The Kia Optima owner was not available when I wanted to see the car, and the Sonata although looked good on the outside, felt very light. The Fusion had an aftermarket exhaust, and the car was making more noise and power, the excessive drone of the exhaust made it a very unpleasant experience to take a short spin of the car. The list was : 2014 Ford Fusion, 2014 Kia Optima, 2015 Hyundai Sonata, 2012 Chevy Malibu, and a 2013 VW CC. I took a rental car for a day to go and checkout the short listed cars with a friend who was over 25.
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The insurance for someone without a drivers license costs a bomb in the US, and there is a premium that drivers under the age of 25 need to pay (around 25-30%), furthermore, the insurance premium is decided based on the age of the license. One week before i travelled back, I started looking on facebook marketplace and groups, I started contacting the owners, and made a list of potential cars that I want to go and take a look at. I knew my second semester was going to be relatively not as busy as my first, and I wanted a car so I can travel and explore. I travelled back to India in May, and got back in the end of August, this time with a renewed vigour to pickup a car. My college is 25 miles away, and I had to take two busses to reach college, after having spent about 1.5 hours each way for commute. The one or two good car’s and deals that I came across were gobbled up within a day or two. Furthermore, I didn’t get to taking the driver’s license after getting an instructions permit (US’s LLR).
I later got busy with college, and didnt have the time to look for cars, neither the interest after looking at the prices. Having seen how these cars were so inexpensive in India to purchase used ($2.5k - $5k), it was very hard for me to accept the prices and pay atleast double of what these cars would have costed in India. However, the covid price surge made japanese cars expensive beyond reason, with 2008 Civic’s being sold for $10K. I initially wanted to pick up a reliable japanese car, since I am currently a student here, it would have helped to keep my expenses down. It is important to purchase a car with a clear title to avoid issues, and also not complicate the process of selling the car in the future. More information about the list of titles is here. In US, a car’s “title” document is similar to the RC in India. I joined a few groups for used car sales in and aroud my city. Although i would have to be careful with potential traps, I knew I can try and manage the risk. Facebook marketplace seemed like a good place to be able to do this. Having fair knowledge about cars and experience in purchasing used cars, I knew I could save a bit if i can somehow purchase a car directly from the owner, Carfax report would help my case as it would give me the history of the car. The probable scope of things being missed on the report are if the owner is a DIY person, or if the owner has somebody to come over and work at his place (Some guys who do this also log the records on carfax). This report is available to purchase for anyone who can enter the VIN number of a car on carfax’s website, for $40. The incident history can just be a simple oil change, or an accident, basically every time you take the car to a participating service centre, a record is added to the report stating the nature of the work, even the DMV (US’s RTA) logs incidents such as ownership change, loans etc. Most FNG’s and all of the OEM service centres all log the incident history of the car against the VIN in a portal. The US has a robust history tracking system, called a Carfax report. Websites like carvana and carfax are usually everyone’s go-to for picking up used cars in the US, for how they are usually reliable, and how they keep things about the condition of the car transparent, this brings with it a premium of atleast 20% on the market price. Having used a Jetta 2.0 TDI highline AT back in India, this was very disappointing and I couldn’t convince myself to put down that money for cars so basic. It was absurdly expensive, and the car’s were pretty basic in it that they didnt even have a MFSW, or a radio with a touchscreen. I immediately wanted to pick something up, and even went to see a few cars, Jetta’s with base 2.5NA engines were being sold for as much as $9K-$10K with 100K miles on the odo. Similar to most other countries, the car prices dropped massively in 2020 during the first wave of covid, however, as things started getting better, the car’s got much more expensive, both new and used, with some new car’s being sold for above their sticker prices too! I moved here in Jan’ 2022, a time when car prices were at their highest.
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