Hello everyone, the old driver of the car inspector has met with everyone again, I am the iron head of the car inspector. Because the car repair was always kowtowed under the lift, everyone called me iron head after a long time. After various efforts, he finally became a used car inspector in the car inspector. Welcome to this issue of used car testing fun facts.
Speaking of Tianlai, everyone thinks that it is just a 200,000-level ordinary joint venture B-class car, but with the addition of the two words of Duke, the meaning is different! Before the earliest, the Duke was an independent car family under Nissan, focusing on the high-end market and having a similar status to the Toyota Crown. In the middle, it went through a graceful transition stage, and then in 2008, it was localized by relying on Tianlai and put on the market in the form of a Tianlai flagship model, a bit like the current Maybach S-Class to Mercedes-Benz S-Class.
Although it hung the duke's name, its appearance and shape are almost exactly the same as ordinary natural sounds, the biggest difference is mainly in the longer wheelbase and body length, as well as more advanced and richer functional configurations, but also monopolize the use of higher power engines, so the price has reached 370,000. This is the real mobile sofa, and if you look at the appearance alone, it can be said to be a very low-key car!
Today, Iron Head brings you such a second-hand car, 09 Tianlai Duke. The buyer is a middle-aged uncle, he took his Audi Q5 to his son who just graduated, and then came to buy this Duke himself, saying that the pursuit of the car after the age is different, or feel comfortable and worry-free is the most important, and the Duke is undoubtedly the most comfortable car he has ever experienced! Now the new heavenly sound, alas, is not to be said!
There are not many local car sources that can be found, the buyer picked a color that looks OK, the owner of the car dealer said that there are only three or four face spray paint, the rest are the original, no accidents. The buyer's life experience can be a lot, naturally do not believe what the boss said, and they can't understand it, so they found us to check it, and the following should be the iron head!
Model Year: 2009 Duke 2.5L XV VIP Premium Edition
Factory time: 2009-10
Meter mileage: 145650KM
Manufacturer guidance: 289,800
Car dealer quote: 59,800
The paint thickness of the front cover is only 38.6 μm, the left front fender is only 35.6 μm, and the normal original thickness should be about 100 μm, has it been polished many times? I don't think so, these two covering parts are most likely to replace the new accessories, because the accessories that are replaced after the replacement are colorless, and the color grading is painted after being sent to the 4S store, and the 4S store has less of a spray paint process than the original, so the paint thickness of the replacement accessories is relatively low.
Open the engine compartment and look at the fixing screws on the cover and left front fender, all screws are screwed, which confirms that the two parts have been replaced.
The fixing screws of the right front fender are also removed, but the thickness of the paint surface is the opposite, up to 710μm, which is done sheet metal scraping putty spray paint, and the distribution is uneven, it should just be removed to make sheet metal, the possibility of changing parts is unlikely!
The four doors are also painted with sheet metal, and the putty of the two rear doors is very thick, which will crack over time. At present, there are more than three or four faces spray painted, most of the body has been recruited, what will happen to the back?
The two rear fenders and trunk covers did not escape, all sheet metal spray paint, and the trunk cover also appeared the highest paint thickness of the whole car, 1899μm, the back should be rear-ended! However, it should not be serious, the back cover has not been replaced, and the rear wall has not been injured and deformed.
In terms of appearance, this is the whole car spray paint ah, there are replacements, where the boss said so good, the gap is too big! But do you think that's the end of it? Let's take a look at the inside of the engine compartment.
The left headlight frame is deformed and welded, and a screw is missing, do you say that the headlights can still be maintained? There is an accident in front of the left!
The left leaf plate beam is also deformed and welded, and it seems that the collision is not light! Structural parts damage repair, according to the definition of the national standard, this is the standard accident car!
The water tank frame is replaced as a whole, all the screws are screwed, and the radiator and fan inside are needless to say!
The front anti-collision beam has also been replaced, and the label of the sub-factory is also attached to it! The front bumper is also not saved!
The accident did not hurt the girder, and it was not a major accident car. In general, the car purchase contract of the car dealership has clauses about the accident car, but it should be noted that some contracts only say that there is no major accident, not to guarantee no accident, which is different! Like this duke is currently a general accident, if you sign a contract without major accidents, it is difficult to return the car in the later stage.
To study the engine, the valve chamber cover pad leaked oil, the timing cover was also glued and repaired, it is estimated that it is also to deal with the oil spill! Look at the pawl screws have also been removed, the iron head guessed that the engine should be hoisted and repaired, but this car watch is only more than 140,000 kilometers, it is reasonable to say that so many places should not be repaired, after all, the reputation of Japanese cars is worry-free and durable! The specific situation must be combined with chassis testing to make a comprehensive judgment!
Entering the car, from the central control design can see the level of this car at that time! Configured with keyless entry, keyless start, driver's seat memory, co-pilot leg rest, BOSS sound, panoramic sunroof, to be honest this configuration wants to be no one back then! But now there is another problem, the interior wear is not small!
Remember the 4S store maintenance records sent from the background have not yet been seen, immediately open the phone to browse! There is no maintenance data of the left front accident above, and it should be done in the outer repair shop. Then I found out that the number of kilometers was not right, and the number registered in November 2013 was 147655 kilometers, and now nine years later, the odometer is a little lower than this number! Definitely tune up!
If you calculate according to the frequency of the original owner's car, the real mileage is now 400,000! But it is very likely that this car has changed hands in the later stage, and there is no record material behind it, so the real number of kilometers cannot be determined, according to the normal family car one or two thousand kilometers a year to calculate, the large 200,000 is more reasonable.
Send the maintenance records to the buyer, and then tell him about the current condition of the car. The buyer said that this was too far from the difference introduced by the owner of the car dealership! If there are more than a few face spray paint is nothing, but this has an accident and adjusts the table, can not accept! The buyer gave up the car, and the iron head did not continue to test! Get up and go!
The buyer on the road complained a lot with the iron head, saying that the current car dealer how to do this, the first two days he also looked at a tianlai, originally talked very well, but said to find a third-party test, the car dealer will find a reason to refuse, said that the epidemic is tightly investigated, the market management to close the road inspection, can only be another day to make an appointment! Give the buyer also dry clothes, as soon as the test is closed to the inspection? Before and after is not 1 minute worse, how can it be so coincidental?
In fact, this also reflects the current situation of some used car industry, fierce market competition, coupled with the impact of the epidemic, most of the business is not easy to do! So they will think of a variety of ways to let customers go to the door to see the car, as long as they meet there is a chance to deal, but if the customer does not understand the car may be pitted, the iron head wants to say, what industry to do with their own hearts, there is a saying that good, trading is not benevolent! Business to do long-term must rely on integrity management!