Hello ~ hello everyone, I am a warm and friendly jelly, as a soldier for three years, but also repaired five years of car, in order to achieve a broader world, resolutely changed to the car inspector, become a unique city station inspector, let everyone rest assured that buying a car is my working principle, come to see the second-hand car I shared today!
I remember when I was still repairing the car, I drove an Acura TLX with my co-workers to help customers refuel, and when the gas station aunt heard us say to add No. 95 oil, she said with disdainful little eyes, you add 95 to Chang'an? Jelly and the co-workers looked at each other speechlessly, yes, Chang'an King, plus! Big mom scolded and grinned into the gas gun, young people do not know how to save, they know to love face! Jelly rolled her eyelids, thinking that her aunt didn't understand cars, and felt that the brand of Acura would be finished sooner or later!
Now that the bullets that have flown several times have finally hit the target, acura officials have announced that they are going to delist, at the end of 2022! Because there had been many rumors before, this official announcement did not come suddenly, but expected. Sixteen years into China, Acura has always been the existence of the last of the third line, the best annual sales are only 20,000 units, note that it is the annual sales, not as good as Honda's single model monthly results. Therefore, delisting is inevitable.
Carefully investigate the reasons, Acura as Honda's high-end brand, its products are not at all good quality control of Japanese cars, but reveal a strong American wind, large displacement + large body, as rough and thick as the early Cadillac, the appearance and interior design is also slightly dull, the most important thing is that Acura's brand recognition is not high enough, its own positioning and marketing layout strategy is not very clear, a car has not been sold for two years on the production, the cycle begins, chaos will come to an end!
Delisting does not mean disappearing, there are still many Acura cars will accompany the owner to walk one more journey, or circulate in the market, be taken home by the next one, and distribute its residual value. This is jelly not long ago tested a Acura MDX, buy it customers have the need to run long distances, let's see how the car is! Start with the basic information about the vehicle:
Model year: Acura MDX 2009 3.7
Factory Date: 2008-12
Playing date: 2009-12
Meter mileage: 162402KM
Manufacturer guidance: 80.00 million
Car dealership offer: 98,000
For used cars of this year, some friends feel that the paint defects in the appearance of the body are not very important, and we do not agree with such a view, because the paint surface is the basis for judging whether there is an accident, and the detection is scientific. Pull out the ancestral lacquer film instrument and walk up! The roof of the car did not damage the paint spray, and the paint thickness of the original car was removed at about 130 μm.
After an operation comparison, it was found that in addition to the roof, the whole car had a second spray paint, and there was also a large area of sheet metal scraping putty.
The two door screws on the right have marks of disassembly and screwing, and it can be judged through other parts such as the glue of the door and the lock block that both doors have been replaced.
What kind of accident can make both doors change, let's focus on the study of the ABC column structural parts here. First look at the A-pillar and B-pillar, the paint thickness is within the normal range, and the surface is naturally smooth and without deformation.
The C-pillar was not so lucky, the inside and outside of the middle section were painted, and the door locks fixed to the inside of the C-pillar were also removed.
Peel open the C-pillar rubber strip and you can see a distinct cutting opening.
The solder joints are also not normal, which is done manually, not as uniform and regular as the original automatic processing.
Pry open the sill trim and you can also see where the lower beam is cut.
The facts are already very clear, the right C column in the lower half of the cutting replacement, the rear fender can not run off, should be the right back of the low position has been seriously impacted, according to the definition of the national standard, the iron is determined to be a major accident car!
Looking at the engine compartment, this MDX is equipped with a 3.7L V6 engine, like this large displacement + high-speed engine, the inevitable result is high fuel consumption, and it is not so easy to afford it!
Although you can't see the traces of rubbing off the paint, Jelly knows that the hood screws have been removed, because the screws have been spray painted, ordinary white may not be able to see it, but a little careful can see that the color of the screw paint surface and the color of the cover have a color difference.
The sound insulation cotton of the hood is also new, the label is also post-pasted, combining various details, jelly judged that the cover is replaced after, and it is very likely that it is a replacement of the disassembly parts.
The two front fenders have also been disassembled, and the left front fender beam has also been welded, which also belongs to the structural parts, and it seems that the front of the car also has a lot of accidents.
The tops of the two shock-absorbing towers remained in their original state and were not injured by the accident.
The screws of the hood lock are obviously removed, and the cover screws of the water tank frame look fine, but the frame as a whole has a post-spray paint situation. Because this tank frame is integrated with the frame, to repair or replace, you must remove the original car solder joints in the connection and re-weld. So we need to look at the situation of the solder joints to determine whether there is a problem with the tank frame.
Jelly pulled the front fender lining open to look inside, and saw the traces of post-welding in the place where the water tank frame and the fender skeleton were connected, which proved that the water tank frame was changed.
Although the front longitudinal beam is not complete on the top, but the replacement of the water tank frame will definitely break off the solder joint connected to the longitudinal beam, so the stringer designation is a post-welding situation, and from above you can also see that the longitudinal beam has a spray paint repair, most of the front longitudinal beam is also damaged, and high-definition photos should be taken from the chassis. Keep looking back at the engine!
The engine's pawl screws and intake and exhaust manifolds are disassembled, because the space is limited, other places are inconvenient to detect, just based on the current situation is not easy to say how the engine conditions, and then take a good look from the chassis later.
Open the door, you can see that the interior style is relatively rough, there is no highlight to speak of, 800,000 luxury cars are so bland! I think this may be the gap between Japanese luxury cars and German luxury cars!
Most of the interior has traces of renovation, but this is not to blame, after all, the number of kilometers is quite large, and the car dealership is also to have a better appearance.
Customers because of the epidemic did not arrive at the scene, jelly while testing a problem with the photo sent to the customer, before looking at the interior, the customer's WeChat phone called over, asked about the accident situation, the right back of the accident and the front of the car accident damage truthfully informed, the customer bluntly said that he was afraid of it, such a car he will not consider again, there is no need to continue to test, withdraw it!
Jelly hung up the phone, said hello to the seller and prepared to leave. The seller called out to me to find out what the customer's intentions were. Jelly said to him, ask yourself! Dude, it's not me saying you, we are also such a big showroom, we can't sell a better car! Buyers complain that business is not easy to do, it is good to receive the car, even if there are conditions to pick and choose, they are all selling at a loss!
Jelly does not want to stay for a long time, and tells the seller that the car condition has been told to the customer, see what he means! We should keep the testing neutral, but to be fair, now people are smart, we all know to find someone to test, the accident car can not hide! The seller said that they all knew this theory, but people came to see the car, directly said that the car had a major accident, and did not scare people away! Jelly waved to see what you sold and went!
Sellers must understand the meaning of jelly, netizens are not necessarily, in fact, a penny a penny, what kind of car conditions set what kind of price, transparent car conditions, price transparency, because there is a big accident so the price is cheap, it is so bright, the choice is handed over to the customer, the car dealer is also effortless. Will the used car market look like this in the future?
Well, today's test sharing is here, I am a used car inspection technician in the car inspector. Like it, spray it if you don't like it. I repair more cars, read less, and write badly, please bear more responsibility. Car inspector, willing to be your friend who knows the most about cars!