Today's Straits Times:- 2nd hand Honda Stream giving problem

2004Lancer SG

read today's Straits Times? i had posted to warn u people not to buy those resale cars as I predicted many of these cars had been 'victims' of the recent serious flood....remember?

see? what i said has become reality....

a woman had bought a 2.5 yr old Honda Stream for $77K and her servicing started on the 1st day of her ownership.....what she was told is her car had been flooded whilst it was parked in a basement carpark before she took over....

she is now in deep shit as no one wanna be responsible for her purchase.....

she is engaging her own lawyer to settle things out.....

mobitalk SG

Man, pity the lady who bought it. Luckily, she got money to engage lawyer and all the technical support in the world. Anyway, if one wants to buy USED cars, no problem, simply make a deal with the dealer. Tell the dealer that you send the car to VIACOM for assesment, if car in good condition, you pay else, dealer pay and also refund your deposit..

hotxyz2002 SG

Hi 2004Lancer,

Yeah, you were right all along. I remembered that you were the one who started the thread about not buying second hand cars after the flood incident in Singapore back then (the thread has now expired).

My advice too is not to buy second hand cars. The market situation now make it more affordable for people to buy brand new cars, so they should just do that. Because we really do not know the 'dark history' of the vehicle until after some time when one problem after another crop up.

Believe me, because i am a second hand car owner and it has been giving me a lot of headache recently. So, think really hard before even considering buying a second hand car. It is a risk that might not be worth taking.

2004Lancer SG

aiyah..that's because i personally saw many 'flooded' cars out there and even spoken to some of the car owners what they intended to do with these 'beyond economical repair' cars....which some were unsure what to do....

so common sense lor...what would people start to think when they were put under such a situation? definitely to 'get rid' of these cars at minimum loss right?

kakakakakaaaa...

NOT HAPPY SAY!!!!!