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Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Hiland Park, Kolkata
Posts: 22
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Buying a second hand car in Kolkata
Any tips? PLaces to go? Good internet sites? Note like doctors we will get a second opinion on any motor offered to us!
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Infidel Sufi
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: styx
Posts: 13,601
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If you google search this site (see under advanced search, top) there are a few threads for other places, some below. Basic principles remain the same for Kolkata
Chennai: Used Cars Buying a used car: legal requirements/paperwork Buying a car as a foreigner PS: I may be repeating stuff but -see newspaper ads, avoid agents, go to owners direct -avoid cars driven by 'driver' employees -take a trusted mechanic (or recommended) along, watch that he doesn't gang up with seller -see paperwork properly, including registration and insurance. -beware of 'accident vehicles'- those that had been painted up after pileups. -Haggle
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If You Shit, You Are Materialistic
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Where the streets have no cows...we like our steaks only!!!
Posts: 81
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This is a good place to start.
These are "checked" by company engineers, and graded/priced according to condition. I think Hyundai has something like this too, but not 100% sure about that. Almost all car companies have been running exchange schemes for the last few months to beat recessionary trends, so the dealers might have a second-hand inventory to get rid of. When I was researching for the car I never bought, found Team-BHP a good place to get all the inside dope.
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Anka
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Kolkata
Posts: 13
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Bought a car
I bought one a few months ago; after several stops at shady second hand dealers I resorted to my driver and other drivers to find a car. They found one in a few days. I got a 3 year old Ambassador Grand, in excellent shape, for USD3,000. I love it. The other posters make good points; I bought direct from the owner, and had a mechanic look at it as well. There is paper work to be done and it is all a pain in the a** but you need a car, especially once the heat starts again!
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Kolkata, India
Posts: 270
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Go through Clasfied section in " The Telegraph "
& " The Times of India " Kolkata Edition , You will find plenty inserts from Individual Owners and Second hand car dealers from Kolkata. Now there are some Big showroom of Maruti and Huyundai sales for Pre Owned Cars. Cheers Mod note : Some of the posts in this thread have been deleted as they were sounding more and more like a classified advertisement. Any kind of commercial activity is not allowed on Indiamike. The thread is now being closed.
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