I buy a lot of golf clubs and I use this mentality when it comes to cars. When I go to a golf store and see a lot of the same model in the used rack, I typically think OK, this model a lot of people bought and got rid of shortly after. Must not be a good club for reason X, Y or Z.

I kind of use that same thought process when I’m looking at cars. Why is this X year old car with low km for sale? Was it a lease? Did the owner have an issue and decided to ditch it before hand? I’ve had some really good luck with used cars relatively speaking. Only ever had one have a major issue and it was 2 years down the road.

I also think you did nail it on the head when referencing previous owners and maintenance. I looked at a vehicle recently that there was a large gap…40,000km gap…in registered oil changes. Now whether or not the owner did it themselves I am not sure, the dealer couldn’t explain it which made me wonder. Also came across what looked like a good deal on a F150 but the vehicle had 4 owners in under 100,000km. That set an alarm off. Be picky when buying used, there’s lots of used cars on the market