Help needed in buying a second-hand car Looking for advise from owners of Safari, Octavia and Innova on VFM and maintenance issues.
Hi everyone. Have been frequenting this site frm a long time. This is a gr8 place for quality information - if one has the patience.
The time has come for me to buy a car and that's the reason for this post. I have read through many articles but still confused though I have a few clear points of what I want - good FE, low maintenance, cheap-to-reasonably priced spares, good network of workshops across the country, 5-7 seater, etc. I have a budget of 5-6lacs (can go up if the car is good). I am a family of 5. Love to go cross country. (dream is to do stretch's like the leh ladakh in my lifetime).
Keeping these in mind I have narrowed my seacrh to 3 cars - Safari, Octavia and Innova. pl dont laugh at my selection.
I have been driving a Indica V2 for the past 4+yrs and have clocked 96000 on it, point is its almost no maintenance. Safari has always been that emotional thing - which cant be explained - and was wondering if its a reasonsable car on maintenence and FE (all my mechanics have advised me against this car sighting many reasons). Seen a Red 8/06 3.0 DICOR 4X4 EX with 64k on the odo for 6.75lac
Ocatvia, from this site as well as from friends - great car and very good VFM, but can a second hand purchase be considered - keeping in view its expensive spares. Seen a 18 month old Black Rider with 7000 on odo. Rate expected.
Innova is the most functional of these but the lenght of the car scares me. Innovas usally have the taxi image and I wonder if I will get a car thats not tampered with on the odo. Still no clarity on maintencence.
Shall be thrilled if owners of the above mentioned cars take some time to enlighten me. Sorry if there is already a similar thread, not searched throughly, if there is can someone pass me the link.
Thanks.
btw have already downloaded articles by GTO, F50 and Adya33 on Used Cars. thanks a lot guys for the valuable info.
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