« Reply #12 on: 31 December 2020, 11:37 »
If you’re looking to keep long term, i wouldn’t buy it because it’s a sign that the car may not have been well treated.
If you’re only going to keep for a couple of years, buy it.
I’d go with that too.
A friend of mine works for a hire and leasing company and they use tyre depot type places for the basic servicing (will assume they use a grade of oil that’ll be manufacturer approved) and non franchise body shops for any bodywork or paint repairs. I know they sell a lot of their cars to Arnold Clark and Bristol Street amongst other big chains.
I think whoever my work use for staff lease vehicles on a full maintenance and tyres regime also use Kwik Fit style depots for servicing etc.
The car will only be as good as the person who leased it, some will look after them reasonably well and some will just treat it like any of their other domestic appliances at best.
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