is this a good deal?

**Tacoma_34** · June 10th, 2005 05:36 PM

guys what do you expect in a 97 car? tsaka ang mahal niyan for a 300K. Wag kang mag expect na maganda pa ang ride niyan else you better buy a brand new car. Its a 97 dude tapos 44K lang ang mileage?unbelievable

**zechs** · June 10th, 2005 06:30 PM

weaponx,
ganun lang ba madetermine kung natamper na yung odo? yung hindi pagkapantay-pantay ng numbers? i thought kasi parang may cable na may signs of tampering..like nung sa isang episode ng CSI...hehehe

yeah shop around..i know a 2000 model na exalta 26Tkm palang..kaduda-duda? maybe. thats why you have to check thoroughly.

**mazdamazda** · June 10th, 2005 06:34 PM

Originally Posted by charmander

im going to look around for better deals so i could assess things better. i prefer to buy a car from someone i know or at least from a friend's friend kasi. is it advisable to look for a second hand car from the net? i mean will i still find good deals? para kasing most of the cars sold over the net are either sketchy or overpriced..

try browsing tsikot's car finder

Car Finder

**WeaponX** · June 10th, 2005 06:48 PM

Originally Posted by zechs

weaponx,
ganun lang ba madetermine kung natamper na yung odo? yung hindi pagkapantay-pantay ng numbers? i thought kasi parang may cable na may signs of tampering..like nung sa isang episode ng CSI...hehehe

Mas obvious kasi yon pero may iba pa sigurong paraan. Nag-tip sa akin nyan yung friend ko na dating buy and sell ang sideline. Nacheck ko nga na totoo from personal experience.

Barena daw ginagamit, pero wala ka raw makikitang traces na binarena. Secret daw kung paano.

**WeaponX** · June 10th, 2005 06:55 PM

Charmander,

Try inquiring also from banks which sell/auction repossessed cars like BPI, Union Bank, etc. I think dito rin kumukuha yung ilan sa mga buy and sell people.

Sa Buy and Sell Classifieds marami din dun na first/real owners nagbebenta. Makakatawad ka pa.

**orly_andico** · June 10th, 2005 08:21 PM

www.buyandsellph.com

tapos search ka.

ang disadvantage lang ng Buy&Sell Online, 2 weeks behind the printed version sila. Kaya usually, naunahan ka na :P This is what happened to me. Pero at least, pwede mong i-cut-and-paste sa Excel yung mga presyo, for comparison purposes.

makikita mo naman yung pattern sa Buy&Sell eh. kung masyadong malayo yung presyo (too high or too low) medyo suspect yun...

kung 1997 car siya, i would expect nasa 80T km na dapat ang odometer niyan, at least. kahit mababa nga, di mo naman alam kung rewound yung odo.

at that kind of mileage (80T km) dami mo na dapat palitan ---- lahat ng suspension bits, timing belt (unless timing chain ang gamit...) water pump, mga kung ano-anong gasket, mga filter, etc. Siguro dapat mga 50k ang budget mo for fixes. bumili ka nalang kaya ng 1997 na mazda 323, daming nagkalat, 200k lang to 220k. tapos marami ka pang sobrang pambayad sa fixes.

or maybe a '99 or 2000 na sentra? at least mas bago yun...