looking at a 225 in the morning, need help!

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PAULHOULDEN
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looking at a 225 in the morning, need help!

Postby PAULHOULDEN » Sat May 12, 2012 8:28 pm

travelling 100 miles to look at a 05 black 225 tomoro, it has 52,000 and has had a cambelt change, not fsh but its got 5 stamps, only thing is its had 6 owners, should i stay away or look for anything specific? thanks for any reply, Paul

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Re: looking at a 225 in the morning, need help!

Postby morganjake1544 » Sun May 13, 2012 5:34 pm

Six owners in seven years would worry me. What do each of them find so awful that they sell up so quickly?
I wouldn't waste the fuel on a 200 mile round trip. But that's just my opinion.

It could be a fantastic car and all six owners could have had a genuine reason to sell, but consider that at some point you will be trying to sell it with 'seven careful owners' ! :shock:

I'd wait it out, there'll be another along soon.

:)

PS. Sorry to sound negative, but I was a salesman then sales manager in a Renault dealership for six years and without fail the cars with lots of owners (which we took in as p/x's) were the ones with lots of problems.
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Re: looking at a 225 in the morning, need help!

Postby davelowe » Sun May 13, 2012 10:06 pm

morganjake1544 wrote:Six owners in seven years would worry me. What do each of them find so awful that they sell up so quickly?
I wouldn't waste the fuel on a 200 mile round trip. But that's just my opinion.

It could be a fantastic car and all six owners could have had a genuine reason to sell, but consider that at some point you will be trying to sell it with 'seven careful owners' ! :shock:

I'd wait it out, there'll be another along soon.

:)

PS. Sorry to sound negative, but I was a salesman then sales manager in a Renault dealership for six years and without fail the cars with lots of owners (which we took in as p/x's) were the ones with lots of problems.


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