21st November 2010, 18:44
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| Alto Lxi 2008 After more than a year of falling in love with teambhp and all thing petrol driven here I am. It started with me wanting a bike, a bullet, but me parents wouldn't allow it( that dream still lives on). 1 year down the line of hunting for a bullet and almost buying one, this is what I land up with an Alto Lxi - 2 extra wheels !! My miserliness usually gets the better of me and this time was no different. SO instead of buying a new vehicle I hunted for a used one. Even though almost every said buy a new car - its just 1 lakh more. "What 1 lakh more ??? are you nuts ??" Criteria was high. Had to be in mint condition ( preferably within the warranty period) Single owner vehicle Owner should not be a muppet. Price had to be justifiable. So essentially what I wanted was new car at a second hand price A new car once its out of the show room its prices drops asymmetrically, to the value. A mean what can go wrong in a few months, If you check it throughly its just like new. Yet the price comes down a significant bit for psychological reasons. Thats enough of me justifying my thrift  After checking out several cars mainly Zens and Altos and missing quite a few deals. Because most of these mint condition cars get bought pretty soon. This is what I landed up with Alto Lxi 2008, white Km's done 7500 3rd Free service pending it was within 10000 kms. Owner was a NRI who bought the car for a brief period and now his brother was 'keep it running' Priceeeeee (the sad part) : 2.4 lakhs. I have a few mods in mind.lets see will keep you "posted" Last edited by alter.e.go : 21st November 2010 at 18:47. |
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21st November 2010, 20:48
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21st November 2010, 21:04
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21st November 2010, 22:02
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21st November 2010, 22:37
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About the buying experience - It was not pleasant. The owner was a NRI from Bandra. Who was hear to tie up loose ends and then go back to the gulf. He was selling his car, renting out 1 flat. The non pleasant part was I caught him in many lies. Like after I went to his place to buy it with me cheque he said he wanted 5 cheques with the amount broken down. I agreed an went back home to get em. By chance I checked the net and lo and behold he had increased the price on the ad. This after - we had agreed that the car is now mine (Gentlemans promise). And there were alot of titty bitty lies here and there. If the car was not so good I would have looked the other way. Anyway I had a RTO agent check out the paper work - only when it was all clear. Closed the deal with 5 bankers cheques and that was that. Only now I am 100% happy that the transfer is complete too. BTW the ex-owner claimed to be marketing manager for Audi Porsche & WV. in the GULF Last edited by alter.e.go : 21st November 2010 at 22:40. | |
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22nd November 2010, 21:43
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