NEED HELP IN deciding a CAR - Team-BHP

naveendhyani · 27th February 2006, 14:45

hi all!

i plan 2 buy a second hand car and have a budget of 3.5 lacs, the only thing being i dont like cars without boot. so pls suggest a model with proper boot. also the daily travelling is around 30-40 kms with a trip down the highway almost every month and FE should b good.

thanks in advance.

Dippy · 27th February 2006, 15:04

For your budget you could get a decent used OHC. Its got great power and good FE at the same time. Reliability is not an issue with Japanese cars

Hope this helps

sbasak · 27th February 2006, 16:05

You can also consider Esteem, Accent

goldie_malhotra · 27th February 2006, 16:34

perhaps the lancer and baleno as well

not the ikon, corsa or accent as their FE is a bit lower ..

naveendhyani · 27th February 2006, 16:37

thank u all for the precious feedback but dont u think OHC, accent and lancer are expensive 2 maintain?

hrag · 27th February 2006, 16:41

If you can find a good Indigo LS or LX within your budget, look no further!

himanshugoswami · 27th February 2006, 16:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by hrag

If you can find a good Indigo LS or LX within your budget, look no further!

I second that.

In petrols, u should mainly consider esteems since that engine is a gem.

Lancers and OHCs will be more expensive to maintain compared to Marutis and Tatas

satyamenon · 27th February 2006, 17:08

An esteem or even a good Baleno would be the best, I think...

An accent would be good too, but try to stick to post october 2002 accents...

Zappo · 27th February 2006, 17:17

I don't know about delhi prices but here down south getting a decent OHC or any other booted car post-2000 at 3.5L is impossible. Some 7 months or so back I was doing a thorough research on this. I found that an Indigo LS (you do not get anything older than late 2003 model) costs a minimum of 4lakhs. An OHC, unless it has been through an accident, is not available anywhere for less than 5.5Lakhs. Accents sell for upwards of 4 lakhs...

Only way out is if you can catch hold of a direct seller (and you are sure that the car is genuinely good) you may get a decent deal. That ways you may get an Indigo (2003 model) for 3.5lakhs or so.

goldie_malhotra · 28th February 2006, 11:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by naveendhyani

thank u all for the precious feedback but dont u think OHC, accent and lancer are expensive 2 maintain?

OHC - not at all, you'll hardly face any problems ...
Accent - hyundai service is cheap and so are the parts
Lancer - owners claim low maintainence though spares are very costly

Quote:

I don't know about delhi prices but here down south getting a decent OHC or any other booted car post-2000 at 3.5L is impossible. Some 7 months or so back I was doing a thorough research on this. I found that an Indigo LS (you do not get anything older than late 2003 model) costs a minimum of 4lakhs. An OHC, unless it has been through an accident, is not available anywhere for less than 5.5Lakhs. Accents sell for upwards of 4 lakhs...

whoa - used car prices are real high down south.
in delhi, you get much more decent bargains - but then, cars are subject to lot more abuse here as well.

27th February 2006, 14:45	#1 (permalink)
naveendhyani BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Melbourne Posts: 542	NEED HELP IN deciding a CAR hi all! i plan 2 buy a second hand car and have a budget of 3.5 lacs, the only thing being i dont like cars without boot. so pls suggest a model with proper boot. also the daily travelling is around 30-40 kms with a trip down the highway almost every month and FE should b good. thanks in advance.

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Dippy Team-BHP Moderator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 4,500 View My Garage	For your budget you could get a decent used OHC. Its got great power and good FE at the same time. Reliability is not an issue with Japanese cars Hope this helps __________________ My name is Adrian Sutil. You can call me ADDY - Force India dippy@team-bhp.com

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sbasak BHPian Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CCU-LTN Posts: 570 View My Garage	You can also consider Esteem, Accent __________________ Life is a math which you need to solve without knowing the answer!

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naveendhyani BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Melbourne Posts: 542	thank u all for the precious feedback but dont u think OHC, accent and lancer are expensive 2 maintain?

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Zappo Team-BHP Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 3,055	I don't know about delhi prices but here down south getting a decent OHC or any other booted car post-2000 at 3.5L is impossible. Some 7 months or so back I was doing a thorough research on this. I found that an Indigo LS (you do not get anything older than late 2003 model) costs a minimum of 4lakhs. An OHC, unless it has been through an accident, is not available anywhere for less than 5.5Lakhs. Accents sell for upwards of 4 lakhs... Only way out is if you can catch hold of a direct seller (and you are sure that the car is genuinely good) you may get a decent deal. That ways you may get an Indigo (2003 model) for 3.5lakhs or so. __________________ Announcements are important. Read the Advertising Announcement here. Classifieds section has its rules. Read here.

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