Used Car Dealer Recommendations?

by **Khun Paul** » June 17, 2011, 5:19 pm

LNS has two shops on the Nong Khai road, their after sales service is excellent, anyone else I would not touch with a barge pole.

by **pienmash** » June 17, 2011, 5:32 pm

Had a customer come in the shop and was havin a natter , he asked me could i explain why second hand cars are so expesive / hold their value in Thailand , when its so easy to buy new here and in general Thais like to show what they have "face wise" etc most would surely prefer to buy new ,,,,, so why are SH cars/trucks so dear ????????? suffice to say i couldnt answer his question but can any forumites shed any light on this ?

mash .

by **old-timer** » June 17, 2011, 6:38 pm

pienmash wrote: so why are SH cars/trucks so dear ????????? can any forumites shed any light on this ?
mash .

OT's not got the answer to the question by mash, but I will say that the way used cars hold there price in the LOS is very handy indeed when you come to sell your vehicle and replace it with a shiny new one from the showroom.

OT.......... $\:D/$

by **Prenders88** » June 17, 2011, 7:07 pm

I think one of reasons second hand cars are expensive in Thailand is the low price of keeping them on the road.
Spares, and labour are much cheaper than the UK.
In Britain with the high prices for parts and labour it eventually becomes a money pit.
A huge bill if the car fails it's MOT.
In Thailand the MOT test is a cursory glance inside the bonnet.

by **pienmash** » June 17, 2011, 7:39 pm

A car M.O.T. is about on par with a medical for a drivers licence ,,,,,,,,, this cracked me up - true story honest !!

doc - wot name you ?
mash - mr pie n mash sir .
doc - how old you ?
mash - 29
doc - the truth please
mash - ok 39
doc - ok you sure ?
mash - yes i was there when i was born .
doc - ok thats good enuff. ..... weight ??
mash - 75 kgs
doc - ive told you already the truth .
mash - 80 kgs .
doc - ok fatty , how you feel ??
mash - fine and you ?
doc - this is your medical , how you feel ?
mash - fine , but why have you been holding my balls in the palm of your hand for the last 15 minutes ?? do you like them , are they heavy and silky to the touch ??
doc - NONO ,,, OOOPS sorry coff please .
mash - arrrhemmmmm .
doc - NICE .... THATS 60 bt please mr pienmash .
mash - thanks doc ,,,,,,,,,,
doc - WHAT YOU MEAN DOC , IM AN OPTICIAN THE DOCTORS IS NEXT DOOR YOU SMELLY , FAT LYING TOSS POT .
mash - Oh never mind ,,,,,,goodbye .

They could mke a movie out of that , Brad Pitt could be cast as Mash !!!! .

Back on topic , loks like we are no nearer to knowing why secondhand cars are expensive ???

mash.

by **parrot** » June 17, 2011, 7:51 pm

?so why are SH cars/trucks so dear ????????? can any forumites shed any light on this ??

Here's a possibility:
Back in the late 90's we were looking at new/old homes. Back then, a basic new home went for 1.2 million (in that range). A beat up similar style old home with 2" cracks down the walls went for 1.2 million. In other words, there didn't seem to be any loss in perceived value due to the lack of maintenance or shoddy construction.

Likewise, there are a few buildings that were built just before the economic collapse of 1997 (a multi story building across from the CAT office is one)....never occupied but fully complete. Back in the US, the building would be auctioned off to the highest bidder.....for pennies (if that) on the dollar. Here? It remains vacant for 14 years. There are many others like it in town.

Along the same lines, I've never seen a tag/yard sale in Thailand. Thais don't seem to embrace the idea of selling used items for a fraction of their original cost. Not so many years ago, there were shops on Phosri Rd selling radios/rice cookers/calculators/etc vintage 1990's....but trying to sell them at their original price.

