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Thinking of buying a 2011 car, but this history?

  • 09-08-2019 3:12pm
    #1
    shnaek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,179 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    I just wanted your thoughts on this. I'm looking at buying a 2011 car from a garage in Dublin. I've driven it and it drove well, and the car looks great. I just did a history check on it there -
    It's a UK import - UK owner had it 5 years 5 months.
    It was brought into Ireland and the first Irish owner had it 7 months
    The second Irish owner had it 5 months and never even taxed it
    The third Irish owner had it 1year and 7 months, and it was untaxed for 2 months during that time.

    How does that history sound to you?
    Thanks in advance


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  • #2
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    The history that matters is write off status and maintenance. I dont care who had the car and if they paid tax.


  • #3
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Irish write off history is patchy at best.


    Link to the ad/seller?


  • #4
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Irish write off history is patchy at best.


    Link to the ad/seller?

    Yeah but it's a uk import.


  • #5
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Dravokivich wrote: »
    Yeah but it's a uk import.

    But any funniness probably happened after it got to Ireland.


  • #6
    shnaek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,179 ✭✭✭shnaek


    It just strikes me as strange that the car was brought in, only held onto for 7 months, then only held onto for 5 months. The story of the car from that point alone says both Irish owners must have been unhappy with it, apart from the tax issue. Maybe I am reading too much into it.
    My current car is an import. The UK owner had it 4 years, the first Irish owner 3 years, and I've had it 3 years. That sort of history would give me confidence in a car.


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  • #7
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    You are correct.


  • #8
    theintern
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 598 ✭✭✭theintern


    If it's concerning you, I'd walk away. Unless it's something really rare that won't come up again, just keep looking. Find something that doesn't set off alarm bells in your head.


  • #9
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,316 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    shnaek wrote: »
    The second Irish owner had it 5 months and never even taxed it
    Sounds like the owner decided to sell it than tax it again.
    shnaek wrote: »
    The third Irish owner had it 1year and 7 months, and it was untaxed for 2 months during that time.
    So they took it off road for two months. Was this two months in the middle of ownership, or near the end? As in; has he only had it taxed now as he intends on selling it?


  • #10
    shnaek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,179 ✭✭✭shnaek


    the_syco wrote: »
    So they took it off road for two months. Was this two months in the middle of ownership, or near the end? As in; has he only had it taxed now as he intends on selling it?

    It was in the middle.

    Thanks for all the feedback from everyone here. My instinct is to give this one a skip.


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