whats a reconditioned motor?

[Yaw]

More food for thought.

if a car was well maintained (all services done would have had regular oil changes) it would not need a reconditioned engine......my point is simple if the engine is that bad it needs a rebuild, what else is not far behind, transmission, steering components etc, brakes components etc?

I am in no way saying the car has been thrashed but for example if the service intervals are 15,000 klms and were only done at 30-40,000 intervals it has had old oil which is the biggest contributing factor to wear. Oil goes black due to it having detergents in it to keep the engine clean and holds excess burnt carbon (oil sludge) in it. It is this sludge that acts like a grinding compound excessivly wearing engine parts. So back to my questions of what else is worn and not far behind, I would summise that if i am correct in my assumption perhaps to save money the servicing of the car has been extended to exssisve periods. Some people call it driving cheaply. These are the people that say things like "if it aint broke don't fix it". I hope from my breif explanation of my opinion you and others can see why servicing is important to stop these kind of costly repairs such as a reco engine later.