnofear

gearnofear — Sun, 17 May 2009 02:41:24 +0000

It is possibile the car was used at a test drive model. but 169 is just fine. most Brand new cars right off the truck have at least 6 to 20 miles on them. then the dealer may sometimes put another 20 or 30 on them to make sure there are no problems with the car. they do receive TSB on brand new cars and with the TSB will check the car out and make sure it is not going to suffer from the problem. This will take some test driving to be sure. Then you have every other tom dick and larry who have test driven it as well I know my average test drive is often about 4 to 10 miles. you get 5 people at 10 miles thats 50 miles. then put the 30 miles already on the car and where at 80 miles. over 6 months it’s not uncommon for the car to get 200 miles even 300 miles on it before someone buys it.

By: FORD-MAN

FORD-MAN — Fri, 15 May 2009 07:32:44 +0000

Probably used as a demo and by salespeople as a daily driver. Look it over real good, it’s possible it might have already been in an accident.

By: Desiderata

Desiderata — Thu, 14 May 2009 08:29:18 +0000

Nope it’s not. Sometimes dealers have to drive them several hundred miles when they trade a vehicle . Let’s say a dealer in Ohio has a car in a color that a dealer in Kentucky wants. Many times they’ll make a trade and the dealer in Ohio will have one of their people drive the car to Ohio and drive the other car back. I know this because my husband use to be in car sales and to make some extra money my husband would do it for the dealership he worked at.

By: thefly119

thefly119 — Thu, 14 May 2009 01:19:51 +0000

That is a bit high for a new car. But you are pretty safe in still buying it. I would ask the dealer why so high, and maybe they will lower the price. My new car had fewer than 20 miles.

By: RiverRat

RiverRat — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:01:53 +0000

The end of year prices should make this a very attractive deal for you and the fact that it has been taken to lunch by the
Sales Staff and test driven on several occasions does not make it a bad buy… make them work for the sale and get you a good deal……..good luck

By: andre0504

andre0504 — Wed, 13 May 2009 10:00:57 +0000

yes it appears that the car salesmen have used this vehicle ask it always is the best