Buy a second hand car It is a fairly common action in these times. New vehicles have quite high prices and this has caused the used market to increase almost in the same proportion as the average age of the cars. Currently, the Spanish park stands at 13.9 years, which is almost half a year more than the previous year. In addition, there is the problem that many specimens have hidden viceswhich makes it more difficult to hit a purchase.
It has been found in a recent study by Carfax that there are more than three million vehicles with some kind of risk that should be notified by the seller. These hidden defects are usually details such as that they have suffered previous accidents, that they have mileage inconsistencies, that they have been imported or registered for alternative uses (such as a taxi, for example). The community that Andalusia is more at riskwhere more than half a million of these vehicles were detected, one in six with hidden defects.
The study shows that the cars most susceptible to having hidden defects are those who are 15 years old or older. In that case, 48% presented at least one risk. The same happens with the issue of previous accidents or damage, since 41% of the cars that present them are from 2008 or earlier. Age takes its toll and in passenger cars between 9 and 11 years old there is a 50% risk who are older than those who have suffered significant damage compared to those in the 6 to 8-year-old age group. Although in this crisis situation, the price is often looked at more than the rest.
That is what makes the age of the park continue to increase, in the absence of more incentives to buy new and less polluting cars. Because another problem that arises is that the 29.5% of cars would have problems to access the new Low Emission Zone (LEZ). It is estimated that 64.7% of the total either do not have a label or have B, which is the least efficient. The future of the car does not look too good if there are no changes or measures that favor to user. Meanwhile, we are another step behind Europe, which has an average age of 11.5 years.
Source: Carfax
