Lads, the car I'm due to complete a deal on today has cleared all checks with NCT/BMW Service History/Finance etc etc I've done the lot! However, this morning I've only copped that the ownership count is not what was advertised (I didn't check that line on the VLC when viewing the car!).

Anyway, the car is on it's 5th owner (registered in June 2007) not including dealer registrations. I suppose I'm looking for assurrance, given everything else checks out and the car is only freshly NCT'd for another 2 years just last thursday.

Am I mad to go ahead with the purchase, causing me problems selling it on as the 6th owner in a few years? Or am I mad to be even thinking that 5 owners is an issue?

Looking at the last 3 ownership changes, the durations are 3 months / 4 months / 1 month - to me it stinks of car tax dodging due to the changes last year in declaring cars off the road. The owner previous to these transactions, had the car for over 5 years!

Thoughts?