Hi
Looking to buy a recon car.
Anyone who have a good experience with any car dealer.
Please list them here.

Such a wide range of dealers. From elite companies to scumbags.

Better you list down your actual vehicle requirements then easier to narrow down eg Alphard?

This post has been edited by dogbert_chew: Aug 30 2024, 11:50 AM

Recon car

Better u get a trusted mechanic along or at least find a foreman go with u

on tiktok i saw got mechanic sifu got offer such services

pay 1k 2k now better than later u pay 20k for a repair which u should spot earlier

caz if u gotta ask here.....

Recon or not, better bring a trusted friend or mech to inspect the car before signing the dotted line.

Sometimes, a dealer may flip the car to another dealer and kept whatever problems to themselves.

Looking for Lexus RX300 in particular.

Not sure what you mean here.

They flip the car to another dealer, make some cash and act dumb

BTW, check your PM
Whatsapp me, I will guide you through this

If I tell you the truth, would you still buy the vehicle from me ? Obviously not.

It would be good if you follow Facebook Wong Jia Thai from Hong Lee Auto, there you will come across cases how dealers scam dealers too.

Based on my experience with my clients, if you decide that it's the vehicle you want, take pictures of the internal components inside the engine bay. Many a times whatever is inside the picture, during the handover many a times parts will go missing. Until I have to buy parts so that the battery is fixed securedly. Bolts missing, nuts missing, even bracket missing. I remember the correct battery bracket for a Harrier costs close to Rm300 from SC ya. The battery bracket that came in the Harrier did not secure the battery but was left sitting on the battery, because that unit was from online shopping platform and it COULDN'T be use to secure the battery down !!! Crazy.

Please check carefully especially during the handover. A client of mine did take pictures but he forgot to cross check during the handover. Battery cover, bolt and nut all missing when compared against the picture later. Oops I forgot the best part, a higher grade battery in picture suddenly became a regular flooded battery at home. I remember this case, a Prado came with a Kancil size battery !!!

This post has been edited by Roman Catholic: Aug 30 2024, 06:31 PM

out of 10 second hand car dealers, more than 9 are crooks.

never believe a car with low mileage like 5 year old car and only 50k on the odometer.

even if you bring a trusted mechanic to inspect the car before you buy, better bring him on the day you make payments or collect the car cos there are stories about really forked up dealers taking the good spare parts out of the car and putting back in Shity parts.

Agree.

If nuts, bolts, battery cover, higher spec battery being swapped out are the issues I am already seeing, who knows what other more expensive barangs have they swapped out?

TS, check out :-
https://consigncars.my/

WOW!
I understand we can now check the car data from SCRUT, including mileage.

Hi. Thanks for the link.
Do you have good experience with this dealer?

My perception different, out of 10 dealer, 12 are crooks. They just want your money. Mileage 120% are fake. Its about perception if the owner can accept it, recond is a used car.

But for me, I rather spend few hundred for car inspection, to check if it indeed an accidental car, this even car dealer love to scam. Once ok, I can accept it is not really low mileage as advertised, then straight to regular workshop (if purchase) for major service, change many parts. This will save some hassle in the future

That one thing, another to bring the inspection guys to really checking it if that an accident car. If purchase, no doubt can feel the big regrets

Doesn't SCRUT data show if it was accident car?

My understanding if that accident car was send to manufacturers SC for accident repair yeah recorded. But what if the car was repair at outside workshop for accident repair?

Not sure how Japan handles this.
But in Aus, all major repairs of vehicles have to be lodged into the central record system by the workshops, bar none.
So, in Aus, buying 2nd hand cars is very safe as all historical data of the vehicles are lodged.


https://www.news.com.au/technology/motoring...c4e23311ae85c27

Then it should be good thing, but most recond are from Japan. Rarely we bought recond Aus unit, unless certain brand. I watch few videos for car inspection especially Alphard where the inspection guy kantoi that car was indeed rear accident car unit. Need to really sit down underneath the car to check the condition, connection, etc. Hopefully if buy car, spend some for good car inspection guys. Not happy mode getting an accident car