In a nutshell, maybe the reason cars hold their value here is because Thais don't embrace the idea of devaluation.
Is that old beat up shell of an airplane still sitting outside the terminal? That'd fit into the same pattern of holding on to something that's nearly worthless rather than sell it off at a loss.
Just a thought.

by **pienmash** » June 17, 2011, 8:37 pm

pienmash wrote:A car M.O.T. is about on par with a medical for a drivers licence ,,,,,,,,, this cracked me up - true story honest !!

doc - wot name you ?
mash - mr pie n mash sir .
doc - how old you ?
mash - 29
doc - the truth please
mash - ok 39
doc - ok you sure ?
mash - yes i was there when i was born .
doc - ok thats good enuff. ..... weight ??
mash - 75 kgs
doc - ive told you already the truth .
mash - 80 kgs .
doc - ok fatty , how you feel ??
mash - fine and you ?
doc - this is your medical , how you feel ?
mash - fine , but why have you been holding my balls in the palm of your hand for the last 15 minutes ?? do you like them , are they heavy and silky to the touch ??
doc - NONO ,,, OOOPS sorry coff please .
mash - arrrhemmmmm .
doc - NICE .... THATS 60 bt please mr pienmash .
mash - thanks doc ,,,,,,,,,,
doc - WHAT YOU MEAN DOC , IM AN OPTICIAN THE DOCTORS IS NEXT DOOR YOU SMELLY , FAT LYING TOSS POT .
mash - Oh never mind ,,,,,,goodbye .

They could mke a movie out of that , Brad Pitt could be cast as Mash !!!! .

Back on topic , loks like we are no nearer to knowing why secondhand cars are expensive ???

mash.

Parrot .... Something on those lines could go part way to why SH cars are so expensive , and im only guessing that when a SH car is bought on finace from a garage the interest rate is way higher than the main dealer and therefore the car wih cost as much as a new one , i reckon most SH cars have had prangs or some dark secrets lurk ?? again only guess work.

NOTE ,,, To the forum member who just pm"d me requesting the location of the doctors i visited i my screen play script above , i shall not divulge your name as im sad to tell you i made it up it didnt really happen like that , and if you just want someone to hold your gonads then next door to the shop specialise in this ,,,,,,,, so they tell me .

mash ,,,,,,,,, never let the truth get in the way of a good post.

by **parrot** » June 18, 2011, 12:36 pm

" i reckon most SH cars have had prangs or some dark secrets lurk ??"

I posted these photos a few months ago......the driver had recently purchased the truck, used, and was carting a load of [u]empty[/u] containers. He hit a dip in the road near the Nongwahsaw market, and the truck split in two. Upon closer inspection, it was obvious the frame had been welded.....probably taking the good front from one vehicle and welding it to the good back of another.

by **Aardvark** » June 18, 2011, 1:28 pm

Welding, that's funny. Tacking is the most I've seen in Thailand. A Half Decent Boilermaker would make a Job like that last a life time :oops:

by **hangsaboot** » June 18, 2011, 4:02 pm

Aardvark wrote:Welding, that's funny. Tacking is the most I've seen in Thailand. A Half Decent Boilermaker would make a Job like that last a life time

thats not welding , just a few snobs splattered on .
whats weld prep ?.

bttopic ,
buying a used car in thailand , is a minefield ,
bangers a plenty .
almost as must chance , as finding a good used thai lady .
LOL

by **douglas** » June 18, 2011, 6:37 pm

HI,
Doc. Back home in 1991 i bought a second hand Volvo 240. 27,000 miles on clock. From a second hand car dealer. Besides tyres and the stuff that wear away, ie. bulbs and wipers, brake linings, pipes etc. The only things i had to replace was the distributor cap and points. And i did 90,000 miles on that Volvo, not K's. throughout the U.K. in 15 years. Never had trouble with steering etc. and also i was what you call a lazy driver. I got it serviced at work, they had a motor car service center there. Thats where i found out that the engine in that model Volvo was a French one from Renult( excuse spelling) with the dis. at the back and a pig to get at.
I know you can get a dud with every car, but one bad apple does not mean the rest are. The same applies to new cars.
My friend bought a new R.R., in the first year he had so much trouble with it. Fair enought R.R. compensated him and In the end they give him a new model and it was perfect. So even the best expensive cars suffer from it.
As to the OP i would, as a number of posters have said, buy a new car, if you can. I bought a Toyoto Soluna Vios in 2007, five years or 100,000K warrenty. Next year, done 75,000K now, when it is five years old i will trade it in for a new model. All i have had to buy for this car is two tyres, so far. Touch wood.
Just my views.

Used Car Dealer Recommendations?