Is resale value really that important?

[mike01]

ot: matanong ko na din, ikaw ba yung sinipa sa picanto forum not so long time ago for flaming? mike din kasi handle non, if yes, kaya naman pala, if no, pakisagot na rin yung above post ko....

So your qualification for car experts are taxi drivers and driving instructors? Both of which don't even own the cars but just use it with no regard for maintenance of the vehicle. Try talking to the owners of the cars and ask them what kind of problems they have encountered and don't generalize a whole countries auto industry based models made almost 20 years ago. Toyota, Honda , and other Japanese makes didn't have the reputation they have now when they first started making cars. BMW is now a highly regarded brand but back in the late 50's and 60's they were known as BM Trouble You to car buyers. They started to change their image after the 2002tii was made in the late 60's early 70's and now they're considered a luxury brand. So all makes improve and that is what Hyundai and Kia have done.

it would not help anyway.. cars whether japanese, american, or korean all depreciate.. and are a sucker for expenses and renovation, so it does not make any sense to determine what will happen to the brand 20 years from now.. its not a real estate or a stock market pick to spend time figuring out..

but for now.. safest is to listen to car experts, in fact there are mechanics i have asked about unreliability of kia's or korean cars.. malambot daw pang ilalim...

so taxi drivers, driving instructors, mechanics, driving school operators, taxi operators, company services and fleets, .. they all the share the same thought..avoid used korean cars.. these group of experts determine the resell value of cars..