Tips for buying a used car at an auction house, don’t just focus on the odometer

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Reading mileage Of odometer This is usually the initial benchmark for consumers when they want to buy used car. However, in auction houses, this kind of step is not recommended.

Logically, a car with low mileage has a chance of having a good engine condition, because it hasn’t been used too much.

However, consider auction house Just relying on a simple inspection for used cars for sale, there is also a possibility that the condition of the unit is not as good as initial estimates.

Juni Siswanto, Technical Leader of Auto2000 Ahmad Yani, explained that the condition of used cars sold at auction halls could be said to be quite gray. The quality could be good, but it could also be the opposite.

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“Odometer “That can’t be a benchmark if you buy it at an auction house, because we don’t know how the previous user used the car,” he said to Kompas.com, Friday (1/12/2023).

According to Juni, the minimum technique for measuring the quality of a used car is to take a short drive. This can help consumers to feel the sensation of all components, starting from the gas pedal, transmission, and feet.

Unfortunately, this step cannot be taken, considering that used cars at auction halls cannot be taken around test drive.

“Like it or not, we can only rely on inspection results. “It’s better to choose the one with the best inspection score, between A or B,” said Juni.

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