Buying a used car....

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Inky Squid

Active member
Hi,

I'm planning to buy a Nissan Almera for the wifey. It is a 2003 model, silver, 110000km on the clock. Price is R63900.

I will be buying it from a local Honda dealer.

Do you guys think this is a good deal?
Do they give you some kind of guarantee?
 
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Dorado75

Sealiner
Inky Squid wrote:
Hi,

I'm planning to buy a Nissan Almera for the wifey. It is a 2003 model, silver, 110000km on the clock. Price is R63900.

I will be buying it from a local Honda dealer.

Do you guys think this is a good deal?
Do they give you some kind of guarantee?
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they apparently quite good cars, just make sure that it is not a ex car rental car as they prob buy most of them new and then get rid of them after a couple of years!

Personally, i think they pretty ugly!
 
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FLUKE

Sealiner
Almera is a good reliable car. I had one From new (2005), It did blow a head gasket at 120 000km, but was cheap to fix. Otherwise after 200 000km I just replaced it 2 months ago with a 2009 Mitsubishi Lancer GLS and the Lancer at 15 000km has more rattles than the Almera had at 200 000km and the Almera is quieter inside than the Lancer.
 
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Vleipadda

Senior Member
dont take it to the AA they do a visual test only take it to Nissan and ask them to run through the checks they do on their own used vehicles Thats what i used to do for my customers while i was in the motor industry . They come in with a AA report and ask you to double check and You find various other items faulty.

The majority of times either the speedo is sealed or there will be a sticker from a rental company on the dash , either on the left or right side of the dash thats when the door is open or in the cubby lid
 
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Dorado75

Sealiner
Inky Squid wrote:
Will a dealer allow me to take the car through a test at another place before selling?
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if he does not then he has something to hide i recon, if he is honest about the car then i dont see any reason why not! I have taken a car from a dealer through to a mechanic to give it a once over before buying on 3 occasions!
 
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DWB

Sealiner
I recently bought a 1.6 Luxury Almera 2006 60000km for R80000.00 had a few wiring problems due to a hungry rat, but now that its sorted i'm very happy with the car.
 
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