Buying a used Ford can be a stressful experience. Will it look like it does in the photos? Is it a genuine advert – or just another scammer trying their luck? What if it turns out to be stolen – or a Cat D? Add to this the constant, nagging worry that the person selling it is a world-class messer, liable to change their mind at the last moment and decide to keep it or sell it to someone else, and it’s a minor miracle that any of us bother to even try to buy a used car at all.
Sure, there are lots of things we can do to try and protect ourselves, from detailed history checks to asking an owners’ club if anyone knows the car, but when all is said and done, buying a used car is always a risk.
For Christian ‘Hippy’ Taylor, owning
