Considering 2nd hand Forte

Dear all,

I am considering this 2nd hand Forte at sgcarmart.

http://www.sgcarmart.com/used_cars/info.php?ID=56473&DL=1016

Would like to ask a few questions

1) Anyone knows if there's any problems with this car?
2) What was the price for this car when bought new during Mar 2009?
3) What accessories should come with a new Cerato Forte? I bought from Mandai motors before and was pissed they didnt give me any manual or accessories that supposed to come with the car.
4) What would be a fair price to pay for this car? The listed price is obviously much too high.

U mean U already bought the car from Mandai Motors or was it some other car?

Was some other car. I bought a conti from them about 3 years ago. Well their service really wasn't too bad, so I don't mind buying from them again.

rickong wrote:Dear all,

I am considering this 2nd hand Forte at sgcarmart.

http://www.sgcarmart.com/used_cars/info.php?ID=56473&DL=1016

Would like to ask a few questions

1) Anyone knows if there's any problems with this car?
2) What was the price for this car when bought new during Mar 2009?
3) What accessories should come with a new Cerato Forte? I bought from Mandai motors before and was pissed they didnt give me any manual or accessories that supposed to come with the car.
4) What would be a fair price to pay for this car? The listed price is obviously much too high.

1) Don know.. new car bound to have some small issues.. even my 3 mths old forte is going in service centre frequently.
2) If i am not wrong, based on the reg date. The car shd be priced at $43999 when launched at promo price. One of our mod is driving his forte at this price.
3) Manual, ipod charging cable, 2 pairs of keys and remotes etc..
4) No comments on prices.. rather buy a new one at 5k more.. at least the interest is lower and in the long run won't regret it as u bought a new car!

my 2 cents advise.

buy new

seconded....

buy new too.. cause got new trimmings and lower interest.. though need to wait

No point, considering the price is so high. Get a new one. At least u can choose the colour you like, SX or EX, 1.6 or 2.0, gift etc etc.

new one is better as u dono what happen to the car before and he could tell u a diff story abt why he wanted to sell his car

Simplified calculation

The Car : $50800 - $4460(coe) = $46340
New Forte : $53999 - $15019(coe) = $38980

Interest rate for used car around 2.98%, new car 2.49%.

I guess these few simplified figures would give u an obvious choice.

But we forget that the longer you drive, the more you lose with a higher COE. Ultimately 3-4 years later, the car with the 4k COE will become a better deal than a new car at the moment.

I think we must consider all cars depreciating assets, so it makes sense to choose the car with the lowest rate of depreciation. COE factors in strongly to yearly depreciation of a car.

Anyway, I will not pay more than 40k for the car.. but I doubt they are willing to go this low.

i think u will have to wait a couple of years before u get to buy a used forte at less than 40K unless it is a OPC...

OPC no need 40k also.. hahaha.. for 1.6SX

melburn wrote:Simplified calculation

The Car : $50800 - $4460(coe) = $46340
New Forte : $53999 - $15019(coe) = $38980

Interest rate for used car around 2.98%, new car 2.49%.

I guess these few simplified figures would give u an obvious choice.

Yup! Buy my 2.0l car instead!

now got another 1 listed in the sgcarmart... ask for 49+K.. what happen ar??

one man's meat, another man's poison

http://www.sgcarmart.com/used_cars/info.php?ID=60064&DL=1035

SJP 5416 Z

Anyone u know?

btw, how u guy get the car number ah??

BluZon wrote:now got another 1 listed in the sgcarmart... ask for 49+K.. what happen ar??

Maybe booked a chevrolet cruze

BluZon wrote:btw, how u guy get the car number ah??

Trade secret.. .hahahaha