Buying a Daewoo Nexia?

Lifewater · 3rd January 2009, 07:43

Dear All first of all let me wish you all a very happy and prosperous new year. Now I have a query on which I need your help. I am in need of a car for my wife who is an advocate to commute to the court a total distance of about 40-42 Kms from home to court and back. I have a Santro and a Ambassador diesel 2000 with the Isuzu engine, but she is not very keen on using these cars as I too need to use one of them to commute to work. So we are thinking of buying a used car. In the meantime my friend who is in the US had come home for the new year and have decided to take his mother with him, since there will be no one in the house, he has offered to sell me his Nexia for rs 30,000/-, now I know that the Nexia is defunct, but his car is in a very good shape so am interested to pick it up.

The help that I need from you all my friends is to let me know if it is a very difficult car to maintain, also are spares a big issue? I live in Assam and if needed spares can be procured from the Metros with your help, however only if you could please provide me the contact details of the dealers who stock these. Service would not be an issue as I know the local Chevrolet dealer and have helped him a lot to set up his dealership and his mechanics could take care of the service.

Phew it was a long one hope I am not being too much of a bother and will receive your help.

madhokritesh · 3rd January 2009, 11:24

The Nexia was launched after the Cielo, it was a good car with a powerfull engine but alas Daewoo was on its way down then. If its a good car 30k is nothing . Pick it up spares shud not be a problem as GM i guess services and has spares for Daewoo products. Best of luck and post some pics of te Nexia.

live2drive · 3rd January 2009, 11:29

Spares would be a big problem in Nexia..
I had owned one and had bad experiences procuring the spares. The dealers overcharge for spares since there is a shortage of daewoo spares in the market.
Otherwise its a good car.

nitrous · 3rd January 2009, 13:57

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I live in Assam and if needed spares can be procured from the Metros with your help

The price and condition might seduce you. But, I'd suggest you stay away.
Why because...Finding Daewoo spares in metros is similar to finding fiat spares in Assam
You'd be better off using a M800 except for the exclusivity factor.

iraghava · 3rd January 2009, 14:30

Don't bother, finding spares is a pain the rear end even in Metro's so Assam is going to be downright impossible.

abk · 3rd January 2009, 17:07

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Originally Posted by iraghava

Don't bother, finding spares is a pain the rear end even in Metro's so Assam is going to be downright impossible.

Lifewater my advice is stay away for the reasons corroborated by forum members already. I had my OHC brought to Dhubri, Assam from NOIDA (the bloody transporter smashed the front of my car which am sure they used as a taxi for a few days before putting it on the transport truck) and struggled to get it serviced. Though Honda Kolkata guys did service camps at Siliguri and Guwahati every 3 months but they were not as equipped as a full fledged Honda service station. With Daweoo now being defunct the prospects look even bleaker for you. I thought of selling my OHC off in Assam (then 5 yrs old 43km on odo) for 2L but did not find any takers. I finally had it brought back to NOIDA again. Although it is another story that in the round trip transportation I spent around Rs 26k and close to 55k more in repairs of the damages caused by the **** transporter.

dinar · 3rd January 2009, 17:21

Nexia was the more powerful version of cielo, 16 valve, 100 bhp engine. the spare where hard to find when it was in production forget about it now. very thirsty [read 5-10kmpl].
You can contact chevy dealer and find out if they can help you as they are servicing the old matiz. so they may have the spare for these too.

Lifewater · 5th January 2009, 07:21

Hey friends, thank you so much for your advices. I have decided not to go for the car after reading your replies. Almost bit the bullet but with such good people on the forum was saved. Thanks Once again.

Cheers

Lifewater

AirWind · 5th January 2009, 09:12

Wise decision mate...

Mods: Pls lock this thread!

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Originally Posted by Lifewater

Hey friends, thank you so much for your advices. I have decided not to go for the car after reading your replies. Almost bit the bullet but with such good people on the forum was saved. Thanks Once again.

Cheers

Lifewater

3rd January 2009, 07:43	#1
Lifewater BHPian Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Dibrugarh Posts: 68 Thanked: 0 Times	Buying a Daewoo Nexia? Dear All first of all let me wish you all a very happy and prosperous new year. Now I have a query on which I need your help. I am in need of a car for my wife who is an advocate to commute to the court a total distance of about 40-42 Kms from home to court and back. I have a Santro and a Ambassador diesel 2000 with the Isuzu engine, but she is not very keen on using these cars as I too need to use one of them to commute to work. So we are thinking of buying a used car. In the meantime my friend who is in the US had come home for the new year and have decided to take his mother with him, since there will be no one in the house, he has offered to sell me his Nexia for rs 30,000/-, now I know that the Nexia is defunct, but his car is in a very good shape so am interested to pick it up. The help that I need from you all my friends is to let me know if it is a very difficult car to maintain, also are spares a big issue? I live in Assam and if needed spares can be procured from the Metros with your help, however only if you could please provide me the contact details of the dealers who stock these. Service would not be an issue as I know the local Chevrolet dealer and have helped him a lot to set up his dealership and his mechanics could take care of the service. Phew it was a long one hope I am not being too much of a bother and will receive your help.
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3rd January 2009, 11:24	#2
madhokritesh BHPian Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Thane Posts: 334 Thanked: 4 Times	The Nexia was launched after the Cielo, it was a good car with a powerfull engine but alas Daewoo was on its way down then. If its a good car 30k is nothing . Pick it up spares shud not be a problem as GM i guess services and has spares for Daewoo products. Best of luck and post some pics of te Nexia.
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3rd January 2009, 11:29	#3
live2drive BHPian Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: New Delhi Posts: 525 Thanked: 27 Times View My Garage	Spares would be a big problem in Nexia.. I had owned one and had bad experiences procuring the spares. The dealers overcharge for spares since there is a shortage of daewoo spares in the market. Otherwise its a good car.
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3rd January 2009, 14:30	#5
iraghava Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Bhaiyyaland Posts: 7,997 Thanked: 281 Times View My Garage	Don't bother, finding spares is a pain the rear end even in Metro's so Assam is going to be downright impossible.
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3rd January 2009, 17:21	#7
dinar Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: goa Posts: 1,066 Thanked: 57 Times	Nexia was the more powerful version of cielo, 16 valve, 100 bhp engine. the spare where hard to find when it was in production forget about it now. very thirsty [read 5-10kmpl]. You can contact chevy dealer and find out if they can help you as they are servicing the old matiz. so they may have the spare for these too.
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5th January 2009, 07:21	#8
Lifewater BHPian Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Dibrugarh Posts: 68 Thanked: 0 Times	Thank You So Much for your Replies Hey friends, thank you so much for your advices. I have decided not to go for the car after reading your replies. Almost bit the bullet but with such good people on the forum was saved. Thanks Once again. Cheers Lifewater
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