I'm looking at a car on autotrader (of the 4 its the one with black wheels), been conversing with the guy for a few weeks, he's just had it back from his mechanic after a service, and he's found that the engine is misfiring, diagnosed as a coil pack failure.

The car has supposedly done 33,000 miles from new, and this seems like rather low miles for a coil pack to go to me.

Is this an indication of some serious engine abuse?