Sunday, November 23, 2008

Used Car Buying Tips - India :)

Questions to ask --
-Mumbai reg?
-Reason for selling?
-First owner?
-How old is Battery?
-Tyres/Stepny - Have they been changed / or are they original?
-Dents/Scratches/Re-painted?
-Rust?
-Brakes?
-Leaks - check the tyre rims, showing any leakage signs?
-Serviced on time? Have Records?
-Music System? Audio CD player /USB
-Kilometers run?
-Who drives it?
-Price negotiable?
-Suspension - Press / push the car down with your hands and try to shake it a bit. If the suspensions are good it will move the least. You may also use this to validate the meter reading. If the suspension are good then low meter reading is valid.

3 comments:

Bharath Regula said...

These are pretty much generic to any location... asking records part is somewhat too much i guess. I don't think one in India will maintain the receipts of services ;)

Riju Kansal said...

U'll be surprized then, bcos you can get maintainance records in India too. I maintain it. Only thing is the used car market is not as organized as in US. But still people back from US can try to get the info. :)

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