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the gorgon
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the local used car market goes through paradigm shifts every so often, and is in the process of going through yet one more, at this very moment. here is what is happening..
some years back, Dominicans discovered the glories of the Hyundai Sonata N20, and its Kia counterpart, the Lotze. they are propane cars, used in Seoul as taxis and rentals. a taxi in Korea is not the same as one in the DR. here, a guy buys a Corolla, uses it as his means of livelihood, and his personal car. they accumulate higher miles than a car of a guy who goes to work and parks his car, but nothing like the Korean cars.
in Korea , 3 guys pool their money, and buy a car. they each get an 8 hour shift, so the car never rests. there is one day in the month where it goes into a shop for a checkup, but by the time they get to the DR, they have at least 250k kilometers on the car. of course, the sellers do the old laptop trick, and tell you they have 75k. buying one is a skill. novices should never try to buy a Hyundai propane car. banks will not even finance them these days. the times they are a changin...
so, here comes the new fad...the Japanese imports...the small cars, like the Toyota Vitz, the Honda Fit, the Mazdia Demio, the Nissan Note, and other cars like those. if you want a car with genuinely low mileage, and not one of those bogus cars from the USA, look into these. in Japan, there are no 3 year old cars with 150k miles on the streets. when you buy a Demio, and the guy says it has 88k kilometers, that is very close to the truth.
i just picked up a 2014 Fit for a member yesterday, and rode back in it to POP from Sto Dgo....it ran like a brand new car...
this is the way to go..
some years back, Dominicans discovered the glories of the Hyundai Sonata N20, and its Kia counterpart, the Lotze. they are propane cars, used in Seoul as taxis and rentals. a taxi in Korea is not the same as one in the DR. here, a guy buys a Corolla, uses it as his means of livelihood, and his personal car. they accumulate higher miles than a car of a guy who goes to work and parks his car, but nothing like the Korean cars.
in Korea , 3 guys pool their money, and buy a car. they each get an 8 hour shift, so the car never rests. there is one day in the month where it goes into a shop for a checkup, but by the time they get to the DR, they have at least 250k kilometers on the car. of course, the sellers do the old laptop trick, and tell you they have 75k. buying one is a skill. novices should never try to buy a Hyundai propane car. banks will not even finance them these days. the times they are a changin...
so, here comes the new fad...the Japanese imports...the small cars, like the Toyota Vitz, the Honda Fit, the Mazdia Demio, the Nissan Note, and other cars like those. if you want a car with genuinely low mileage, and not one of those bogus cars from the USA, look into these. in Japan, there are no 3 year old cars with 150k miles on the streets. when you buy a Demio, and the guy says it has 88k kilometers, that is very close to the truth.
i just picked up a 2014 Fit for a member yesterday, and rode back in it to POP from Sto Dgo....it ran like a brand new car...
this is the way to go..