Hello, everyone! The car inspector met with everyone again. I am GTwang, the most "heavy" inspector among car inspectors. Although I look tall on the outside, I am actually as careful as a needle on the inside. Welcome to this issue of used car inspection fun facts. I am a used car inspector who has repaired cars, and I am also an accident car evacuation specialist.
The Chinese New Year is in two months. Should we eat meat or earth during the Chinese New Year? Will returning to the village be a sight or a low-key one? It just depends on whether I can lose weight in the past two months. While talking, I received a temporary task to test a domestically produced light - Hongqi HS5. I was full of energy and contacted the client, and set off quickly, preparing to show off my talents and cheer myself up for the remaining two months. Everything was ready. I thought the inspection would go smoothly, but I didn't expect that I was delayed for more than half a day and still didn't see what the car looked like. What's the big deal?
I couldn't find the car dealership address given by the customer's brother, so I had to wait for him to contact the other party. Later, I learned that the quoted price of the vehicle was 152,600. I estimated that the price was a bit low. The four-wheel drive version of the Hongqi HS5 would not drop in price so much in a year. In fact, I already had a rough idea of ??what was going on! But the client's elder brother was already on his way, so it was inconvenient to say anything. He made up his mind to wait and see what tricks the other party was playing.
The meeting address was changed to the gate of the market. The customer's brother and I arrived first, and then a thin man in a suit talked to us and took us to a car dealership. I noticed that the name of the car dealer was three words different from the name reported by the original customer's brother. Only the last two words "luxury car" were the same. The car dealer received us, and after more than an hour of tossing, we finally saw the real car. However, something extraneous happened again.
The car dealer introduced the car as being from 2019, not 2020 as originally stated by the thin man. The mileage also changed from 3,000 to more than 30,000. The customer’s brother’s face was clouded and he felt that he had been deceived. Yes, he flew here from Xi'an. When I was looking for a theory from the thin man, I realized that the thin man had disappeared after arriving at the car dealership. Seeing this, I don’t know if you understand it. In fact, the customer’s brother was phished by a second-hand car agency, using low-priced cars to deceive people. Regardless of whether he buys it or not, at least the car dealer has an explanation.
The customer's elder brother was deeply shocked by the car purchase and was very unwilling to do so, so he gave up the original car and found a car of the same model at the same car dealer with a slightly lower mileage, but The price is nearly 190,000, which is much more expensive than the original 150,000, and the car dealer said that the car is in good condition and the price will not be discussed at all. If the customer boss says it's expensive, then it's expensive. If you don't be greedy for cheap, you won't suffer. Let’s start testing now!
Model year: Hongqi HS5? 2019 model? 2.0T? Zhilian Qixiang four-wheel drive version
Manufacture time: 2019-06
Mileage shown on the meter: 16195KM
Manufacturer’s guide price: 213,800
Deal price: 188,000
Test location: Chengdu, Sichuan
I am preparing to test At the time, a few more people suddenly appeared in the car dealership. They sat in a row in front of the car and said they wanted to watch me test. hehe! GTwang, I have seen this kind of scene many times. With my tonnage, I don’t panic at all. Look at yours, I’ll check mine!
First of all, we started the appearance inspection. The front bumper was not disassembled but some paint spray was found. Until we detected the position of the rear bumper, we found that the rear bumper also had cracks and signs of later repairs.
After inspecting a circle around the car body, only the right rear fender and right C-pillar were spray-painted. The rest were all the original car paint. After all, it only lasted more than 10,000 kilometers a year, and the appearance was still good. Only the rear Cracks in the bumper are something to watch out for.
Open the front hood and inspect the engine compartment. The inspection of the engine compartment is also a key concern for most buyers. Many problems can be seen. As a domestic car, the cabin of the HS5 is really not covered. The entire surface is tightly wrapped. To communicate with the car dealer, you need to remove the cabin guard. The car dealer is also quite happy at this time. It was dismantled.
The fender beams on the left and right sides of the engine room and the top part of the shock tower have not been moved. The front water tank frame and water tank condenser screws have not been removed. In addition to the oil that needs to be replaced, the engine room inspection also requires other There are no problems.
