Don't Get Scammed Buying a Used Car - 12 Buying Tips - Marek Drives

[@kyeongro1803]

I recently had the experience of buying a used car in Poland. As a foreigner, it was not easy but could go through everything with my Polish wife. One more tip I would add here is to ask the seller for the VIN of the car and pay 10-20 euros online to get the vehicle reports. I shortlisted 5 cars and all of them had hidden serious accident records. I shortlisted another set of 5 cars and only one came out clean with yearly mileage records. I was shocked at how deceiving the used car market can be.

[@MarekDrivesENG]

Yes, checking the VIN is also a good idea, albeit there are now scammers "cleaning" the car's VIN history or "borrowing" VINs from other cars.

[@sha22276]

I was "scammed" or taken advantage of when buying my first car in 2022, a 2011 Honda Jazz. The owner told me to meet him before 5pm, which i did, but then he told me off in person claiming that he asked me to meet him AFTER 5pm which obviously was not what he said initially. His behaviour was bad throughout the experience and since i was a new driver i felt overwhelmed, and when i was driving on a test drive, the owner kept talking and he masked the fact there was a noise coming from the transmission. He put alot of pressure on me, and i buckled and i bought the car. The honda Jazz needs over £1000 of repair for its transmission.......😮😮😢😢 He claimed to be a professional Dealer but he was just selling cars from his home so i dont have any consumer protection.

[@MarekDrivesENG]

What an asshole!

[@vitalizinevich1231]

Maybe there is a chance to get similar video, but Poland-specific? 😅

[@MarekDrivesENG]

Here it is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaCsin2toZqInac It'll go public today. Just turn on auto-translate.

[@vitalizinevich1231]

@@MarekDrivesENG Thanks! It's just that it on different channel and also needs a subscription :)

[@MarekDrivesENG]

@@vitalizinevich1231 yes, it's going to go public (no subscription) in a couple of hours.

[@rasheedololade5439]

If you're in Germany, just ask for the TÜV or go do an instant TUV check preferably if there is a miss maintenance record or no record. check the registration nos on car fact check websites, doesn't cost a bunch. to do so, If you're churning out thousands of €, you should be able to pay for such fees.

[@MarekDrivesENG]

There's also a free Polish database for cars registered in Poland, so as long as the car has been here for a while, there's some history to look at. However since most used cars are imported from Germany, there's a good reason why they are cheaper here, then they are in Germany :)

[@ianstewart2723]

One of my annoyances is when you buy a car from a dealer and I’m not doubting they’ve carried out a service, but if it’s not a make the dealer normally sells they can’t reset the “service due 🔧 “ For instance a VW dealer selling a Range Rover. You have to go a Range Rover dealer and they charge silly amounts just to clear the 🔧 . It takes seconds but they’ll charge you an hours labour or insist you get it serviced by them even if you bought a service plan with the VW dealer (VW used only as an example) That’s my moan for the day 😒.

[@MarekDrivesENG]

Unless it's a fault, clearing which requires plugging in a 50 euro OBD2 scanner, a simple service warning can usually be cleared by pressing buttons in a sequence. It's a 30 seconds Google search. With that being said, some faults are recurring, so a garage may simply not bother clearing it, because it will just pop up again. And if we're talking about an older car with lots of electronics, it will just keep displaying faults, even though it may be in good technical condition. It could be anything from a benign tarnished electrical connection somewhere, to a failing component. For example I recall the dealer just unplugged a passenger airbag warning light in my old Peugeot 306, because his diagnostics said it was fine.

[@kevinn1158]

I need you to go to France and buy me a 2CV. Red please. I'll pay you back next Tuesday.

[@MarekDrivesENG]

There was a time I wanted to buy something French and quirky, like a Citroen GS or Visa, but the French will not respond to messages from anyone, who's not French. And my basic knowledge of French didn't help. I had a suspicious name, so I was probably a scammer. I should have got an e-mail address like [e-mail] :)

[@kevinn1158]

@@MarekDrivesENG 😂