Car Purchase watchlist.

Mostly huwa tuna analyze magari, but let’s talk about the traders. While purchasing a brand new second hand or a true second hand ( aka used locally) what are some of the things one should be on the look out for?
I know someone who bought a car baadae ikakuwa impounded eti ilikuwa ya wizi, wengine ni shida tupu tu wame inherit from previous owner, gari inashinda kwa mechanic ni kama mna share naye.
Sijui ka kuna mtu hapa ashai kuwa na experience mbaya with a car purchase.

So to steer clear of schemes or rip offs, msee anafaa kuangalia nini or do you have a dealer you’d recommend with confidence or one you’d not recommend?

Was once paid after the buyer took my car to be checked whether chassis number was tampered with pale Traffic HQ. During the process nilipewa story kalikali regarding tampered chassis number

Story gani hizo, I haven’t heard of them.

kitu moja najua ni tampering ya mileage huwa ndo inaleta tafash sana. esp German machines mtu aki tamper na mileage apo asha ku maliza juu you will miss out on important repairs na Gearbox ita kwara mbio sana. There is a way of checking with QISJ using the Chasis number. BTW most CX5s on the road have doctored milages.

Unaenda official website ya QISJ alafu unaeka VIN number

Kununua gari second hand huku ni gamble. Inabidi ufanye service sijui overhaul sijui tyres… rarely will you find a Kenyan selling a good car. Lazima iko na shida mahali ama imetumika kutumika.

Unapata Interpol inakuandama au unauziwa gari yenye numberplate iliibwa despite ntsa documentation being Ok (#cartel). Just to be safe tembelea hawa majamaa it’s cheap and fast[ATTACH=full]358280[/ATTACH]

This memo is fake

Noted.
At the time I was there a Subaru Outback was seized and found to be for Rwanda thus it was stolen on transit number plate ya KE (numberplate of the original Outback) ikabandikwa. The stolen Subaru Outback for the number plate was what a bank thought they had acquired back after its loan defaultment pay. Apparently the new buyers of the ‘subaru’ at the Police station through crosscheck learnt that the bank was duped. Niliacha kama bank wamesummoniwa waje wajionee how their customer alifabricate chassis and engine numbers to appear as what they had given out.

It’s simple, watu hawalipi duty but instead buy plates from Gari zimekua written off and attach on new units. To cover their tracks they doctor the chassis number to look like that on the logbook.