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RajaTaurus · 5th November 2007, 10:56

Informative piece of an article...
When I started my car hunt and zoomed in to Lancer Cedia, all those whom I consulted personally, almost yelled at me "Lancer..??? High Maintenance and NIL resale value... Don't go for it...!!!"
I was wondering really what they meant by NIL re-sale value and here I undnerstood why. Some of the factors deciding resale value... like Taxiable was new info for me.
About "maintenance costs", I was told by some friend as a example, if there is a dent on a Honda City, it is very easy and cheap to repair it, coz the gauge of the sheet is much lower than that of a Mitsubishi which is thicker and double-skinned. They said, in many cases, the complete part of the sheeting must be changed for Lancer, while Hondas and Marutis can be repaired by any tinkering fellow. Thats one good piece of info for me.

Anyways, Cedias are like Mercs and BBW's..Buy 'em to own 'em.
Sure for not less than 5 years. I have learnt that most of the old Lancer owners are first or maximum third or fourth owners... Not more. For me, one good reason for considering it as a good and reliable machine.

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RajaTaurus BHPian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Chennai Posts: 257	Informative piece of an article... When I started my car hunt and zoomed in to Lancer Cedia, all those whom I consulted personally, almost yelled at me "Lancer..??? High Maintenance and NIL resale value... Don't go for it...!!!" I was wondering really what they meant by NIL re-sale value and here I undnerstood why. Some of the factors deciding resale value... like Taxiable was new info for me. About "maintenance costs", I was told by some friend as a example, if there is a dent on a Honda City, it is very easy and cheap to repair it, coz the gauge of the sheet is much lower than that of a Mitsubishi which is thicker and double-skinned. They said, in many cases, the complete part of the sheeting must be changed for Lancer, while Hondas and Marutis can be repaired by any tinkering fellow. Thats one good piece of info for me. Anyways, Cedias are like Mercs and BBW's..Buy 'em to own 'em. Sure for not less than 5 years. I have learnt that most of the old Lancer owners are first or maximum third or fourth owners... Not more. For me, one good reason for considering it as a good and reliable machine. __________________ RajaTaurus... Friends come, Friends go, those tolerate stay...