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Originally Posted by RabidRat
The issue with buying an older car is that these people could really get hosed by random unexpected repair costs that you can't defer (since it's probably their only car). I keep thinking back to my CPO '08 GTI w/ 70k kms on it that needed an entire engine replacement. Or my subsequent '08 Mini Cooper S with 35k miles on it - not under warranty but what could go wrong at 35k miles? - immediately needed a clutch replacement ($4k USD due to how complicated it is to do on these cars), and then random knocking, and then also a leaking turbo, which I got quoted thousands of dollars more to fix, at which point I noped the fk outta there..
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That sounds more like a Euro issue than an older car issue. 70k and 35k aren't even "older", anyone commuting hits that pretty quickly.