When you open the door, you can see that additional floor mats have been installed, and the interior is in a new car state with almost no signs of use.
The car may have been registered in the south for the first time. There are rust stains on the seat rails and the large rack number under the passenger seat. However, this kind of natural rust is completely different from the rust caused by water immersion. It has a negative impact on the use of the car. The impact is minimal. Vehicle interiors in the South will have this kind of natural rust stains to a greater or lesser extent. There are no signs of disassembly of the seat, and the sponge cushion has no discoloration or hardness. Combined with the inspection of other parts of the interior, no signs of water damage were found in the vehicle.
After starting the vehicle, test each function of the vehicle one by one. There is generally no problem in using the functions of a nearly new car, but as the content of our inspection, we still need to test it completely and check every detail. detail. However, when I turned the steering wheel on the spot, there was a strange sound coming from the left front wheel. I tried several times, but still had the same problem. This requires checking whether the suspension rubber sleeve of the chassis is loose or damaged and leaking oil.
The customer's brother was attracted by the low-priced car source at the beginning. After seeing the actual car, there was a big gap in price and mileage. He was already depressed. When he saw that the appearance had been spray-painted and repaired, and There were also problems with the interior functions. Thinking about how arrogant the car dealer was, my brother was obviously dissatisfied! The eldest brother said, if I don’t watch it, I will be unlucky this time! The eldest brother waved his hand and walked out the door! My test also ended hastily.
In fact, no major problems have been found with this car so far. It’s just that the car dealership did not conduct vehicle sales and purchases in accordance with reasonable market standards. Such behavior is not advocated from a moral or legal perspective. . However, the customer's eldest brother still lost some money because of his impulse. After returning to Xi'an, he immediately picked up a new car. He also said that the market for second-hand cars was so deep that he really didn't have the time or energy to deal with it.
Think about it, 190,000 is enough to buy a new HS5 car, why buy a defective second-hand car? What happened to the customer's elder brother this time is by no means an isolated case. In order to help you find the advantages and avoid the disadvantages, I have summarized a few tricks that you need to guard against before buying a car. I hope it will be helpful to everyone.
The most common trap in second-hand car transactions. Some second-hand car agencies download vehicle pictures from the Internet, modify them slightly and publish them on major second-hand car platforms, attracting customers to see the car at super low prices, and then set up a series of traps when viewing the car. The unscrupulous car dealer will ask the customer to pay part of the money as a reward. Deposit or down payment, and then set up a trap to make the buyer default, and then use this as an excuse to eat up the deposit.
The second situation is a defective car. At this time, some buyers are unwilling to lose the deposit, so they pay a high price to buy the car offered to them by the dealer. Little do they know that bad car dealers regard damaged cars and accident cars as faulty cars. Normal second-hand car sales even have the mileage changed. Someone once spent unjust money to buy a damaged car, and someone spent 170,000 yuan to buy a second-hand car. After checking the records, it turned out that the ownership has been transferred 13 times, and the mileage has been adjusted from 200,000 to 60,000. There are countless similar situations.
The market environment for second-hand cars is in trouble due to these unscrupulous merchants, so most people would rather take out a loan to buy a new car than take a trip into this muddy water. However, with the strengthening of supervision and the rise of third-party testing agencies, the current second-hand car market is constantly being standardized and transparent, and the trend towards the right track is unstoppable. A small number of deceptions and abductions will still occur, but consumers' vigilance and awareness of prevention are also increasing. Improve, when consumers are familiar with the anti-fraud routines of used cars, the road of deception will no longer work! Even if you are not familiar with second-hand cars, the easiest way is to find a friend who knows cars to help you check, at least in terms of the condition of the car, to avoid being deceived.
Okay, that’s it for today’s inspection sharing. I am a used car inspection technician at Car Inspection Home. Like it if you like it, hate it if you don't like it. I repair cars a lot, read little, and write poorly. Please bear with me. Car inspector, we are willing to be your friend who knows the most about cars!
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