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Post by helpbroskiout on May 22, 2019 12:45:34 GMT 1
Hi guys,
I am buying a used car and my mechanic inspected the car and sent me pictures of underside condition of car. Do you think it is bad? I am buying my first car so I have no idea if it this is normal in used car or not. The dealer told me corrosion is normal even in new car but to what extent? Any help would be appreciated.
Update: So I got the car inspected my mechanic and what he found was that there was an engine knock when he test drove the vehicle. The dealer's mechanic on the otherhand says there is no engine knock and the dealer has asked me to bring along my mechanic to have a chat with his mechanic also he offered me to test drive other hyundai i20 in his garage and compare the engine noise. I do not know who to trust? the dealer seems pretty confident and so does my mechanic
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Post by Karl on May 22, 2019 12:51:35 GMT 1
Looks pretty normal to me
What vehicle and what age and mileage
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Post by helpbroskiout on May 22, 2019 12:57:50 GMT 1
Looks pretty normal to me What vehicle and what age and mileage It is 2009 hyudnai i20 with approx 40k mileage on it. |
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Post by huffo on May 22, 2019 12:59:59 GMT 1
I’d be more concerned about bodywork corrosion (cills; around suspension; wheel arches; around windows; floor plan) than to the beefy chunks of steel that form suspension arms and steering linkages (as you’ve pictured).
Usually (but not always), bodywork corrodes faster than the mechanic bits.
Light surface corrosion like in your pictures might make it a bit more of a battle to undo bolts to do repairs in the future, but it doesn’t look like the sort of corrosion that’s going to cause an MoT failure and require (expensive) welding.
If the price is right and this is all that’s wrong, I’d buy the car and spend a bit of time with a wire brush (or take it for a drive on a loose gravelly road!) and then paint some underseal on to prevent the corrosion from worsening. It won’t be cost effective to pay somebody else to do this though.
Why don’t you have a look under some other cars for yourself and then you’ll know if the corrosion on yours is worse than similar cars of a similar age?
If it’s your first car, it’d be good to get familiar with it and try to learn to do a few little jobs on it for yourself... and I don’t mean just bolting on accessories from Halfords. You can save yourself a lot of money if you learn to do the routine maintenance (oil changes and basic repairs) for yourself, or if you learn to spot the things that are likely to need attention so you can plan ahead.
Good luck, and don’t forget to post again with an update on what you decide to do.
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Post by Noberator on May 22, 2019 13:06:13 GMT 1
Looks pretty normal to me What vehicle and what age and mileage It is 2009 hyudnai i20 with approx 40k mileage on it. Do you know how much MOT the Hyundai has and does the car have any Service history ie Full Service history part Service history? You can check the MOT history by following this link www.gov.uk/check-mot-historyWelcome to the Forum. |
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Post by eddypeck on May 22, 2019 14:50:38 GMT 1
That's a bit more corrosion that I'd expect on a car of that age/mileage... but I'm used to working on much older high mileage cars, and classics.
Remembering though an i20 is a cheap budget car I suppose I'm not surprised. I'm sure a 30 year old BMW was better quality back then than a modern Korean Hyundai.
I did have a 2008 Ford Focus, back when it was only 5 years old and there was more corrosion on that than I would expect - but still less than you're looking at there.
I guess the question is how long do you expect to keep it and put it into perspective with what you are paying. As a first car I assume a year or two till you build up some insurance no claims and are able to move up the ladder. There will always be a market for small first cars, so you probably won't lose that much and I doubt that surface corrosion is going to turn into full scale rot in the next 24 months.
You could always take a punt on it and make it your first job to jack it up and apply some rust treatment and a bit of paint - the plain black 'metal' paint from Aldi sold as a product for metal gates and fences, is rated well by the Practical Classic guys as a good quality chassis black alternative on a budget.
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Post by helpbroskiout on May 22, 2019 18:02:46 GMT 1
It is 2009 hyudnai i20 with approx 40k mileage on it. Do you know how much MOT the Hyundai has and does the car have any Service history ie Full Service history part Service history? You can check the MOT history by following this link www.gov.uk/check-mot-historyWelcome to the Forum. The car's MOT is due in on September and has 9 services in total, last service done in september 2018. The dealer has agreed to do the MOT for the car and the last MOT suggest no advisories. |
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Post by valhalla on May 23, 2019 13:10:04 GMT 1
The car's MOT is due in on September and has 9 services in total, last service done in september 2018. The dealer has agreed to do the MOT for the car and the last MOT suggest no advisories. That sounds reassuring - about right for a car that has been "looked after".
The corrosion of major suspension components is all par-for-the-course, and to be expected on this sort of car.
Don't be too worried about your mechanic disagreeing with the dealer - we are all like that!!! Everyone wants to cover the bases by being particular in such things, and it's good that your mechanic has picked this knock up on his drive. The best way to resolve this in your mind is to get everyone together to decide if it is significant or not. The best way to give yourself peace of mind is to get the problem recorded on the sales documentation, and make sure that you have a warranty in place with the dealer should the knock become more pronounced later in the year. It is unlikely that a well-serviced car is going to develop a major engine fault at 9years. They either go within the first year, or expire when their design lifetime is passed, typically over 160,000miles these days.
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Post by studabear on May 23, 2019 19:22:29 GMT 1
Looks like a car that has been parked close to the sea.
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Post by Noberator on May 23, 2019 20:45:58 GMT 1
Looks like a car that has been parked close to the sea. Or previous owner lived by or close to the sea. |
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Post by valhalla on May 23, 2019 22:53:54 GMT 1
Looks like a car that has been parked close to the sea. That would fit with the car being looked-after impecably. 
My Grandfather used to live in Stu's hunting grounds, now long-gone..... He had an absolutely immaculate Allegro, 1.1 DL in Pageant Blue. It looked great until its MoT at 7years old. Everything was fine, then the tester spotted the rear glass was about to fall out (nothing left of the seal-flange all the way around the glass), so he looked at the front glass and spotted it was about to do the same thing. Quoted body repairs wrote the car off in 1986. It was replaced by a Rover 200 (brand new) that did the same thing in 1992. It was then that he turned to "the dark side" away from Austin/Morris/BLMC for the first time in his driving career, bought a Fiesta (brand new) and the rest is history.....it rotted faster than he could wash it!!!
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2019 21:07:07 GMT 1
Maybe the engine knock your mechanic thought he could hear might be the insecure shield underneath the car!
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