Hi there, I need some help buying a car since my knowledge on cars and the different variants are very limited. specially given the absurd vehicle market right now in Sri Lanka I am not sure what to buy. I need a vehicle that I doesn't require me spending a lot of time in a garage and be able to sell it back without making a big loss if I have to.
My budget is 7 Million, I can manage a couple of hundred thousand more. I am currently looking at the Suzuki Swift RS Turbo, some advised me not to get the hybrid version as it doesn't have good resale value and I too think since the cars a easily above 50,000 mileage I don't want to spend more to buy a new battery in the near future.
There are some European cars that's in the same budget range, one is Audi A1 but I didn't consider that because of the tight space at the back. And there was a BMW 116i E87 with 60k mileage and an Audi A6 with 158k mileage. About buying an European car is it really that expensive to maintain? I mean as I gather service wise you only have to do every 10k km while Japanese cars you need to do every 5k km so its pretty much the same on the maintenance. Repair wise I am not really sure as I have never owned one previously. So is it worth getting an Audi / BMW with over 100,000 mileage? will those vehicle have lot of issues?
Otherwise, what are my options on Japanese cars? I am not very fond of the way the Fit and the Vitz look. Vitz is honestly very plasticky inside too. I like the vehicle to look little strong and have a nice interior too. Which is why I am considering Europeans cars but worried because of what people say about high maintenance. Normally how much will it cost to maintain an Europeon car I have mentioned above?
sorry if the post is too long, I would really appreciate your suggestions. Thanks in advance.
Does anyone know how exactly this is supposed to work? They haven’t really started brand new imports again right?
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Bought a 2007 (Reg 2011) Vitz SCP90 (Mileage 180K+) for the family (will be used by my father). Seems to be in good condition but had some new owner repairs/replaces done to have a free mind.
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Hi there, I need some help buying a car since my knowledge on cars and the different variants are very limited. specially given the absurd vehicle market right now in Sri Lanka I am not sure what to buy. I need a vehicle that I doesn't require me spending a lot of time in a garage and be able to sell it back without making a big loss if I have to.
My budget is 7 Million, I can manage a couple of hundred thousand more. I am currently looking at the Suzuki Swift RS Turbo, some advised me not to get the hybrid version as it doesn't have good resale value and I too think since the cars a easily above 50,000 mileage I don't want to spend more to buy a new battery in the near future.
There are some European cars that's in the same budget range, one is Audi A1 but I didn't consider that because of the tight space at the back. And there was a BMW 116i E87 with 60k mileage and an Audi A6 with 158k mileage. About buying an European car is it really that expensive to maintain? I mean as I gather service wise you only have to do every 10k km while Japanese cars you need to do every 5k km so its pretty much the same on the maintenance. Repair wise I am not really sure as I have never owned one previously. So is it worth getting an Audi / BMW with over 100,000 mileage? will those vehicle have lot of issues?
Otherwise, what are my options on Japanese cars? I am not very fond of the way the Fit and the Vitz look. Vitz is honestly very plasticky inside too. I like the vehicle to look little strong and have a nice interior too. Which is why I am considering Europeans cars but worried because of what people say about high maintenance. Normally how much will it cost to maintain an Europeon car I have mentioned above?
sorry if the post is too long, I would really appreciate your suggestions. Thanks in advance.
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