Continental car parallel importer

[Tea3]

Hi all,

 

Does anyone know of a local parallel importer that brings in continental cars?

 

Thanks

[Magfocus]

How about this one?

 

http://www.globalcarassist.com/

[Tea3]

Went to the website - stated import only Jap cars. emailed them & said they have ceased operations temporarily.

Edited June 7, 2005 by Tea3

[Magfocus]

Oh..cos i saw some conti brands over there.

[Toeyritz]

Hi Tea3..

 

Any specific model you're looking at?

[Yeobh]

Buying from PI is a smart move, but can be a real headache when it comes to trouble shooting and serious repairs. I will buy only if there is some indepedent workshops that are really specialists in such make of cars and have the right OEM tools tester and information.

[Linus]

yup, i agree.

 

my ex-boss bought his merc from a PI. got headaches getting C&C for svc.

[Mel4fun]

Hmm......no worries .... you belong to the 90 percentile of S'poreans who place their bet on "Authorised Stealers"

[Yeobh]

If we have a handful of the 90% of the small shops that are really specialists in certain own make and model of vehicles then PI will do a roaring business.Many claim to be experts in certain makes of cars,if you care to check thier CV, they have nothing to show.

There is one shop owner who claims to be a ex trainging instructor from an ITE campus.On checking nobody know who he is - some insider told me that fellow may have work for a short while as a workshop tool store assistance.

[Mel4fun]

Yes...there are many workshop may have claim expertise in certain area ... but their credibility may be as big as the bulls they blow

 

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Nevertheless, the MAJOR concern for a PI car is the getting of external boby parts for replacement in the event of accident !

 

However, there are still abundant of stockist who would carry the parts for those popular PI models (bottomline ..... if there are enough quantity, stockist will still stock them)

 

As for engine maintenance and tunning, I reckon that most shop will be able to handle the oil change and servicing maintenance. Japs car setup are not as

proprietary as some other Conti makes.

 

SG car buyers are prudent when selecting their choice of rides, partly because of the $$$ of getting one. The other reason is because they are afraid of the unknow and all the myths of PI products.

 

However, when they start to understand more.... (ie. see the light) ... they will start to embrace and accept it with an open mind.

 

There are always pros and cons in a given scenario ... just weigh which is more for YOU !

 

[Porker]

To the best of my knowledge, there're coupla qualified workshops for Star, Propellor and Bella

[Johnchong]

So you mean those with continental cars such as BMW and Merc have to send their cars to the agent for repairs if they get into an accident? Cannot just go any workshop in Sin Ming?

 

Normal servicing ok lah, but for accident repairs, wouldn't the agents charge like crazy? Just like KM and Borneo do.

[Tea3]

Newly launched Opel/Vauxhall Corsa SRi 3 door manual.

[kaka57]

If anyone is thinking of buying from PI, don't !

I can speak from experience ...... bad one :-(

[Wolfverine]

I second the view of not buying conti cars from PI based on my previous experience. Not that the service is bad but rather the supposed workshop tied to the warranty will not have the appropriate equipment and software to maintain and service your car in the event if something goes wrong. Even if they can get the parts in to replace, some of the brand requires the appropriate software and equipment to pair up the new parts with the VIN of your car and the workshop will not have that! Thus, I sold off after 2 years of ownership before any problem starts...

 

Not sure how much savings you can get but if the decision is to still go with PI, make sure that the savings is compared using the same specs as they might be very different between PI and AD.

[ipp]

BMWs are technically speaking more demanding than a Mercedes. I have owned a E60 523i model and I had to keep going back to PML for those resets every now and then. Precious time is wasted. I agree that it is definitely much safer to get a conti from AD as they have the resources to timely address any issues. However, the cost of servicing at AD is another matter itself. My current C180 just had a $1k 2nd year maintenance and the one next year would cost $2.2k. I was quoted $750 for a brake pad change as well. It is quite costly to maintain a conti in Singapore. Bringing an agent car for outside servicing would risk the warranty being void and there is no assurance the outside workshop would do a job of equivalent standard as they work with different makes of vehicles and they are likely to be less specialized.

Edited May 13, 2014 by ipp

[inlinesix]

BMWs are technically speaking more demanding than a Mercedes. I have owned a E60 523i model and I had to keep going back to PML for those resets every now and then. Precious time is wasted. I agree that it is definitely much safer to get a conti from AD as they have the resources to timely address any issues. However, the cost of servicing at AD is another matter itself. My current C180 just had a $1k 2nd year maintenance and the one next year would cost $2.2k. I was quoted $750 for a brake pad change as well. It is quite costly to maintain a conti in Singapore. Bringing an agent car for outside servicing would risk the warranty being void and there is no assurance the outside workshop would do a job of equivalent standard as they work with different makes of vehicles and they are likely to be less specialized.

 

Are you sure outside workshop is not doing a better job than AD?

 

[ipp]

 

Are you sure outside workshop is not doing a better job than AD?

 

 

No, I do not mean it that way. I'm sure if one tries hard enough, it should not be hard to find. Maybe my opinion was slightly biased but in the past when I was driving a 2007 E60, the outside workshop was unable to resolve the problem despite forking out a couple of thousands to replace parts that were probably not defective in the first place. I am not trying to say I was cheated by rather, diagnosing a car's problem isn't easy at all. At C&C, we are assigned a 'service adviser' and we can give them a call or drop them a sms whenever we require assistance. Personally, I find their respond quite prompt and the service is done rather quickly. Just recently, my 2 year old ride had a steering creek especially when parking and the problem was resolved in half a day and it is covered under warranty. They provide free nitrogen fill up as well with no appointment needed.

Edited May 13, 2014 by ipp