Originally Posted by cgocifer
I had an '02 Mustang GT that I bought new. I sold it with 35k miles on it and never once did it go in for warranty work. Ford does build a nice car these days. On the other hand, I had a new 05 G35 Coupe with 12k miles on it. It needed a new engine due to a common oil consumption issue. Cars are a crap shoot these days.
Hence, the danger of buying a used car. There's no way to tell if you are ending up with a lemon, short of taking a "good guess" by looking at service records, etc.