The "Used Car Price Check" Thread

[HAFI]

hey the problem is not the price..the car is still in Calcutta..he mailed me the pics of the car..he said that in order to bring the car to cochin i need to pay him an advance of 25000 rs.This makes me hesitant like on what basis should i give him the money..the guy is a malayali and he is staying here at Cochin near to my home...i met him through the advertisement i saw in the classifieds..he now has many
"WB" registered cars in his garage which he brought from Calcutta to sell it here...should i take the risk and pay the money?

[DocG]

Originally Posted by HAFI

he now has many
"WB" registered cars in his garage which he brought from Calcutta to sell it here...should i take the risk and pay the money?

He sounds like a scammer...must be some illegit stuff going on there...

[jkdas]

Another car that can lighten your wallet?

[manikjeet]

Originally Posted by rash28

I also saw a Sonata gold for 3.5 lacs now That was a steal but know how sonata drinks petrol as if it is water.

i recently sold my sonata v6 gold for 2.60 lakhs here in chandigarh

and one of my cousin sold his octy for 4.75L but the car had clocked 1.75L km

[JayD]

Originally Posted by HAFI

he now has many
"WB" registered cars in his garage which he brought from Calcutta to sell it here...should i take the risk and pay the money?

Errr... is this the guy who also has a WB regn bluish silver OHC 1.5, Shod with horrible looking alloys??

[stable rock]

Stay away from a WB regn. car.Skoda Octavia 2.0 is a good car and it was not popular because i think initially the petrol and diesel Octavia were sold for the same price.4.25 is high according to me that too for a WB car in Kerala.The mileage for Octavia 2.0 is poor too and the spares are very expensive and hard to get.As you know its very hard to find a Octavia2.0 in Kerala so the spares wont be available immediately with the service center.And no resale and will be hard to get a person to buy a Octavia 2.0 in Kerala.

[rubin2006]

For this price you will get Old Honda accord which will beat this car in every possible way . you will end up having lots of issues with this car like expensive spares expensive service ,non available spare cause this model was a low seller from day one ,electrical problems etc etc
If you still want to buy then why a WB car in you state for 4.25 rather than a MH or Dl car for 3.5 or you can buy a corolla also for 4.5 stay away from this car (and also there are skoda diesel available for 4.5 that still make much more sense .From what i know of my knowledge of cars if its a skoda petrol it has to be skoda RS atleast you get bang for you bucks

[GTO]

For this price you will get Old Honda accord which will beat this car in every possible way .

Spot on, Rubin! Brilliant suggestion, only will have to look hard for the old Honda Accord which didn't really sell too well.

I would avoid the 2.0 Skoda petrol....it really is a lacklustre machine. And one that will have some pretty neat maintainence bills

[maverick74]

Hi,

I am looking for old Zen: True Value dealer at Pune quoted me 2.15 lacks for 2004 LXI model
- Pune registered
- White color
- 44k on ODO
- Single owner
- Tyres looks ok
- Few scratches on right back door, minor dent on hatch door.

It is worth to go for it? (One year warranty on Engine & Transmission, usual true value deal!)

This is my first exposure to used car market so your help is really appreciated

Hi , have you tried negotiating the price, there is always some room for price negotiations in the second hand market.
Also check if all tyres including stepny have the same date of manufacturing and make, if they have done 44k , you would need to change them pretty soon.

[HAFI]

would it be beneficail to consider an engine swap with this model ...like to swap it with the RS engine?

[HAFI]

Originally Posted by JayD

Errr... is this the guy who also has a WB regn bluish silver OHC 1.5, Shod with horrible looking alloys??

yes dude yaaa...he is havin a 1.5 vtec 2003 model for sellin and yaa its allolys look horrible...his name is tom...

[flyingspur]

Originally Posted by GTO

Spot on, Rubin! Brilliant suggestion, only will have to look hard for the old Honda Accord which didn't really sell too well.

Actually there quite a few of them on sale. Some automatic, though. And no leather on quite a few examples.

[razor4077]

We had the Octy 2.0 Elegance. Very nice car - typical Skoda tank-like build, comfortable interiors, with a host of goodies. But this isn't the most fun car to drive. The engine is not the most responsive and there is a big flat spot, especially if you're accelerating in 2nd. But once it gets going, it's pretty darn quick. Rock stable at high speeds, handles pretty well for a big car too.
Not a cheap car to maintain - spares would be expensive, plus fuel efficiency is very low. Expect single digit figures if you're driving the car in the city (with or without AC).
It's a good car to own if it will be chauffeur driven and your company foots the petrol bills And the price you've been quoted, as others have mentioned, is not really that low. You can bargain and get quite a bit knocked off.

[androdev]

Originally Posted by rubin2006

For this price you will get Old Honda accord which will beat this car in every possible way .

really? i thought one doesn't get even a decent OHC under 4lakhs?

[rubin2006]

Originally Posted by androdev

really? i thought one doesn't get even a decent OHC under 4lakhs?

You re most welcome to come to Delhi and ill get you 10 cars in the range of 4 and 4.5 lack though i dont know how decent used cars are i can only comment about market prices