shopping used cars

Bear Lek makes some good points John - it does all depend on the monthly costs though.
The used car market is a real lottery in Thailand - it is most places, but there is often some legal protection which you will not find here.
The other thing that you have to consider is that (without difficulty) you will need to pay cash, rather than finance.
It is far easier to get finance on a new vehicle, but there are still sometimes 'difficulties'.
I have not seen a Prius in Udon, the standard Toyota car models available in Udon are:
Yaris, Altis, Vios, Camery
Here is a site to give you an idea of new prices. As Bear Lek says second hand cars hold their value exceeding well so the discount on buying 'nearly new' is very small.
http://www.toyota.co.th/en/product_index.htm

in checking about Udon and attending a few "repo" car sales run by banks I've found that used car pricing is ridiculously high. The only thing I could attribute this to is that the banks/loan companies that re-possess cars are dead set on "getting their money back".. I would reckon that the used car dealers also pay a premium for used cars so increase their sales price to increase profits. Add to all that a used car industry with no standards and you're liable to buy one that looks great only to find in the long term it was under 2 meters of water during this year's great floods..

I agree with most of the posters.. Buy new...

hello
my wife wants to buy a car
back in Thailand next month
someone can tell me a good used car dealer in or near udon.
thanks

heading to nong khai from udon there are a lot of dealers we bought a nissan navara dual cab pickup 2007 model second hand from i think it was called siam phut it was on the left hand side heading to nong khai,sorry not to sure of the spelling.
just remember if you have cash your bargaining power will increase we knocked 50,000 baht off our car with cash,mind you they still probably made a killing out of us.good luck

thanks for info
I know that in Thailand are crazy to sell used equipment
I will try to look around but do not have money for a new car.
banks there may be some interesting affair, what do you think

gigibar

I've sent you a PM

thank you
My wife wants a small car does not like the pik up.
I answer here because I can not send mp.

thanks for info, i think i can buy from him.