Where to buy second hand vehicles?

**dr. d** · April 22nd, 2022 10:27 AM

Originally Posted by _Qwerty_

i recently sold my car, ni post ko lang sa FB marketplace and kahit medyo mataas sa FMV, madami pa din nag inquire.. i guess it pays to have your car serviced sa casa din.. in the end you can ask for 10% or 20% more than the current FMV..

knowledgeable people are willing to pay premium for good product.

personally,
i would pay more (and i did!) for a used car with good provenance.

**carxynogen** · April 22nd, 2022 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by dr. d

only two people would know if that used car's odo was tampered or not: the previous owner, and the one who caused to tamper with it.

according to the american NHTSA (google, natch!), they estimate that of 40 million used cars sold each year, 450 thousand had their odometers illegally altered.
dito sa pilipinas? i am not sure, but i still believe some folks are honest.

I read somewhere here that tampered odo can be detected by scanning using OBD scanner.
I forgot the thread but when they scanned, they were able to identify that the car is already 100k+ mileage compared to 40k+ displayed in do.

**carxynogen** · April 22nd, 2022 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by _Qwerty_

i recently sold my car, ni post ko lang sa FB marketplace and kahit medyo mataas sa FMV, madami pa din nag inquire.. i guess it pays to have your car serviced sa casa din.. in the end you can ask for 10% or 20% more than the current FMV..

Those who have inquired, how many are bayan sellers?
Dami bayan sellers sa FB, akala mo bibili ng unit, yun pala i repost somewhere with a mark-up price.
Well, those reposting are not bayan sellers but agent pala.

**_Qwerty_** · April 22nd, 2022 01:15 PM

I indicated in the ad that no buy and sell and no open deed of sale..

Originally Posted by carxynogen

Those who have inquired, how many are bayan sellers?
Dami bayan sellers sa FB, akala mo bibili ng unit, yun pala i repost somewhere with a mark-up price.
Well, those reposting are not bayan sellers but agent pala.

**ale828** · April 22nd, 2022 01:26 PM

Wasn't there a news last year of a company that can certify your second hand car for a fee?

Can't Toyota or other car manufacturer do a certified check on the second hand vehicle from their make?
i always see their casa's with a certified second hand car for sale.

**kagalingan** · April 22nd, 2022 01:27 PM

oo bago bumili sabihin nyo pwede ba ipascan muna. Kung legit eh tuloy transaction.

**dr. d** · April 22nd, 2022 02:38 PM

Originally Posted by ale828

Wasn't there a news last year of a company that can certify your second hand car for a fee?

Can't Toyota or other car manufacturer do a certified check on the second hand vehicle from their make?
i always see their casa's with a certified second hand car for sale.

yes, i see in Carousell from time to time, cars for sale with the come-on "Inspected".
but i do not know anything about the entity that did the "inspection".

toyota (and others, i think) have their "certified used cars" program.

when one buys a still new-ish car, i think the buyer might also have purchased whatever warranty the car still enjoys from the manufacturer.

**iandvo** · April 22nd, 2022 05:15 PM

Originally Posted by kagalingan

oo bago bumili sabihin nyo pwede ba ipascan muna. Kung legit eh tuloy transaction.

I read somewhere na pede sa mga pmvic for a certain fee. Ask mo seller if willing sya

**Verbl Kint** · April 22nd, 2022 07:10 PM

Just to be on the safe and practical side, I would rather go for a casa-maintained car as opposed to the "lady-driven" baloney that gets posted all the time. And if the claim from the seller is indeed "casa-maintained" then he/she needs to be able to produce the service logs and receipts.

Meanwhile, going to a used car lot would be an act of impatience/desperation, imho, or if the buyer wants to buy a used car via financing (also not a good idea).

**dr. d** · April 22nd, 2022 07:25 PM

Originally Posted by Verbl Kint

Just to be on the safe and practical side, I would rather go for a casa-maintained car as opposed to the "lady-driven" baloney that gets posted all the time. And if the claim from the seller is indeed "casa-maintained" then he/she needs to be able to produce the service logs and receipts.

Meanwhile, going to a used car lot would be an act of impatience/desperation, imho, or if the buyer wants to buy a used car via financing (also not a good idea).

there is this old joke, about the proverbial little old lady who drives her beloved car only during weekends...
because the Demolition Derby is held during the weekends!
heh heh.