how to know if the car bought is NEW?
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Hi,
May I know how to check if the car i bought is new? It could be the showroom car or even the test drive car. The dealer may just swap it and sell it to me.
Any tip is appreciated.
Kerri -
no.1) odometer
no.2) plastics + safety labels - showroom/road cars would have had these removed; esp those around the chairs. unless you're buying a premium car, most dealers/ses (in fact, all, as far as i'm aware) would not go through the trouble of beautifying the car for your collection
no.3) tyres/rims - feathering on tyres tells of the car having being driven, along with stone chips
no. 4) general exterior/interior visual appearance
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to be honest; you can never tell. i can understand where you come from; having changed cars a number of times, i still remain as paranoid about what i'm receiving. then again, dealers have alot more at stake than you do; doubtfult hey will take such a risk. this applies to proper dealers; not PI or beng beng shops. -
Get something that they won't let any tom, dick or harry to test drive and your can be assured its new. Lamborghini and Ferrari comes to mind.....
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On the contrary, they would've been test-driven a few laps around the private circuit to check their road-worthiness.Originally posted by Gallardofever:Get something that they won't let any tom, dick or harry to test drive and your can be assured its new. Lamborghini and Ferrari comes to mind.....
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New doesn't means the car doesn't have any mileage when you receive it. I wouldn't want a car that's not road worthy either.
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Do a VIRGINITY test.Originally posted by kerri:Hi,
May I know how to check if the car i bought is new? It could be the showroom car or even the test drive car. The dealer may just swap it and sell it to me.
Any tip is appreciated.
Kerri -
yeap; all my cars came with about 10-20km done. never exceeded 18 if i recall.Originally posted by Gallardofever:New doesn't means the car doesn't have any mileage when you receive it. I wouldn't want a car that's not road worthy either. -
You will never recieve your new car with 0 km milage. Prior to handing over to customer, the car is subjected to quality checks and road test for road worthiness at the dealership. Only a certain few high-end models have diagnostic capabilities to reset the meter to zero, usually under owner's request.
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1: no plate ( can change one)
2: Milage (also can change one)
3: Tires - stones ect. (also can change one)
4: The Strong new car smell
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The mileage can never be zero... and just to make u more disappointed, your new car is never 100% new.. This means that there will be several others who have driven your car before you collect it... Think of it right after it was manufactured... Tested by the mechanics, then driven a bit by transportation workers, then driven some more by workers onto ships, then driven down the ship, then driven by the transportation worker, then reach your car dealer, then the company might do some quality check driving too.
The above is for one stop shipment. For trans-shipment, the cars will be driven more by the workers to load and unload and load and unload onto the ships... And in case you dont realise, when they drive the cars from the ship onto the port, the cars are left out in the open... together with rain and shine and lots of dirt.
Ok, so much for your "brand new" car.
Actually, for exotic sports cars, there wont be as much handling becos they will be transported in containers. And i mean the really exotic ones. Luxury cars dont get transported in containers either. -
just last Saturday i went to clear a new Phantom at Changi Air Losgistics somethingsomething.Originally posted by freakass:The mileage can never be zero... and just to make u more disappointed, your new car is never 100% new.. This means that there will be several others who have driven your car before you collect it... Think of it right after it was manufactured... Tested by the mechanics, then driven a bit by transportation workers, then driven some more by workers onto ships, then driven down the ship, then driven by the transportation worker, then reach your car dealer, then the company might do some quality check driving too.
The above is for one stop shipment. For trans-shipment, the cars will be driven more by the workers to load and unload and load and unload onto the ships... And in case you dont realise, when they drive the cars from the ship onto the port, the cars are left out in the open... together with rain and shine and lots of dirt.
Ok, so much for your "brand new" car.
Actually, for exotic sports cars, there wont be as much handling becos they will be transported in containers. And i mean the really exotic ones. Luxury cars dont get transported in containers either. Usually they're shipped to the port.... this one's airflown! 
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Actually,to know whether your car is new or not is to open up your hood and see the color inside the hood whether its original or not since if they do a color change,the hood compartment is the hardest to paint so they'll leave it as it is....Mileage,interior and all other stuff can be change by the dealer...I get this info from my friend working at cycle and carriage....
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Oh ya..i forgot one thing....check the tire tread..if it is less than *0.10mm or cm (can't remember what my friend told me)(*stated no. is average) then it is a test drive car...hmm for what i know as long as u feel happy about your car,it will feel new....
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When you buy from agent and not a used car garage...
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Aiyah.. authorized dealers don't have that kind of balls to try pass off used or demo cars as new units. There will be some ppl who want the so-called "best price" for a particular model, and the sales will usually direct them to their demo cars and quote them prices below than that of a new one. What you should look for is those 2nd hand car marts, the market for 2nd is slowing so they may pull all sorts of tricks just to sell off anything.