Car I'm going to view has had 7 previous owners does that matter still with high value cars and tax situation as I always thought it was a pig to sell on with alot of pre owners ??

How old is the car?

Would worry me a little, but could be pre reg car thats simply been sold a few times. depends on the age really but id probably do a bit more checking over the car prior to purchase if i did go ahead.

My run around Civic Type R has 11 previous owners

A lot of owners would put me off a high value car/prestige like a RR, but not something old and cheap like my Civic. Current: 06 RR Sport HSE TDV6, Bonatti grey, black leather. Defender 90 pick up. Vito 110cdi

Previous: Mercedes CLS, BMW 330cd M sport, Nissan 200sx, Impreza STi, EP3 Civic Type R

I'd be concerned if a car had gone through more owners than age in years...

Begs the question "why are they moving it on" would stick in my head... maybe a troublesome car... RRS gone
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2007 57 plate
Puts me right off I know alot of the time it will be same owner but put into diff names to avoid tax or whatever they do it for but how u know it's not a turn passed about like a bad smell

7 owners on a 57 plate is 3-4 too many in my opinion.

Virgin1 wrote:

2007 57 plate
Puts me right off I know alot of the time it will be same owner but put into diff names to avoid tax or whatever they do it for but how u know it's not a turn passed about like a bad smell

I'm not sure how it stands with the 7 owners or how to find out Dvla won't hand that info out will they log book will only say previous owner it's all very of putting to me and the wife is the same think when it came to resale no one would be interested in a car with 8 pre owners and would 8 people have cherished and looked after a car like the bloke who bought it new and had it 5 years

I think you have answered your own question  Paul

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I think ur right ........

Depends really. A car with two owners might look like a better bet than one with 4 owners, but if both had one bad owner in their history then they could be as bad/good as each other under the skin. If a car is owned by someone who can't really afford it (and we see people in here asking about how to get cheap RRS because they can't really afford one) then it's unlikely to have been looked after. Shiny wheels and paintwork at the time of sale just shows that they can clean it - but the oily bits are what is important here, not the paintwork. A big pile of paperwork showing that work had been done when required is as good an indication as one can hope for really.

If you're really lucky, a second hand car will come with a file of receipts etc. for its entire life but you'd have to be very, very lucky to find that on anything that had been through more than 2 owners.

The thing is, with a second hand car you have no way of knowing what has really happened to it in the past. All second hand cars are a gamble. 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

Agree completely with RRSTDV8 - buying a second hand car is a gamble. I bought mine from a small dealer and we had some early niggles on it, but I've sorted them and now enjoying it.

To answer RRSBoy's question - Yes it will show as a different owner - my RRS was previously bought through a company and then sold to the owner of said company - counts as 2 owners...........

I think the important thing is the history of the car - does it have FSH, do you have bills etc, and the level of warranty it comes with.

And remember - in my experience, and it seems many others on this forum, these cars WILL go wrong and need to be fixed with an injection of cash

Good luck,

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RRS_PAT wrote:

To answer RRSBoy's question - Yes it will show as a different owner - my RRS was previously bought through a company and then sold to the owner of said company - counts as 2 owners......

I believe so yes as you are changing the 'registered keeper'  ON THE WAY: BMW F21 M140i
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