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Originally Posted by Clark Park
I consulted a good friend of mine. The high miles on the newer car sent him a warning signal: he said that 42,000 miles on a car that is essentially 1 ... 1 1/2 ... 2 years old tops is abnormal. He said "I'm willing to wager he was either driving for Uber or Lyft! Or perhaps he was making deliveries. The 2015 has much fewer miles and is in such pristine condition because it was a leased car. Go with the 2015!"
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42k mile in a year is NOT unusual. That is about the time that MOST rental cars dispose of their vehicles.
Currently, Hertz has about 1306 2017 Hyundai Sonatas within 1000 miles of Phoenix for sale. Of those, 565 have between 35-45k miles.
https://www.hertzcarsales.com/all-in...geoRadius=1000
Dealers often purchase used rental cars to fill up their used car lots. They know that generally the rental car places maintain their vehicles and have an attractive options package. They send their buyers to the rental car companies or send them to the Mannheim auction and buy cars by the dozen.
It would be UNCOMMON that a 2017 Hyundai Sonata would be coming out of a corporate fleet as MOST fleets keep their vehicles for 36 months and their contract with the OEM usually prohibits them from flipping a car out of the fleet within one year.
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