Link to tips on buying second hand cars

**theripley** · May 29th, 2018 02:17 PM

Mga sirs, pahingi naman po ako ng link dun sa thread kung saan merong mga tips for buying second hand cars.

After 48 years kasi (hehehe

), we finally decided which car we will buy. We are planning to check it by this coming saturday, June 02.

I have also been watching chrisfix on youtube lately. Kaya lang hindi ako sure if lahat nung checklist niya applicable for Philippine car (clueless). May instrument kasi siyang OBDII, which I am not sure if lahat ng mekaniko meron (clueless).

Kaya gusto ko rin mabasa yung tips coming from owners here in the Phils.

Thank you in advance.

**GTi** · May 29th, 2018 02:25 PM

Originally Posted by theripley

Mga sirs, pahingi naman po ako ng link dun sa thread kung saan merong mga tips for buying second hand cars.

After 48 years kasi (hehehe

), we finally decided which car we will buy. We are planning to check it by this coming saturday, June 02.

I have also been watching chrisfix on youtube lately. Kaya lang hindi ako sure if lahat nung checklist niya applicable for Philippine car (clueless). May instrument kasi siyang OBDII, which I am not sure if lahat ng mekaniko meron (clueless).

Kaya gusto ko rin mabasa yung tips coming from owners here in the Phils.

Thank you in advance.

There is not a single thread that contains all the tips for buying 2nd hand cars kasi. It would be best for you to Google search them. You'd learn a lot of tips and what to look out for with many different cars in the many different threads.

Not a lot of mechanics have scanners here. And those that do often charge quite a bit for a scan. Besides, it is quite rare that something would turn up in a scan, especially if there is no check engine light at all.

What car have you decided on, by the way?

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**theripley** · May 29th, 2018 02:29 PM

Originally Posted by GTi

What car have you decided on, by the way?

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We are planning to buy a ford escape 2012 model.

Sige po sir, I will try to google na lang dito the forum.

Thanks for the reply.

**GTi** · May 29th, 2018 03:37 PM

Originally Posted by theripley

We are planning to buy a ford escape 2012 model.

Sige po sir, I will try to google na lang dito the forum.

Thanks for the reply.

While we have had a decent experience with the 2010 Escape 2.3 (bought brand new) when we still had residence in Taiwan, the same cannot be said of the 2006 Mazda Tribute 2.3 (bought 2nd hand) in the Philippines. Probably due to the vastly different traffic conditions, the Escape regularly does 9km/L city in provincial Taiwanese traffic, but the Tribute does a dismal 4km/L here.

Power is more than adequate. Some family members have reported doing 190km/h on it. Transmission is kind of dumb, and I personally find it sorely lacking in gears and/or could use better gear ratios. Cabin is very solid and offers excellent NVH. Handling and ride quality are decent enough. A/C is frigidly cold. Though with the Tribute, we've had to replace both compressor and evaporator. All engine supports have been replaced. I experienced overheating problems which was finally localized to an intermittently failing aux fan. With all the problems we experienced with the Tribute, I personally believe that it was a lemon unit! [emoji28]

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**theripley** · May 29th, 2018 03:47 PM

Originally Posted by GTi

While we have had a decent experience with the 2010 Escape 2.3 (bought brand new) when we still had residence in Taiwan, the same cannot be said of the 2006 Mazda Tribute 2.3 (bought 2nd hand) in the Philippines. Probably due to the vastly different traffic conditions, the Escape regularly does 9km/L city in provincial Taiwanese traffic, but the Tribute does a dismal 4km/L here.

Power is more than adequate. Some family members have reported doing 190km/h on it. Transmission is kind of dumb, and I personally find it sorely lacking in gears and/or could use better gear ratios. Cabin is very solid and offers excellent NVH. Handling and ride quality are decent enough. A/C is frigidly cold. Though with the Tribute, we've had to replace both compressor and evaporator. All engine supports have been replaced. I experienced overheating problems which was finally localized to an intermittently failing aux fan. With all the problems we experienced with the Tribute, I personally believe that it was a lemon unit! [emoji28]

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Sad to hear your experience with second hand car sir. I hope we can get a good car, within our budget.

I personally have no know-how on car mechanics, and so is my husband. This site offers great help for people like us.

Some would say better buy a new car, especially we are a newbie. But unfortunately our budget does not permit

We would not choose to buy a car considering all the expenses like gas and maintenance to name a few, but we really need one now.

Hence, we hope to get a good deal with a good car and a great owner.

Sorry for the long post.

Last long post na po ito hehehe

**GTi** · May 29th, 2018 05:03 PM

Originally Posted by theripley

Sad to hear your experience with second hand car sir. I hope we can get a good car, within our budget.

I personally have no know-how on car mechanics, and so is my husband. This site offers great help for people like us.

Some would say better buy a new car, especially we are a newbie. But unfortunately our budget does not permit

We would not choose to buy a car considering all the expenses like gas and maintenance to name a few, but we really need one now.

Hence, we hope to get a good deal with a good car and a great owner.

Sorry for the long post.

Last long post na po ito hehehe

Long posts are fine. We're all here to share and learn after all.

I believe that 2nd hand cars are not always headaches. They can oftentimes actually save us a lot of money, as long as we pick the right car. Like you, we often have to make do with used cars but most of them were actually a joy to have. My mantra has always been, you take care of the car, the car takes care of you.

How much is the budget, and what are the options?

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**chronicle** · May 30th, 2018 08:34 PM

Was close to buying the escape of a friend way back. He advised me that parts are a little bit hard to find and is a gas guzzler. Ended up not buying it as the he is subtly telling me not to anyway.

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**theripley** · May 30th, 2018 09:35 PM

Thank you for all your replies. We plan to check the car out by the weekend. I will let you guys know.

By the way, re: papers. Do you have any tips how to check the papers if legit or not? Its our first time to buy, I worry baka maloko kami.

Please share some tips to check the papers.

**robot.sonic** · May 30th, 2018 09:56 PM

Originally Posted by theripley

Thank you for all your replies. We plan to check the car out by the weekend. I will let you guys know.

By the way, re: papers. Do you have any tips how to check the papers if legit or not? Its our first time to buy, I worry baka maloko kami.

Please share some tips to check the papers.

Check mo muna sa lto. May text service yan. Sasabihin yung last date ng registration and kung may alarm ba.

**theripley** · May 30th, 2018 10:09 PM

Originally Posted by robot.sonic

Check mo muna sa lto. May text service yan. Sasabihin yung last date ng registration and kung may alarm ba.

I checked po and wala naman po problema, tama naman po ang nakalagay.

Other tips pa po for checking if legit po yung papers? In case po upon checking, ok yung car at nagkasundo kami sa price. Anu ano po yung papers na dapat meron si owner para malaman namin na legit yung car? Anu po ba usually nangyayari during documents turnover?

Please share some tips. Thank you.