Should I buy this car?

[Anonymous]

I’m looking for a specific make, model, and color of a car with specific features.

I finally found one on Carvana. When I checked the Carfax, it was a leased for 3 years, was sold a month ago, and is now back on the market.

I know it isn’t ideal to buy a leased car, but the miles are low, and they are selling it for a little less than KBB.

I just feel a little unsettled about it being bought and sold again so quickly.

[Anonymous]

Why are you unsettled?

[Anonymous]

Leases are often well maintained.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are you unsettled?

Because it appears to have had a second owner after the lease, who had it less than a month. Just added a handful of miles on it.

[Anonymous]

I'd question the car as well.

One month is a short enough amount of time that it could have had something happen to it, like an accident, that has yet to hit the car history. I've seen that happen before.

What kind of car is it? (Does that model have issues?)
Where was it bought and sold? (Does that area have routinely bad weather?)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd question the car as well.

One month is a short enough amount of time that it could have had something happen to it, like an accident, that has yet to hit the car history. I've seen that happen before.

What kind of car is it? (Does that model have issues?)
Where was it bought and sold? (Does that area have routinely bad weather?)

I would be surprised if a major accident had happened and been repaired and ready for resale between June 18 and today.

It is a popular model of a major Japanese brand, and is not known for having issues. It was originally owned in Pennsylvania and then sold to someone in Arkansas.

Maybe the buyer just changed their mind and returned it during the grace period?
That’s what I’m hoping. But I wish I could know.

[Anonymous]

Get a pre purchase inspection (PPI) on the car and then make your offer. Please say it’s a Nissan skyline R34 V Spec in deep purple, but that doesn’t seem your style.

[Anonymous]

Could it have been auctioned and resold? I've seen cars change hands in a short period of time from dealer to dealer or dealer to auction to 2nd dealer, etc.