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Buying an ex-hire car

I am considering buying a Golf 1.4S and have two options:

April 09 (09 plate) with 7.5k miles on clock for £9490 - this is an ex Euro Car hire car.

Or:

Sept 09 (59 plate) with 9.6k miles on clock for £10000 with one owner.

Which would you recommend?

Asked on 7 January 2011 by Henart

Answered by Honest John
First pop the bonnet and make sure it has the newer chain cam 1.4. If belt cam, don't buy it. This is a lousy engine. Otherwise, for £510 more you're getting a 5 month old younger car on a later plate, with 5 months more warranty to run, so I'd go for that one.

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