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      04-06-2017, 05:25 PM   #1
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Any thoughts on my used car test drive?

24,000 miles - 2014 car...at a "supermarket" at below BMW rates.

Tyres at the rear were on 3.4mm
Fronts about 4mm

Required brakes in 3000 miles front.

Required rear brakes in 9000 miles...

Why would a 2 owner car be on the end of its tyres and brakes for such low miles....?

Condition looked ok - steering felt a fraction heavy...

Car was £27,000 sold as seen - no warranty...!

Needs £1000 tyres
£1000 brakes
£1300 warranty in August 2017.

High spec - but quite a bit of hassle buying it and then throwing it in for all sorts of work. I would be owner 3...

Was hoping if it was £30,300 all told, that I might get back £19k in two years with under 60k miles????
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      04-06-2017, 11:42 PM   #2
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Tire does finish very fast.
Car is very heavy and EBD, even you don't apply it, computer will still apply it on it own.
If it drove it high speed most of the time, acceptable.
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      04-07-2017, 07:48 AM   #3
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Never go by the mileage for determining a brake change. You can use $125 tires each and it would work. Just look at the thickness from the outside to determine if it needs brakes or not. If you can still see some thickness then it's ok. You just need to reset the brake computer so it doesn't show up as brakes need to be changed now.
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