Comments on: Beware of imported used cars

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:29:06 +0000

I work next to a huge warehouse here in the USA that purchases crashed (baiscally destroyed) vehicles that are shipped to Dubi in contaners, and as the story says above are cheaply fixed and sold for big $. Avoid buying used garbage in Dubi. This has to be illegal and these people should be arrested!

By: Abdabu

Abdabu — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:31:25 +0000

hey if u buy a second hand car get it from a certified dealer

that’s my advice

By: prado the great

prado the great — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:09:17 +0000

as a general dont buy US imports.. you will regret it

By: immi

immi — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:16:33 +0000

I have an offer to buy a Toyota camry SE 2009,very low milage,Dubai used, for 66000 SR. Now as a layman how can I check that it is accidented or not..Are there any tips? Kindly guide..urgent please

By: asakhan

asakhan — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:03:27 +0000

Dear Whatever I have been usind American spec car since 15 years and this is my 4th car I never had a problem with any of my car , just the normal service tyres thats all, these cars are american specs but still are from Japan so japan make all the cars same even the parts are the same, American specs cars have low fuel consemption than GCC and are fully loaded, the car which has a burn the driver never noticed the temperature guage of the Jeep and he never checked if there is water in the radiator, some people just drive, please check your car before driving it at lease once in 3 days water air pressure oil etc

By: samy

samy — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:05:30 +0000

Hi all
My friend had bought a 2007 Toyota Fortuner last thursday…he found out that the car had been in an accident. When he asked the seller (many times) they said nothing about being in accident. So the moral is check the car throughly before buying it..don’t trust some the sellers…they are out to get your mone…is there any law that protects the buyers?

By: Sahil

Sahil — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:10:52 +0000

hi,
To all american specs owners in dubai, where do you service your cars from, i drive a Nissan Murano 2009, and it keeps giving me an indication of ‘Service Engine Soon’, thought i have chaged the engine oil and stuff.
1- how do i reset this indication ?
2- Please tell me if there are any workshops that service American Specification Vehicles ?

Thankyou,
regards

By: AC

AC — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:24:25 +0000

Can any1 tell me how i can order a VHR from carfax.com without having a US credit card.

By: ROJ

ROJ — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:18:58 +0000

You can check on the net.. There are some sites that offer salvage reports for a car.. Usually by entering the VIN no. they will tell you if the car was once salvage.. A full report can be purchased also but by knowing i have a salvage report on a car is more than enough..

By: ajay

ajay — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:11:45 +0000

Idont think there is any harm in buying american spec cars only that they are not serviced by dealers ,but u have options of lots of garage to get servicing done ,i have seen GCC SPEC cars catching fire ,no big deal ,these dealers out here just frighten u ,i own a toyota camry american spec ,and its just going good and has better options than that of the gcc spec

By: Mashfique Hussain Chowdhury

Mashfique Hussain Chowdhury — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:44:41 +0000

^ You forgot the part where you tell the next buyer that the car has been fixed up by a random garage.

By: Rodrigo

Rodrigo — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:26:57 +0000

What do you think ” Salvage” is?
It is to retrieve, restore or rescue something from fire, danger etc. Now, If a car is saved this way, what is wrong with that. If an engine catches fire, you report it to your insurance company in the States and labor is so expensive in the States that insurance companies total those vehicles instead of fixing it and pay the driver it’s fair blue book value. Then insurance company informs the department of Motor vehicle that this vehicle. If I buy that car cheap, replace the engine drive it. Car is going to be fine with the new engine but the title will read as “Salvage Title”. I see no problem in that. Have you ever been sick and had an operation? Were you saved by your doctor? Should we label you Salvaged person like a car?

By: Sohail Zafar shaikh Muhammad

Sohail Zafar shaikh Muhammad — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:36:27 +0000

I recenty bought an Americe specs Honda Civic. Had it transferred from Sharjah to Dubai. Although Tasjeel passed the car, they say that the car has been repaired and these remarks are mentioned in the passing report. Will i have any problems passing the car next year?

By: Osama Rashid

Osama Rashid — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:26:50 +0000

Okay, just checked it, and turns out the car was a salvage. At least it wasn’t in a flood or fire, but still, the car was damaged seriously. When I drove it, it ran so well.

By: Osama Rashid

Osama Rashid — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:53:13 +0000

Hello All,
I’ve been trying to check the VIN of a Nissan Infiniti G35 I’m interested in buying from someone…problem is, all of the VIN checking websites (carfax included) require US-based Credit Cards, and I can’t seem to get around it.

Any ideas?

By: chris

chris — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 07:15:13 +0000

take car to dealer, pay them about 300dhs and they can tell you if it was serviced by them and if there are any accident repairs done to it.
you can also call the insurance company and ask if there was any claims.
good luck, do take care while buying cars everyone

By: Mashfique Hussain Chowdhury

Mashfique Hussain Chowdhury — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:52:11 +0000

That’s a long story. You’ll have to post in the MyRide forums for a proper answer.

By: Afaq

Afaq — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:35:34 +0000

can anyone tellme if the cars sold on SOUQ.COM or GULFNEWS.COM, are reliable or not? as most of them are sold by private owners…or how to check if the car was accidented or not? apart from service history.

By: ROJ

ROJ — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:36:02 +0000

Most cars in SHJ r totalled & sold to people…

By: rk

rk — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:11:21 +0000

I presume i too was trapped by the used car dealer in sharjah and bought a 4×4, but a price lesser than the market price…later i realised the car was met with an accident in which the full driver side airbags were inflated…they didnt let me take the car to Tasjeel for electrical checking the reason was they didnt hv a number plate for the car…i got it checked with 2 local shops …who certified the car to be good for that price….it had a full service history in it …I wish to know if Consumer Protection Law prevails in UAE to punish these type of cheaters who cheat ppls hard earned money…?