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londonsteveuk · Jul 6, 2019

Hi all.

I am looking at buying a Range Rover Evoque 2013. It is quite a high spec model but apparently it has had 4 previous owners. The salesman did say that the first might have been a pre-reg so it may have only had 3 proper owners but still.

Anyone see problems with this? It is the exact car that I'm looking for which I cant find anywhere else at the moment and part exchanging mine at a good price, I just worry about the owners thing.

Pappasmurf · Jul 6, 2019

My Defender has had 11 owners. Some people only own a vehicle for 3 years, or even just a year in some cases, and trade them.in for newer models. Just check the history.

londonsteveuk · Jul 6, 2019

Thats pappasmurf. How would one go about checking history? Do you mean as in servicing etc? IS there a way to check its ownership history?

Hippo · Jul 6, 2019

Have a look at online mot history ter see how well it did

londonsteveuk · Jul 6, 2019

Excellent. Ive done that. Suspiciously only done 1600 miles between 2016 and 2017. Not sure what I make of that.

Is there any way of finding the dates of sales other than receipts in the documents?

Hippo · Jul 6, 2019

londonsteveuk said:
Excellent. Ive done that. Suspiciously only done 1600 miles between 2016 and 2017. Not sure what I make of that.

Is there any way of finding the dates of sales other than receipts in the documents?

No. It may just have been a second or third car in a family.

Or hidden after the bank job until things cooled down.

Hippo · Jul 6, 2019

Search fer the reg plate online. Yer never know what comes up

Pappasmurf · Jul 6, 2019

Have you done a full HPi check?

londonsteveuk · Jul 6, 2019

Not yet but I plan to before buying it.

londonsteveuk · Jul 6, 2019

Does it show dates of when people bought and sold?

Pappasmurf · Jul 7, 2019

londonsteveuk said:
Does it show dates of when people bought and sold?

Yes, plus whether its stolen/recovered etc

londonsteveuk · Jul 7, 2019

Excellent. Can you recommend a site/company that gives that info? Not sure what ones I've used in the passed and if they showed that level of detail or not. Thank you.

Pappasmurf · Jul 7, 2019

londonsteveuk said:
Excellent. Can you recommend a site/company that gives that info? Not sure what ones I've used in the passed and if they showed that level of detail or not. Thank you.

HPi.

goonarmy · Jul 7, 2019

londonsteveuk said:
Hi all.

I am looking at buying a Range Rover Evoque 2013. It is quite a high spec model but apparently it has had 4 previous owners. The salesman did say that the first might have been a pre-reg so it may have only had 3 proper owners but still.

Anyone see problems with this? It is the exact car that I'm looking for which I cant find anywhere else at the moment and part exchanging mine at a good price, I just worry about the owners thing.

Have you not asked this on MSE as well? Think you got your answer there.

londonsteveuk · Jul 7, 2019

goonarmy said:
Have you not asked this on MSE as well? Think you got your answer there.

Oh yeah I completely forgot about that.

Just been over there, not very nice about them are they. lol

I really am in two minds. I don't ideally want it with that many previous owners BUT it has everything that I want in one. And he's offered me a really good price for my part ex. Frustrating.

Pappasmurf · Jul 7, 2019

Number of owners means bugger all. Do the HPi check, if it checks out, buy it. Like I say my Defender has had almost a Dozen owners. Even my wifes 2009 Astra has had 5 owners.

marjon · Jul 7, 2019

What have owners got to really do with it.

1st owner was a stealer demo car nothing wrong with that.
2nd owner was somebody who wanted to get ahead of the “Jones” and got a deal on a car 6mths old.

So from there they would have probably part exd after 12-18mths and then. 2 more owners in 4 years, 1 of whom couldn’t justify having it for the use it was getting.

Amount of owners is not something I bother with it’s the car itself. Take it you buying from a dealer so a few safe guards there. Ask them to prove HPI clear if you are that worried. And get a service out of them

I have a 2001 RR 2 owners, original and me ,in my ownership yes a few years between MOTs a couple of hundred miles. So unless there’s other suspected clocking signs, I don’t see a problem.

If it’s what you want and you “feel” value for your money then do it.

J

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