There is a small used car dealer about 1.5hrs away from me that is selling a 2014 CX5 for $3k. It has 200k miles on it. The car was a trade in. The VIN shows that it's had 3 owners. The last one was for about 20k miles ago. No rust according to the dealer.
Since this is a dealer, they have no idea how the car was taken car of. I have some mechanical knowledge. I do my oil changes. I have a Blue Driver scan tool. It's about a 4 hour time committment for me to check out the car myself with the scan tool. My main concern is if the engine and transmission still have life in it. Also, with direct inject there's probably carbon deposit. I might be able to clean that out myself but I've never done that before.
There is only one or two repair shops in the area where I might be able to get a prepurchase inspection but I doubt they will have any way to tell if the enigne or transmission has metal shavings in it.
Any advice on what I can do to determine if this is a deal to consider or not?
Since this is a dealer, they have no idea how the car was taken car of. I have some mechanical knowledge. I do my oil changes. I have a Blue Driver scan tool. It's about a 4 hour time committment for me to check out the car myself with the scan tool. My main concern is if the engine and transmission still have life in it. Also, with direct inject there's probably carbon deposit. I might be able to clean that out myself but I've never done that before.
There is only one or two repair shops in the area where I might be able to get a prepurchase inspection but I doubt they will have any way to tell if the enigne or transmission has metal shavings in it.
Any advice on what I can do to determine if this is a deal to consider or not?