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Hi,
I was thinking that with the way the world and the motor industry has changed, (especially with the introduction of electric/hybrid models) is the “mileage” of a car really the best way of evaluating it’s worth and likely reliability and should adverts now contain other more relevant information?
When looking for a car (say on Autotrader) there are many search criteria, but mileage and year are the only two that really relate to condition and reliability.
Part of my work involves boat sales and these are not “graded” by “nautical-miles travelled”. The main criteria are age, engine hours and service history. Readouts from the ECU give accurate details of total engine hours and then a breakdown of those hours by rev-range, So a buyer can see if a boat has been used lightly (say for sailing-club safety boat work) or hard (towing ski/wakeboard, etc) along with it's service history.
So I’m wondering if there are other useful search criteria when buying a car, that would be just as, or more useful than age and mileage?
I’d be interested to know for instance how many times the stop/start has been activated?
Regards
Steve
I was thinking that with the way the world and the motor industry has changed, (especially with the introduction of electric/hybrid models) is the “mileage” of a car really the best way of evaluating it’s worth and likely reliability and should adverts now contain other more relevant information?
When looking for a car (say on Autotrader) there are many search criteria, but mileage and year are the only two that really relate to condition and reliability.
Part of my work involves boat sales and these are not “graded” by “nautical-miles travelled”. The main criteria are age, engine hours and service history. Readouts from the ECU give accurate details of total engine hours and then a breakdown of those hours by rev-range, So a buyer can see if a boat has been used lightly (say for sailing-club safety boat work) or hard (towing ski/wakeboard, etc) along with it's service history.
So I’m wondering if there are other useful search criteria when buying a car, that would be just as, or more useful than age and mileage?
I’d be interested to know for instance how many times the stop/start has been activated?
Regards
Steve