Would you buy a car that had 15k OCIs with Mobil One and no oil analyses to support a "good maintenance" claim?
Would you buy a car?
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What kind of car?
What is the mileage?
What was the grade of Mobil 1 used?
Does it have any other receipts for any kind of service besides oil changes?
What is the mileage?
What was the grade of Mobil 1 used?
Does it have any other receipts for any kind of service besides oil changes?
No.
No chance.
I think we used to do this with our old company car BMW 323i. We used once a year or about 15,000 miles for OCI. It still has this once a year service, no idea of what oil they put in though. I just drop it off at the BMW dealer and they give me typically a BMW 5 series as a loaner. Smart way to upsell and get people to trade up.
Figure about 15k per year.
I might, given it is a vehicle with a reputation for durability and came from the factory with synthetic fill. Look, if the person is savvy enough to specify Mobil 1/synthetic as the oil, and dropped major $$ on it's purchase or lease, then it is likely that the person cared something about the vehicle's upkeep. Buying any used vehicle means getting a mechanical inspection - I might insist on an oil analysis on the 15K oil if possible, though. Sounds like you are talking about a 60K Vette with many highway miles and annual oil changes with a highly regarded synthetic. That doesn't sound all that radical given what I've read here and in 3MP's test.
The question begs whether will people now value used Audis, BMWs, MBs and Saabs as much? With these newer cars, the OCI can vary between 10 - 15K miles if they follow the maintenance in the manual or the oil life monitor. Will the used car market for these vehicles crater as they come off lease with factory extended OCIs?
[ May 24, 2004, 04:59 PM: Message edited by: darryld13 ]
The question begs whether will people now value used Audis, BMWs, MBs and Saabs as much? With these newer cars, the OCI can vary between 10 - 15K miles if they follow the maintenance in the manual or the oil life monitor. Will the used car market for these vehicles crater as they come off lease with factory extended OCIs?
[ May 24, 2004, 04:59 PM: Message edited by: darryld13 ]
Darryl, I think that lessees, in general, take less care in maintenance.
There are always exceptions
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In this case, I'd definitely buy it!
But then again, I'd buy any C5 I could afford, that is my all time favorite car, and I hope to get one in summer 2006. I'll probably buy one with higher mileage just to keep it more affordable. Even if I had to rebuild the motor a year or two later it wouldn't bother me, I have enough friends in the LS1 community that I could easily get a new motor for a great price.
Patman, I knew what your answer would be!
2000 Corvette
If:
1 The price were good enough.
2 It wasn't a high mileage car for the age.
3 The engine looked OK inside.
4 An oil analysis now showed decent numbers.
Unfortunately, the owner probably sees nothing wrong with the 15,000 mile OCIs and the average buyer won't even ask, so your bargaining power there is low.
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