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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You do know CPO is BS.

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? We've bought certified pre-owned cars and never had an issue. Obviously you should do your own due diligence on any car, but the point of CPO for us is the warranty. If you're buying an old enough car maybe it's better to buy it sans warranty from a private seller for less, but it's been worth it to us for two-year-old cars coming off leases.[/quote]

Your data is inconclusive.  How many NON-certified pre-owned two year old cars have you purchased for comparison?  A two year old car is a two year old car.  CPO is a gimmick to get you to pay more.[/quote]

You'll only find a CPO that's 2-5 years old since that's the maximum age they'll certify it for. We traded in our Audi in very good shape to an Audi dealer, and I heard the sales manager on the phone with someone further up the chain asking if he can CPO the car. He was told no since our car was 6 years old and thus to old.

At least for Audi, to get a car CPO'd there's a 300-point checklist and they hand you the results which show each item was checked and corrected so it'll pass. We bought an Audi CPO before and they showed all the stuff they did to get it CPO'ed. New set of brakes and some things like that.

I realize Audi is more upscale so maybe Toyota or Honda aren't as rigorous, but the CPO is real at least for Audi.[/quote]

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