Lik

Considering the mileage, that price range seems a little low to me if they are only the asking price because that's almost where the CBB trade in values are at. I'd be a little cautious / suspicious when I am looking at those cars.

If you are planning to buy, I'd really recommend you to hire a qualified mechanic to do a proper used car inspection. Make sure you ask him to perform at least a compression test (and preferably also a leak down test if the compression test results are ok) because that would give you an idea about the current health of the engine.

But since mechanics costs $$ to hire, what I would suggest is that you should check the cars out yourself first, test drive them, and only ask for the mechanic to come inspect them if you think those cars are worthy enough for your consideration. When I was looking for my pos, a lot of times I just knew from the test drive that the car is not worth considering because she just doesn't drive right. Perhaps the engine isn't smooth, it feels sluggish and doesn't want to rev, the throttle response is poor, the transmission doesn't shift well, the car rides like crap, etc. If you pay attention to the car's feedback, a lot of times it isn't that hard to recognize when something is not right.

Good luck with your car hunting la~

-Lik

Lik

Or get a new hyundai accent with warranty.
ACC-HE 發表於 2011-11-16 10:32

Good luck finding a base model Hyundai Accent. You're better off looking for a Mazda2 GX (base model) instead.

-Lik

Lik

Unless it's a dual clutch transmission (not very many cars have those yet), a tiptronic transmission is usually no different than other regular torque-converter based transmission. It usually just means there is a manual mode available for you to choose your own gears, but even then, the ECU might upshift / downshift for you.

-Lik

Lik

啲 friend 好多個都話 Honda 個自動波箱渣渣地，通常過咗 100k km 之後轉波 gear slip 就會開始來料。一開始只係 slip 少少，但整吓整吓就會越來越嚴重，最後就當然係要換波箱或者 rebuilt transmission。

你波箱油換得勤啲，問題會無咁早出現，但換波箱油呢家野，唔係新車果陣已經諗住長 keep，車主多數都唔會做。

不過話返轉頭，Honda車行開行埋 150k-200k 嘅，其實通街到係。自動波箱呢個問題，我其實又唔係真係好知道有幾嚴重...

-力

Lik

A mechanic won't be able to tell you every problem that the car has, but he will notice a heck of a lot more than you do.

The obvious things include the quality of collision repair, engine condition, components wear and tear (belts, wheel bearings, CV joints, boots). A mechanic familiar Hondas / Fits should also be able to tell you problems that are common to that car.

-Lik