Buying a Car

Suzzell22

Hello,

I will be in Mumbai for 2-3 years and need to get a car. For those with experience obtaining a car, do you recommend buying a car or finding a long-term lease. If we decide to buy a car, how hard is it to sell it used on the prvate market? Thanks for any insights.

Familyonthemove

If you have a resident's permit and an internation drivers licence, buying a car is simple. New cars often come with insurance and servicing thrown in.

Indian built cars are a very good price, imported ones are expensive due to tax.

Driving is an entertaining challenge - but you get used to it.

Navigation is the biggest issue - few road signs and every street looks the same.

Don't know about selling yet .... but after 2-3 years of Mumbai roads, your car wont be worth anything anyway!

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raaz

It is not a big problem to sell a car in india ..especially which is 2/3 years old.
What i know from my experience a lot of people would be interested in it...but choose ur model carefully which has good demand.
and In 2/3 yrs u will know ur surronding aswell..to sell it easily
buying a car is worth it..if u cant lease it...which i believe is still new in india

capt_mahajan

I would say buy, even though you will get approximately half the money when you sell after 3 years.

uwe2000

nobody with any longterm car leasing experience here? I would be interested in that as well....

Khak

that depends on the model........... best to go for a model which has been in market for some years and has good resale value

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pablo1966

hey there - I took a loan for a Lancer when I was living in Bangalore a few years back. Getting the loan at that time for a foreigner was a real pain but it got done - took a 3 yr loan. I like to drive, but if you don't feel comfortable doing so, then you should take a driver.

pennylessinindia

Not sure if you got your car leasing info or are here now writer relocation will have leasing company names I am sure there are companies doing that in mumbai. Also expats may be selling there cars too so asking aroung the expat groups to buy and also at the end to sell is a good idea.