2006 Toyota Aygo 1.0L Petrol · SO55 XSA

This 2006 Toyota Aygo presents a clean bill of health on paper. The most recent MOT, conducted on 7 February 2024 at 104,486 miles, passed with zero defects. The maintenance trend is stable and, by this record, exemplary. Five consecutive annual tests stretching back to 3 February 2021 have returned a clean pass with no advisories or failures. This is a strong indicator of a vehicle that has been kept in good mechanical order, with no recurring faults or deteriorating systems flagged by any tester over a five-year window. The mileage pattern tells a consistent story of light use. At roughly 5,224 miles per year, this is well below the UK average for a vehicle of this age. The annual increments between tests are remarkably steady: 1,569 miles between January 2020 and February 2021, 2,193 miles between 2021 and 2022, 2,105 miles between 2022 and 2023, and 1,569 miles between 2023 and 2024. There are no sudden spikes suggesting a long journey or a change in ownership pattern, nor any alarming gaps that would point to extended periods of sitting. The record is clean and evenly spaced, reflecting predictable, low-intensity urban or suburban use. Despite the spotless MOT history, a buyer should still carry out a thorough physical inspection. A vehicle covering fewer than 1,600 miles in its most recent MOT year may suffer from issues that MOT tests do not always catch, such as perished rubber brake hoses, degraded suspension bushes from lack of use, or surface corrosion on subframes and sills that has not yet reached the failure threshold. The 2006 Aygo is now twenty years old, and age-related corrosion around mounting points, floor pans, and brake lines remains a realistic concern regardless of mileage. Tyre age and condition deserve close attention too; low annual mileage often means the same set of tyres stays on the car for years, and sidewalls can crack or perish long before the tread wears out. A test drive over varied road surfaces will reveal whether the dampers, bushes, and exhaust mountings have deteriorated from age rather than wear.