According statistics Indian car owners change their car once in every six to seven years which is pretty long period. Consider these 10 tips while buying your dream car.
Resale Value
Never consider resale value of the car as important criteria while buying a new car since you buy car for your own use and not for the second hand car buyer. Even though resale value is still important criteria for you then you should consider some important features. First is the car brand matters a lot. There are brands e.g. Maruti Suzuki Cars are more popular among pre-owned car buyers. Old car sales market is bigger than new car sales in India. Don’t forget about its colour; white is most popular colour in India, one in every five cars is white followed by silver and grey. Red, Orange or green colours are not that popular here in India.
Features that you need
Make check list of features that you need right from most important one to least important. Choose car variant very wisely according to features that you need. If you don’t smoke you don’t need lighter. All active and passive safety features are important. Additional airbags, Auto dimming rear view mirrors, head restraints and ABS are important and never save your money by neglecting these features.
Car Maintenance.
Many people take car price into consideration. They forget further expense on technical service/maintenance, insurance and other hidden charges. Car maintenance cost will increase year on year. If your income is not aligned with it will be difficult for you to keep the car running.
Big car OR small Car
Always consider number of times you are going to use the car, number of passengers, think where you will be driving the vehicle, If you stay in metro city where roads are generally good think about sedan car, if you are a joint family consider MPV, SUVs can be consider for people who drive on bad roads.
New Launch Car
Never buy a car that is just launch in your country. For first three years company gather information, issues and improvements required to make car more reliable. Best choice will be a car model that is older than 3 years.
Car prestige and technical characteristics
If you can afford then go for a better car. Surprised! Better car will take you all new level of driving experience in terms of performance, safety and comfort. It’s always better to focus on technical specification, reliability and price. It’s not about prestige.
Research
Gather as much information as possible from reliable websites, consult freelancing specialist and most importantly test ride the vehicle.
Offers
Best time to buy a car is in Jan to March if you are looking for a better deal; during January and March dealer were looking for old stock to clear.
Not trying to negotiate/Lower Price
Rivalry between dealers is very high. Remember to leave different contact numbers at dealers as they have DMS system. Compare different dealers offer and negotiate to low price car.
Never show anxiety
Always spent some time to gather information, compare pros and cons, Think what is best for you and then only go for purchase.
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