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Taken from another forum. 1) DO YOUR HOME WORK Google or Yahoo the PI and if you do find info in forums, do read through the whole trends for both the positive and negative. The internet may not be the best place to do all your research but it's a start. Some PIs tend to jack up their rating artificially and come lousy clients tend slander even the best ones. Same goes for the vehicle of your choice. Read the reviews from both the good ones and bad ones and form your own opinion. 2) SEEK ADVISE If you are not an expert, seek advise from people who have been there and done that and DO NOT have anything to gain be it you get or do not get your car. Better still, ask them along if they fit the criteria and are willing to do so and is free. 3) NO LAST OFFER Unless you are looking for a customized ride or have fixed your mind on a particular model which is going to be phased out soon, don't be taken in by the "last one liao" and "MOTHER OF ALL SPECIAL OFFER" sales tactic. You're buying a car and not a house so there is a difference. There's only Bukit Batok St 8 blk 8 #08-08 but tons of Honda Freed and Toyota Wish out of the production line. Most of the time, it's better to miss a "good" deal than to be stuck in a "bad" one. 4) READ THE CONTRACT Side note is to make sure that whatever the sales person promised you is in the contract and sales agreement. Read the sales contract in detail and check on stuff like delivery, deposit return (if unable to get car and not your fault), warranty, weather you can get your own insurance / finance / workshop involved in the transaction and such. Don't get conned by the "it's a standard company form but for sure give you" routine. 5) REPUTATION MATTERS MORE THAN PRICE It's always better to get the vehicle from "old players" as they ride on "a name". During the time when Toyota recalled back a batch of Wish, the "old birds" absorbed the lost while the "fly-by-night" companies just change signboard and when you ask the same sales guys sitting around, they'll tell you "Boss run away liao". If you buy cheap "poison" milk, you can't blame them for not going through strict EU safety check when deep inside you know they may not even have the margin for it. Here's some other quick tips: - YOU MAY WISH TO DO A STA CHECK PRIOR TO ACCEPTING THE VEHICLE. THEY WILL GIVE YOU A DETAIL REPORT. REMEMBER, IT'S DETAIL CHECK AND NOT INSPECTION. - IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND, DO SO WITHIN 24HRS. IF YOU GO BACK AND THEY START TO HAMMER ON THE CONTRACT, YOU CAN QUICKLY TALK TO CASE. IF YOU DELAY TOO LONG, IT WILL BE ASSUMED THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN TIME TO CONSIDER THE CONTRACT AND ENTERED IT WILLINGLY WITH NO MIS-DIRECTION INVOLVED - LET THE SALES PERSON KNOW THAT YOU WANT TO USE YOUR OWN INSURANCE / WORKSHOP / FINANCE COMPANY WHEN THEY QUOTE YOU AND NOT AFTER. ELSE THEY WILL EITHER JACK UP THE PRICE LATER OR CUT CORNER LATER. - CHEAPEST IS NOT ALWAYS BETTER, IF THERE'S NO MARGIN AND FREE, WHO WANT TO WORK? - READ THE CONTRACT AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS IN BLACK AND WHITE. (CAN'T STRESS THIS ENOUGH)