Advice on purchasing COE cars (Z4)

[Comage]

20 minutes ago, Raubern said:

Those 523 and 528 worth to buy and renew 10 years?

2 words - money pit. 

Not $2k a year... Try higher! Double! 

[Mkl22]

On 3/4/2022 at 9:11 AM, Ct3833 said:

Compare with the dealers, most of the car buyers like us if not all, are inexperience, because we only buy a car once in many many years, not many would change car so often,  compare with dealers who sell cars every days for decades, there is no way the once- in-a-while car buyers like us could beat them. Next is to deal with the complexity of car, we are not mechanics, we have no ability to check every corner of a car especially so many things are hidden and cannot be seen, unless we could get a trustworthy mechanic to  help, it is difficlt for  a buyer to conduct a thougrough check of a car. It is why so easy for car buyers to fall prey to the dealers especially to those who have intention to prey on the inexperience buyers.

Ya man. They can easily size you up and know if you are a good lamb for slaughter. I always act blur and then slowly rebutt them. 
so much so that they sort of chase me out afterward. 
have only bought 3 cars via dealer. The rest were new or via direct seller. 

[Mkl22]

1 hour ago, Raubern said:

Those 523 and 528 worth to buy and renew 10 years?

523 is less of a money pit than the 520 or 528 turbo engine. 

Edited March 5, 2022 by Mkl22

[t0y0ta]

38 minutes ago, Mkl22 said:

523 is less of a money pit than the 520 or 528 turbo engine. 

N20 engines were sortof their Gen1 turbo 4s. Confirm problematic

B48 seems to be pretty good rep

[yakman]

8 hours ago, ER-3682 said:

If you got an ''Abuse'' unit,Fake Mileage,good luck to you...stand by $2-3K[or more] a Year for Repairs.

 

 

$2-3K is if you got good unit, not abused one..

[Sdf4786k]

7 hours ago, Mkl22 said:

523 is less of a money pit than the 520 or 528 turbo engine. 

@Mkl22 oh why leh. I thot it was pretty reliable

[Mockngbrd]

On 3/5/2022 at 10:20 AM, Raubern said:

Those 523 and 528 worth to buy and renew 10 years?

523 no, 528 yes. 

[ER-3682]

31 minutes ago, Mockngbrd said:

523 no, 528 yes. 

If 523 is a in line 6 Engine..i think it is better than 528 Turbo in line 4 Engine.

[Jamesc]

YOLO

Buy buy buy bye bye.

[Mockngbrd]

19 minutes ago, ER-3682 said:

If 523 is a in line 6 Engine..i think it is better than 528 Turbo in line 4 Engine.

Why would it be? Heavier, less efficient, less powerful, higher road tax. It will feel like a dinosaur. 

Edited March 8, 2022 by Mockngbrd

[Jamesc]

Everyday used car buyers delay

I put up my price.

1 minute ago, mikk123 said:

COE will shoot to 200k, no talk one. Quick buy.... it is now or never. 😁

 

[Jamesc]

Please don't flame me for putting up my used car prices.

I not as fast as petrol station owners.

No one puts up prices faster than them!