would you guys buy a loaner car? i found g35 sedan with 13K miles for $23,800. and i think it was a loaner. should i get it?

 

NO!!!
Loaners are beat like step children. I have yet to get a loaner that hasn't been beat to hell. I would advise against it. I think that you should be able to get a nice sedan for around the same price.

 

I dont think I would unless they provided some like extra warranty or something. I know people (not me ahem!) beat the hell out of them.

 

i know i wouldnt get a loaner. if i totally abused a loaner that i got, i'd assume that most likely other people are doing the same thing since the car aint theirs.

 

No way! Rodney King wasn't beat so hard.

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I would try to search for another sedan for roughly the same price. If you find one I would offer them like 19 grande for the loander and say take it or leave it. These cars can take a good amount of abuse and the warranty is pretty good. But I would still loook otherwise.

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It depends... were you initially in the market for a used car in this price range? Keep in mind that most G35's are retaining a very high resale value, so if you only keep this car for 1-2 years, you might get most of your money back out of it if you sell it before the warranty runs out.

Just bringing up the counter point. (and for the record, I prefer new to used)

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wouldn't u beat the hell out of a loaner if u had one?
you shud just look for someone on this forum selling a sedan around the same price.
you'll most likely find one.

 

Wouldn't be my choice at any price.
Second hand does not appeal to me especially performance loaners.
-- I'd rather wait and get new. JMHO

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I have never not beat on a loaner.


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I dont know about you but I know that pple abuse rental cars and loaners are the same thing. Even mild mannered Joe would like to unleash he's temptations on a loaner, do things on the loaner he wouldn't do on his own car. I say if you going used go with a car with one owner cuz even a 03' would have a hard time having more than 1 owner

 

Wow. I must be really out of touch. I would never drive the [censored] out of a car just because it was a loaner. What is the average age of posters on this forum? Just curious...

 

there are quite a few other posts concerning the average age of users...

i would only buy a loaner if i was getting it for a very good deal, don't buy it if you don't feel comfortable and you may want to have an opinion from another mechanic on the car.

Slamming on the gas and brakes and taking high speed turns (I assume this is what they mean by beating the hell out of the car) is not the best thing for it, but it's not going to die just because of it. Interestingly enough there is another thread going on right now about how people treat their own cars and most people say "i beat the hell out of them." In which case, it would be just as good to buy a loaner car than to purchase on of theirs. Personally I drive loaners safe because I don't know the car that well and what it's capable of. More importantly though, it's not mine so I try to take care of it (what a concept).

 

I ran a carfax report and there was No Personal Use, Lease, rental or commercial use Registration Reported. what does that mean?