In how many days/weeks did you close your Used Car deal?

TrueDreamer · 18th November 2007, 07:43

The thread title says it

I am going to get a used Santro soon. So just wondering how soon the used car buyers would close the deal in practical terms considering they follow all the PDI mentioned in http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/buying...car-india.html

Lets write it into the following format.

Stage 1 - Thought of Purchasing Car and What Car = xx days
Stage 2 - Looking for car of your choice in market = xx days
Stage 3 - Negotiating with Seller = xx days
Stage 4 - Final Stage of Payment and other formalities = xx days

Total : xx days Simple.

In my case Stage 1 => 4 days and other stages are yet to come

mithun · 20th November 2007, 07:12

Stage 1 - Thought of Purchasing Car and What Car = 1-2 months.

Stage 2 - Looking for car of your choice in market = 1-2 months or more.

Stage 3 - Negotiating with Seller = 1 days

Stage 4 - Final Stage of Payment and other formalities = 1-15 days

GTO · 20th November 2007, 09:05

Nice thread; the only used car I have bought is my Vtec. Since it was discontinued from production.

Stage 1 - Thought of Purchasing Car and What Car = 1 drive in the Vtec.

Stage 2 - Looking for car of your choice in market = 90 days (TD'ed a lot of Vtecs. If I remember correct, it was over 20 - 25 cars.)

Stage 3 - Negotiating with Seller = 1.5 hours of hard bargaining.

Stage 4 - Final Stage of Payment and other formalities = 3 days.

nicejits · 20th November 2007, 09:16

Stage 1 - Thought of Purchasing Car and What Car = 2 months - Zen Vxi ( MPFI 2003 Model) in Jun 2007

Stage 2 - Looking for car of your choice in market = 4 months - Have seen 14 cars and finally got mine which was 15th

Stage 3 - Negotiating with Seller = 11 days

Stage 4 - Final Stage of Payment and other formalities = 2 days

snaronikar · 20th November 2007, 10:47

Stage 1 - Thought of Purchasing Car and What Car = 2 months as I had to consider all the probabilities of EMI payment & running expenses/month etc

Stage 2 - Looking for car of your choice in market = 1 month (Although, I TD'ed a lot of cars)

Stage 3 - Negotiating with Seller = 2 days.

Stage 4 - Final Stage of Payment and other formalities = 7 days.

gbpscars · 20th November 2007, 12:55

Stage 1 - Thought of Purchasing Car and What Car = 1 month, Old Honda City (had looked around in showrooms for other brand new cars just before this decision)

Stage 2 - Looking for car of your choice in market = 4 months (tried out 9 VTECs and 28 of the 1.5 or 1.3 during this period)

Stage 3 - Negotiating with Seller = 1 day

Stage 4 - Final Stage of Payment and other formalities = 3 days

himanshugoswami · 20th November 2007, 13:05

since you talk of closing a deal, I assume I can write from a seller's POV as well.

took me 45 days to sell my baleno from the date of first posting an ad on TBHP-out of this, I was out of the country for 15 days- so TBHP got my car sold in 30 days !

swapitude · 21st November 2007, 01:16

Stage 1 - Thought of Purchasing Car and What Car = 1st day [tata indigo lx tdi]

Stage 2 - Looking for car of your choice in market = just 2 days.[2nd day i found one and liked it.]

Stage 3 - Negotiating with Seller = 30 min.[on 2nd day]

Stage 4 - Final Stage of Payment [on 3rd day] and other formalities = transfered on my name within 4 days.

18th November 2007, 07:43	#1
TrueDreamer BHPian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 276 Thanked: 16 Times	In how many days/weeks did you close your Used Car deal? The thread title says it I am going to get a used Santro soon. So just wondering how soon the used car buyers would close the deal in practical terms considering they follow all the PDI mentioned in http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/buying...car-india.html Lets write it into the following format. Stage 1 - Thought of Purchasing Car and What Car = xx days Stage 2 - Looking for car of your choice in market = xx days Stage 3 - Negotiating with Seller = xx days Stage 4 - Final Stage of Payment and other formalities = xx days Total : xx days Simple. In my case Stage 1 => 4 days and other stages are yet to come
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20th November 2007, 07:12	#2
mithun BANNED Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cochin Posts: 2,195 Thanked: 268 Times	Stage 1 - Thought of Purchasing Car and What Car = 1-2 months. Stage 2 - Looking for car of your choice in market = 1-2 months or more. Stage 3 - Negotiating with Seller = 1 days Stage 4 - Final Stage of Payment and other formalities = 1-15 days
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20th November 2007, 09:05	#3
GTO Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 70,537 Thanked: 300,745 Times View My Garage	Nice thread; the only used car I have bought is my Vtec. Since it was discontinued from production. Stage 1 - Thought of Purchasing Car and What Car = 1 drive in the Vtec. Stage 2 - Looking for car of your choice in market = 90 days (TD'ed a lot of Vtecs. If I remember correct, it was over 20 - 25 cars.) Stage 3 - Negotiating with Seller = 1.5 hours of hard bargaining. Stage 4 - Final Stage of Payment and other formalities = 3 days.
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20th November 2007, 09:16	#4
nicejits BANNED Join Date: May 2006 Location: Mumbai ( Borivali ) Posts: 328 Thanked: 0 Times View My Garage	Stage 1 - Thought of Purchasing Car and What Car = 2 months - Zen Vxi ( MPFI 2003 Model) in Jun 2007 Stage 2 - Looking for car of your choice in market = 4 months - Have seen 14 cars and finally got mine which was 15th Stage 3 - Negotiating with Seller = 11 days Stage 4 - Final Stage of Payment and other formalities = 2 days
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20th November 2007, 10:47	#5
snaronikar Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bengaluru Posts: 2,845 Thanked: 29 Times View My Garage	Stage 1 - Thought of Purchasing Car and What Car = 2 months as I had to consider all the probabilities of EMI payment & running expenses/month etc Stage 2 - Looking for car of your choice in market = 1 month (Although, I TD'ed a lot of cars) Stage 3 - Negotiating with Seller = 2 days. Stage 4 - Final Stage of Payment and other formalities = 7 days.
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20th November 2007, 12:55	#6
gbpscars BHPian Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Navi Mumbai Posts: 402 Thanked: 5 Times	Stage 1 - Thought of Purchasing Car and What Car = 1 month, Old Honda City (had looked around in showrooms for other brand new cars just before this decision) Stage 2 - Looking for car of your choice in market = 4 months (tried out 9 VTECs and 28 of the 1.5 or 1.3 during this period) Stage 3 - Negotiating with Seller = 1 day Stage 4 - Final Stage of Payment and other formalities = 3 days
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20th November 2007, 13:05	#7
himanshugoswami Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: !!!! Posts: 2,303 Thanked: 2,619 Times	since you talk of closing a deal, I assume I can write from a seller's POV as well. took me 45 days to sell my baleno from the date of first posting an ad on TBHP-out of this, I was out of the country for 15 days- so TBHP got my car sold in 30 days !
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21st November 2007, 01:16	#8
swapitude BHPian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: mumbai Posts: 33 Thanked: 10 Times	Stage 1 - Thought of Purchasing Car and What Car = 1st day [tata indigo lx tdi] Stage 2 - Looking for car of your choice in market = just 2 days.[2nd day i found one and liked it.] Stage 3 - Negotiating with Seller = 30 min.[on 2nd day] Stage 4 - Final Stage of Payment [on 3rd day] and other formalities = transfered on my name within 4 days.
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