CONDITION. CONDITION. CONDITION

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Low miles are one thing, but overall condition matters most, says James Ruppert The mileage issue never really goes away, and I was delighted to get an email from reader Iain about his Ford Ka on a 58-plate. It had a fresh MOT certificate, had just been serviced and came with a one-year AA breakdown service that could be passed on to a buyer. It was a base Studio in metallic silver and, in true car trade appraisal style, I was assured that it was spotless apart from a minute stone ding that you couldn't really see with the human eye or an endoscope. However, the killer detail was not that it didn't seem to be remotely rusty, but the mileage. In all, it's covered only 7500 miles. So what's it worth, guv?