Buying a Used Car

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Buying a Used Car

Postby Acen » Sat Aug 30, 2014 6:02 pm

where is the best place to buy a used car on the CDS???

whilst on the subject if anyone is selling an automatic MPV, 4x4 or large family car please do PM me.

It was to be automatic and reasonably priced.

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Re: Buying a Used Car

Postby El Cid » Sat Aug 30, 2014 9:13 pm

Reasonably priced could mean anything. What's your budget?

Apart from premium makes, automatics are comparatively rare in Spain, especially if it is a few years old.

This site will give you an idea of prices http://www.autoscout24.com/

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Re: Buying a Used Car

Postby ajtg1952 » Sun Aug 31, 2014 12:24 am

Don't buy a used car, you will regret it, and where is CDS?

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Re: Buying a Used Car

Postby gerryh » Sun Aug 31, 2014 8:18 am

ajtg1952 wrote:Don't buy a used car, you will regret it,
Why, what is wrong with buying a used car?
I have been buying and using, used cars for the last 50 years. Partly because I couldn't afford to buy a new one.
Once I had enough money to buy a new car and I regretted it mainly because it stared to rust away after it was one year old and out of warranty.
My wife's previous car was bought here for 2000 Euro 8 years ago, we used it for 140K klms, extremely reliable, only exchanged it because the body work was getting very tatty. The engine is now in someone else car.
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Re: Buying a Used Car

Postby Campo Steve » Sun Aug 31, 2014 9:59 am

Ajtg1952 - CDS = Costa Del Sol
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Re: Buying a Used Car

Postby Acen » Sun Aug 31, 2014 10:17 am

I do understand why people regret buying second hand in Spain and its such a huge risk.

It seems that cars have a much harder life down here plus they seem to be almost twice as much than in the UK.

BUT new cars are simply too expensive. a passable family ford opel citroen etc is going to cost more that €20k €25k with auto box.

this is a lot of money for something that will be keyed, destroyed and cooked in the sun.

Not everyone on the costa are millionaires and rich pensioners. Some of us are working and bringing up a family.

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Re: Buying a Used Car

Postby Acen » Sun Aug 31, 2014 10:20 am

I do understand why people regret buying second hand in Spain as its such a huge risk.

It seems that cars have a much harder life down here plus they seem to be almost twice as much than in the UK.

BUT new cars are simply too expensive. a passable family ford opel citroen etc is going to cost more that €20k €25k with auto box.

this is a lot of money for something that will be keyed, destroyed and cooked in the sun.

Not everyone on the costa are millionaires and rich pensioners. Some of us are working and bringing up a family.

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Re: Buying a Used Car

Postby ajtg1952 » Sun Aug 31, 2014 10:34 am

My experience is possibly not typical.

7 years ago my wife wanted to buy a new Kia Sportage 4x4 diesel at €25,000.

I said that was too much so we bought a whole series of second hand cars, everyone with serious problems despite getting them checked by a mechanic before buying.

We have now spent €34,000 on cars and repairs. Have a 7 year old XTrail with electrical problems that defy belief. If I had gone with my wife we would still have €9,000 in the bank and the car would just be coming out of warranty.

So I still say, don't buy a used car.

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Re: Buying a Used Car

Postby El Cid » Sun Aug 31, 2014 10:58 am

Acen wrote:
BUT new cars are simply too expensive. a passable family ford opel citroen etc is going to cost more that €20k €25k with auto box.
Not all. Look at the new Seat Toledo. It's a good sized car with a huge boot. You can get a diesel automatic for well under €20k as they have loads of offers as they are desperate to sell cars. Finance can be really low at about €60 a week.

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Re: Buying a Used Car

Postby olive » Sun Aug 31, 2014 11:51 am

Do not buy a diesel auto Ford Focus. They have a little known but very expensive penchance for gearboxes.

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Re: Buying a Used Car

Postby Acen » Sun Aug 31, 2014 6:19 pm

thanks for the advice, please do keep it coming.

I would not get it on finance. I would struggle to get finance in spain anyway.

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Re: Buying a Used Car

Postby Julie » Sun Aug 31, 2014 10:33 pm

If your looking for a reasonable priced car, maybe look at Kia I know 2 people who have bought them and really like them, and hopefully they are within your budget :)
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Re: Buying a Used Car

Postby chrissiehope » Sun Aug 31, 2014 10:59 pm

Shhhh - don't tell peteroldracer.... " 08/1988 UK registered Mitsubishi Shogun/ Montero ..." ...."This car has lived all its life in Spain as the villa holiday car " :roll: :wink:

But apart from having to transfer to Spanish plates, it looks like a good buy :D
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Re: Buying a Used Car

Postby scotty » Sun Aug 31, 2014 11:15 pm

It is a good buy. I'm thinking of buying it myself. I hope it's still for sale when I arrive next week.

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Re: Buying a Used Car

Postby Spartacus » Sun Oct 12, 2014 5:04 pm

Weighing up the pro's and con's of buy in spain or bring from UK I'm opting to buy in Spain. I may have mis-understood but thought I read that to buy in Spain you had to own property in Spain. My plans are to rent for at least the first months however I would want to buy a car almost as soon as I arrived. Where do I stand? My plans for the first couple of years are to do 6 months only per year in Spain and the Spain veh. will stay in Spain.

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Re: Buying a Used Car

Postby gerryh » Sun Oct 12, 2014 5:35 pm

My understanding, and in my experience, you either have to own a property in Spain or have a rental agreement/contract for a property in Spain.
This was true when I bought my first car here in Spain from a dealer.
All my other cars have been bought privately and no proof of living here was required.
To get the ownership registered in my name just needed my NIE number and an up to date padron certificate.

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Re: Buying a Used Car

Postby El Cid » Sun Oct 12, 2014 5:46 pm

The Padron certificate seems to be the key, depending on where you are.

You can sign on the Padron even if you are renting, but officially you can only do so if you are a permanent resident in Spain.

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Re: Buying a Used Car

Postby elusive » Sun Oct 12, 2014 7:29 pm

I needed copies of the padron, NIE and needed to have filed the module 030 with the tax office before we bought new 6 months ago

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Re: Buying a Used Car

Postby Spartacus » Sun Oct 12, 2014 10:24 pm

Okay, been googling what the Padron is so a little wiser. Question. One of the options I have is to buy a Spanish registered and plated veh for sale in UK which there are surprisingly quite a number. Are there any pitfalls with this idea? :think:


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