Anyone have experience in general with this? Found a used F Type pretty much to my specifications, minimal miles, CarFax shows it was a corporate fleet car and just didn't know if that should cause me any concern?

 

What kind of corporate fleet gets an F-Type? My corporate fleets were all sedans or trucks with inherent business purposes. I would suggest that if it was a corporate car it has had the snot driven out of it!
Larry

 

Minimal miles, less than 1000. 2016 Coupe.

 

Corporate fleet for F-type sometimes means press car. These are abused.

 

Miles are too low to be a press car. Honestly miles are too low to be any kind of real fleet vehicle. You're never going to know what this car was, but in reality, that's the same with any used vehicle.

 

You should be able to see on the tires and brakes if the car has veen "abused". With just 1.000 miles it should have the original tires

 

Well, all that other stuff aside, one thing is certain: the break in process was not observed.

As someone who barely knows what an engine is, I can't comment on how bad that is.

 

How do you know? Sure its probably increased likelihood that the specific procedure wasn't followed, but no one has any idea what this car was used for. It could have been literally anything. Most of us haven't followed it anyways, so i think that point is moot. I'd just treat it like any used car.

 

My guess, and that's all it is, is that Carfax uses that category as a non-specific catch-all.

For just one example, from my dealer days, the local GM zone office provided a slew of new cars...25 or 30 as I recall... for use by 'dignitaries' involved with a big golf event which itself was sponsored by or connected to GM in some way. They were licensed under some corporate name loosely connected with the golf tour, used for 2-3 weeks by some big wigs in the golf industry, and then returned to the zone....where they were then offered to dealers at a good price as used cars. Those not bought by dealers went to auction

Or maybe it was football. I can't remember. Doesn't matter.

In any case the designation assigned by Carfax could mean just about anything.

There's no reason to *assume* such cars are thrashed and abused although it obviously remains a possibility.....just like it remains a possibility that a privately owned car might be abused

Cheers
DD

 

It takes an incredible amount of self control to baby the car for several hundred miles when you know you're only keeping the car for a two year lease and twenty thousand miles.

Expecting someone to lay off the throttle when they only have the car for a few weeks, that's far too much to ask.

 

For cryin' out loud, the car only has a 1000 miles on it! It could have been at the track everyday since it was taken home from the dealer, and it wouldn't have suffered much. And I doubt it ever saw a track. Besides it will have all the coverage of a factory warranty. If it's what you want and the deal is good, by all means, GO FOR IT!

 

I agree. Bald tires, worn brakes, faded paint - all good IF .....

 

Probably just someone with their own company doing a lease through their corporation to write off some tax $.

 

If that's the case, I'll show you one very bad business person.

 

If the car looks good and sounds good and it wasn't part of Nascar's corporate fleet, I say go for it. Its a 2016 with a 1k miles on it, who actually keeps these cars long term any way. By the time the warranty expires your probably move on to something else.

 

I'm guessing that there's a whole bunch of us who will be hanging on to this car for years to come. That said, I certainly wouldn't shy away from a car with 1000 miles on it if it was exactly what I was looking for. Any used car with unknown pedigree is an extra risk whether it's a fleet, one owner, or lease. Whatever damage might have been done can be identified within the remaining warranty period. Have the usual inspections done (including compression test), then enjoy your savings and new car.

 

If you're worried, ask them to make it a CPO then you'll have 6 years / 100k or something like that.

 

Putting max loads on a new engine will drastically increase chance of improper wear-in resulting in increase oil consumption, cam damage, blow-by, loss of power and so on.

 

SinF,
You're making some drastic assumptions that the car might have been abused from day one. If by some chance excessive damage was done in the first 1000 miles (less than 2 weeks of my driving), there is a nice long warranty period during which a problem will rear its ugly head. Also, whereas you don't want to race a new engine, it's not like the crude old days in the 1950s-1960s. the break in period is shorter and much less important.

By this line of reasoning then the case for ever buying a used car with any mileage is questionable. So the moral of the story must be "Never buy a used car!" This car has less than 1000 miles on it, you probably couldn't find a better candidate to buy used anywhere on earth.

 

Yep, check it out and if everything seems fine, I wouldn't worry about the mileage myself. Frankly, the break-in procedure is overrated on a modern engine IMO.....it isn't 1970 anymore.

Dave