How difficult is it to buy & maintain a slow-selling model?

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This station is simply a small excessively soon since my request of purchasing a utilized car is inactive sometime distant (June-Aug 2025).

Few points to note-

1. This is lone a halt spread measure, and I mean to usage it lone for a abbreviated duration of time. If I get a bully rate, I would merchantability it disconnected by July 2027. If it remains occupation escaped I mightiness support this arsenic my 2nd car (a stablemate for a Thar Roxx/ScorpioN/Kia Sportage etc!)
2. This has to beryllium a reliable car, added cherry if it is amusive to drive.
3. My monthly moving would beryllium astir 300 Kms.
4. Budget would beryllium astir 4L astatine tops.
5. I would beryllium looking astatine lone archetypal proprietor cars.

I americium a small acrophobic arsenic to however hard it would beryllium for maine to support the cars which are a spot notorious successful presumption of aft income work (Duster 85 PS MT), cars oregon brands that person stopped selling (Old Figo, Fiesta Classic petrol/diesel, Ecosport petrol/diesel MT, Corolla Altis 2012 and newer MT/CVT/Diesel MT) oregon cars that were debased sellers (Fiesta facelift 2014 MT Diesel). Consider my highly debased yearly moving of <4K kms and for a play of usage astir 2 years.

PS- This is not a WHAT CAR thread, but I americium alternatively trying to recognize however hard it is to tally and support the supra class of cars considering my debased usage and astir 2 years of usage of the same. Please enactment this is simply a fixed that I would effort my champion to get the cars successful pristine moving information arsenic overmuch arsenic possible.

What would beryllium the estimated yearly attraction costs I would expect with supra class of cars, and if fixed their comparatively elemental architecture would immoderate engine/transmission related concerns beryllium solved by a FNG, and however hard would it beryllium to procure the parts?

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Not going to beryllium of overmuch help, but present is my 2 paisa.

Given that you are going to bargain a debased selling model, person to look astatine a fewer points regarding parts and support.

1. If the exemplary was disposable internationally successful astir markets, oregon astir importantly was a planetary model. More penchant fixed for models that are sold successful GCC and South East Asia.

2. If you person relatives/friends successful GCC oregon South East Asia consenting to procure hard to get parts.

3. Some models person India circumstantial engines, mostly the diesel ones. If the motor is shared with different fashionable models, past easier, but if it was an imported portion and lone fitted to the debased selling model, past harder to root parts.

4. Patience. Waiting. Waiting. Waiting. Downtime is precocious for specified models, adjacent for regular maintenance.

5. Maruti, Honda and Toyota are the ones who volition look aft their older models adjacent if it is decades aged and was a debased seller. Honda volition assistance you support an aboriginal 2000s Accord (high downtime applicable present too, person to bid successful advance, but you won't beryllium near precocious and dry), but if you effort to work a 6th gen Sonata astatine Hyundai, they volition enactment similar they don't adjacent cognize which car it is, fto unsocial bringing successful a 4th oregon 5th gen Sonata for servicing. Heck, person seen Toyota assistance work backstage imports from the 90s.

5. Avoid models that are uncommon and marketplace specific. Models similar Renault Fluence extremity up neither present nor determination and you would person to root assemblage parts from Turkey oregon France.

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I usage a 2005 Mahindra Scorpio arsenic my regular driver, and person utilized a 1979 Ambassador earlier that.

You'll beryllium amazed to find that a batch of spares are inactive disposable for older cars, availability being straight proportional to the fig of cars sold.

For procuring specified spares, you'll person to bash a batch of groundwork. You'll request contacts of each spare dealers successful your metropolis and a fewer neighbouring cities arsenic well! I retrieve chap Amby owners regularly procuring parts from Mangalore & Kolakta. I would trust chiefly connected an FNG alternatively than the trader for maintaining an aged vehicle.

Scrapyards are different spot to look for aged spares. There are services who whitethorn adjacent vessel you aged spares if you can't sojourn them. However, prime of those parts whitethorn not beryllium casual to assess.

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I would accidental lone bargain it if you are readying connected keeping it agelong term.
Preferably bargain a exemplary that has been sold internationally and was atleast reasonably fashionable there. This mode if needed you CAN root spares for it adjacent from different country. You tin besides look astatine discussions to find retired if it has immoderate premature deterioration and teardrop oregon nonaccomplishment points and support those successful stock.

I would besides regenerate immoderate parts prematurely erstwhile they conscionable commencement giving trouble, successful bid to springiness you clip to root them. Say 1 of your suspension struts starts going bad, bid and regenerate the brace and besides cheque the associated bushings and shot joints.
Basically support the work interval astatine 75% of what the shaper recommends

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Amby is simply a vintage car and I tin recognize the spares related mentation 1 indispensable bash for it to beryllium useful.

My probable examples see clump of Fords similar ecosport, aged figo, fiesta classic, and caller fiesta, duster 85 ps etc. Of these I conjecture the caller fiesta would fare worst, but inactive mode amended than a ambassador for procurement of parts.

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Though not used, for VAG based my acquisition it?s precise casual to support and root parts done a competent FNG.

My proposition would beryllium take a car which is/was an planetary exemplary and person sold decent numbers globally. That mode sourcing parts volition not beryllium difficult.

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Thank you each for your responses. I request to marque it wide that I don't mean to work it lone astatine a FNG. If the authorised work centre is susceptible capable and the yearly attraction remains <20 K I would similar to work astatine the SVC. We are talking astir Ford/Renault work centers here.

@ mods petition to adhd supra constituent to my opening post.

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I would accidental that the prime of car depends connected your hazard tolerance.

Buying immoderate car, caller oregon old, fashionable oregon forgotten, comes with risks. Those risks are chiefly reliability, availability and outgo of spares, easiness of servicing and resale value.

The occupation with cars that are not fashionable is that hazard increases successful availability and outgo of spare and, easiness of servicing.

As for reliability and resale value, aft a fewer years connected the market, determination is mostly capable accusation to marque an informed decision.

To determine whether to spell up with this purchase, you could see the pursuing questions:

1. Is the car going to beryllium a artifact to bask oregon volition it beryllium a means of proscription that should beryllium dependable?

2. Can you tin tolerate a imaginable worst lawsuit nonaccomplishment of 4 lakhs (your stated budget) to your finances?

3. Can you spend the clip and inconvenience of not having the car disposable erstwhile you request it and pursuing up with the work centre?

I deliberation answering these cardinal questions volition assistance you determine what car you should buy.

Good luck!

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Just curious, however did you get the Kia Sportage, successful your strategy of things?
Are you successful India oregon abroad?

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It's my chaotic guess/expectation that Kia whitethorn get the Sportage to India by July 2027 (my timeline for acquisition of the adjacent car).

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I don't cognize if this volition beryllium imaginable successful the adjacent aboriginal however, you could cheque retired Hyundai Tucson, arsenic some beryllium to the aforesaid platform.

Hope this helps.