Num of owners

[Renegade Master]

Guys,
Called up a main dealer who was selling a CSL.
Apart from the salesman having no clue about the product he was trying to sell he did say the car had 7 previous owners and for a 2004 car I thought that was pretty high. Mileage is 29k so that's basically each owner covered an average 4k miles each.

Does anyone think 7 owners is pretty high baring in mind I'm lucky if I'll own the car 1 year?

Thanks

[shane@mbtech]

Guys,
Called up a main dealer who was selling a CSL.
Apart from the salesman having no clue about the product he was trying to sell he did say the car had 7 previous owners and for a 2004 car I thought that was pretty high. Mileage is 29k so that's basically each owner covered an average 4k miles each.

Does anyone think 7 owners is pretty high baring in mind I'm lucky if I'll own the car 1 year?

Thanks

Pretty much reasoned why so many owners with that statement.

Most are used as second cars and most then decide they dont use it enough, most people are also well off who swap and change cars like socks, much like I tend to do:thumbs:

Buy on condition and use it as a bargainig tool, they would if they were bidding your car

[alexk]

I think it is.

[shimmy]

I think it is.

and me,

i would expect average being 1 per 2 years for CSLs

(mine is 3 owners)

[jibm]

so is he saying that its had 7 previous owners, so thats 8 in total?

i think thats quite high either way..mine has 4 previous

[Renegade Master]

Giving it a miss.

[Andyk]

and me,

i would expect average being 1 per 2 years for CSLs

(mine is 3 owners)

Don't agree 1 per a year...these do tend to change hands often because of the nature of the car. People buy them scratch the itch and move on to something else (christ nows what).....not always the case mind but they are a specialist market.

[Trawler]

Go on condition, invoices, test drive etc and if possible speak to previous owners. I bought a 3 owner car (30 months old) in preference to a one owner that looked the dogs b***s. On the test drive it turned out to be a real dog.

[alexk]

I am the second owner of mine.
Previous owner was a quite serious bloke and was treating the car good.

I believe that if someone gets a car and is planning to sell it soon, he won't take care about the car unless he is a mazohist (or a real real car friend).

[shimmy]

Don't agree 1 per a year...these do tend to change hands often because of the nature of the car. People buy them scratch the itch and move on to something else (christ nows what).....not always the case mind but they are a specialist market.

not really sure what your saying Andy?

[mattCSLnut]

Go on condition, invoices, test drive etc and if possible speak to previous owners. I bought a 3 owner car (30 months old) in preference to a one owner that looked the dogs b***s. On the test drive it turned out to be a real dog.

I totally agree :thumbs: Go on condition of the car and GOOD service history with many invoices to back up the stamps in the S.H. book, then a TEST drive and up close inspection. I did and ended up with a FANTASTIC CSL. Six previous owners, one per year (previous owner only had it for 6 months) This seems quite reasonable for a SIX year old SPECIALIST car. There are many 3 year old Porsches out there with three or more owners, often Porsche themselves being the first. Good condition above all else, IMHO :whistle:

[azrael]

It wouldn't put me off, I think mine had 4 owners at 14k miles when I bought mine 2 and a half years ago

[Hazy]

Go on condition, invoices, test drive etc and if possible speak to previous owners. I bought a 3 owner car (30 months old) in preference to a one owner that looked the dogs b***s. On the test drive it turned out to be a real dog.

exactly right. Low owner/low mile cars wont always be the best. From my experience the main considerations for me would be condition/correct servicing schedule backed up by every bill so you can see whats been done/BMW warranty.

Quick weird rule of thumb for CSL's that I discovered, I found the better cars had good condition splitters and the Nick Johnso...oops sorry, the undesirable cars had poor condition splitters, so if the splitters were poorly cared for I found chances are the rest of the car was too :smokin: