What sort of pick up can a friend buy with 250,000 Baht?

Post by **businessman** » October 9, 2005, 11:36 am

Like to pick the brains of those in Udon town with the dozens of dealers on the Udon,Phon Phisai road.I said a six year old two door pick up.Close?

Post by **Paul** » October 9, 2005, 3:29 pm

Don't think its gonna be the best in the showroom for that price. I would expect hundreds of thousands of KM on the clock - no service history and no receipts for past work done. As far as I know - most will go for 300,000 even 400,000.

In my opinion it isn't worth buying second hand

Pick ups start in the 400,000's for the base models.

better to buy one from someone you know (and trust).

When I was looking at secondhand vehicles - it seemed a good calculation that at 10 years old they were still 50% of their purchase price - no thanks !

Post by **Bandung_Dero** » October 9, 2005, 3:46 pm

I agree with Paul, be careful

. For that sort of money I'd spend a couple of days down south (Pattaya or the like) and buy from a farang who has to sell in a hurry. AND check the books

Post by **Dakoda** » October 9, 2005, 10:05 pm

strongly disagree! anything can be fixed here cheap! just have it checked out by someone you trust and knows what they are doing! Trucks hold their value here, so a good thing to look for is someone needing to sell quick because leaving country. It would be worth the time to look at a new base models, to get to know what you are getting.

Post by **Paul** » October 9, 2005, 11:21 pm

You are absolutely right Dakoda - "anything can be fixed here cheap"

I did not buy secondhand for that very reason

Imagine zooming down that long stretch of road you know so well at 100km/hour and suddenly that cheap repair that the previous owner did not tell you about fails!

The weld on the axle snaps? the bakes fail? the repaired engine part shears?

I would not put the life of myself or my family in that situation

My wifes realtive suffered a very bad car crash last year and his car was written off.
2 months ago he drove round to my house in his repaired car - which looked perfect - but.............

And if you saw it on the secondhand forecourt you would think its a good looking well maintained car.

Even back in the UK where we have compulsory annual checks - I would still be cautious of buying secondhand - but here where anything is allowed to be on the road ??? hmmmm- why risk life - just to save a few baht?

Post by **Bandung_Dero** » October 10, 2005, 5:39 am

For Sale only 250K Baht. One owner, used by a little olde lady on Sundays and her son to run the family to town.
Proven reliability:-

Sorry about that, couldn't help myself. Good luck but as I said be careful, I know of 2 guys in Bun Dung who have been stung. A big reason why I bought new.

Post by **businessman** » October 10, 2005, 11:29 am

Personally i buy new,but my friend is a little short of cash.He needs a run around when he is here and then when he returns to the UK his wife's uncle will use it for his construction business.

Post by **Dakoda** » October 10, 2005, 1:48 pm

we just sold one 7yr old pickup to relatives in BKK 110,000k, we got 150k for it. Seems like everyone wanted to buy it! Cost new 400k.

I am sure that a safe second hand car/truck can be found. Of course if you know nothing about auto's than you could be stuck real bad. Like the picture or like Paul said

Post by **BobHelm** » October 10, 2005, 4:57 pm

An expat has a couple of cars up for sale. The first is a Toyota pickup, regular cab, purchased 3/03, manual transmission with power steering and a fibre glass shell, original owner no accidents, insured to 3/06 with full coverage, dark green and in perfect shape, 21,000 km, full Toyota new car warranty through to 3/06 - 275,000 baht. The second vehicle is a Ford Everest SUV purchased 1/04, automatic, leather, 7 seats, CD, 36,000 km, insured through to 1/06 with full coverage, black limited edition and has a full Ford new car warranty through 1/07 and 50,000 km, no accidents - 750,000 baht. If interested, contact John on 09-1376593.

Above from Stickman this week...

Post by **businessman** » October 11, 2005, 11:06 am

Thanks Bob.He comes out next month and we will take a tour of the Udon dealers.Wtih the record amount of new cars on the road there should be plenty of trade-ins about.

Post by **BobHelm** » October 11, 2005, 12:39 pm

Marcus, would be interested to know what he finds, and what he ends up going for. Can you keep us updated??? Thanks, Bob.