Toyota's flagship model-? Crown, this car was born in 1955 and has gone through 62 years. If the number of years is used to specify the level of traditional craftsmen, it should not be an exaggeration to be called "craftsmen" at such a large age. Although it was the first model to help Toyota enter the North American automobile market, its sales volume was very bleak, and only 287 vehicles were sold in the end. Perhaps North Americans prefer muscle cars, and may not be very interested in this car. That's understandable. In our country, many people are not interested in muscle cars.
It was not until 1983, when the seventh generation of Crown was born, that it began to have relations with China. China began to import a large number of engines. At that time, two engines, 2.8L and 2.4L, entered China. At that time, only rich people could afford a crown of one kilometer and eighty cents, which also laid the mythical position of the crown in the hearts of ordinary people. At the same time, the 2.5 displacement came out after a period of time, which also envied many wealthy businessmen. It's a pity that the current 2.0T crown gives people a feeling that the hero is dying. Did you find it?
The client is a person who loves the crown very much. When he was in college, he expected to buy a classic crown and take his family to eat all the delicious food in China. So he said that he had been trying to make money for three or four years after graduating from college. It may be a little difficult to buy a new car now, but the problem of buying a used car with 65,438 438+ 10/00000 is still not big. And now there is a girl he likes, and he also wants to drive his favorite car to pick up his beloved girl from work. How comfortable life is. Johnny, when I hear this, I just want to say: What is emotion? Feelings are that kind of love, that kind of original intention, regardless of other people's eyes, just be yourself.
I came to the testing site agreed with the customer early today, and just walked into the door of the garage exhibition hall, the customer arrived. There is an atmosphere standing on the side of the center of the exhibition hall, which is very calm: crown? 2008 model? 2.5L？ The fifth anniversary edition, new car guide: 35.70W, apparent mileage: 20 1363KM, factory date: September 2008, vehicle dealership newspaper: 10. 18W, testing location: Xi 'an. It's 12 car. Can this price still be sold? I feel that BBA quotation 12 is almost the same! But our customers have no problem, saying that as long as the car is in good condition, it is basically acceptable. It seems that they really like this car.
I checked the car models of that year, and the prices of the two old rivals are just so much, even worse than the crown, which means that 10 has passed for many years, and there is still no discount. I have to say that Japanese cars are really valuable! It should also benefit from Toyota's consistently excellent reputation and quality. Crown is really the second spring!
I walked around the car. After all, the car is still quite classic, and there are still many defects. The gap in this bumper is too obvious to be repaired. After all, the age of the car 10 is understandable. However, according to the details of other locations, the bumper has been removed for painting but not replaced, and there may be bumps or scratches in the front.
Then I picked up the auxiliary equipment for testing: the paint film on the machine cover was worth more than 200, and the machine cover was painted, but there was no trace of sheet metal, which was a "surprise". Many crowns have been tested before, and they are basically around 120- 130.
Then came the left front fender worth more than 1, 000. There is sheet metal repair here. This test has just started and found many problems. Although they are all panels and cars are classic, I always feel that something is wrong. Is it a scratch or a collision? We need to continue testing to judge.
There are also traces of sheet metal repair on the left front door. Was it caused at the same time as the fender?
In order to solve my doubts, when I opened the door, I found that the fixing screw of the left front door had traces of disassembly. Then I checked that the glue on the edge of the door frame was inconsistent with the other three doors, and the door lock and the interior trim panel had traces of disassembly. It can be concluded that the left front door has been replaced, and there seems to be a slight friction on the left front door.
Check that the original solder joint of the door frame is clearly visible, there is no trace of secondary repair, the paint surface value is normal, and the internal inspection skeleton is not damaged. The problem is not big.
Fortunately, it was just a false alarm, and it was nothing serious. However, hitting the face is not slow. Dear old drivers, don't look away. A "miracle" is coming.
The inspection came to the back and found that there was no problem with the production date of the rear windshield. However, there are traces of secondary installation of the glass, and the replacement is disassembly parts, or the leaking glass is removed and re-glued, which makes Xiao Qiang alert, and there must be something fishy behind it.
After measuring the tailgate, you can see that the paint value is greater than 1 10. At this time, you may think it is the original car paint, but Xiao Qiang found that there were obvious traces of orange peel and paint flowing on the tailgate. This is definitely not the original painting. Has the tailgate been changed?
Johnny, I quickly opened the trunk to see the fixing screws. Although there are no disassembly marks on the screws, the post-painting on the screws is too obvious. This kind of meticulous work is not enough. At least this new paint should be worn. If it is not here, 320 has no silver.
It seems that the back is really not simple. There must be a rear-end collision after the trunk is replaced. Xiao Qiang quickly opened the spare tire slot for inspection: Through the white glue in the picture, we can clearly find that it was manually punched after maintenance, not casually punched. You can see the traces of repair at a glance. I really want to vomit here: at least this car is comparable to BBA's C-class car, and the repair level is too deceptive.
This is the inside of the trunk, and there are traces of glue repair. It seems that the backboard has been cut and replaced, and the accident behind it seems to be quite small. (Generally, the color of the rubber strip in this position of the vehicle is black or white, but the color here is obviously wrong).
This was taken when Xiao Qiang came down from below, and the repaired place began to rust and crack. The primer is too perfunctory! It seems that the former owner may have found a repair shop at random on the side of the road to repair it, and it is more perfunctory to repair it in an invisible place when he is not paying attention.
Then I checked the trunk over and over again many times, and I can confirm that the spare tire slot is backward and the backboard is cut open. Although there was a big accident behind the car, it didn't hurt the body structure. The impact of buying will not be as great as the damage of structural parts, but the price of the next sale will definitely have a great impact! This face hit me, which really hurts. )
Seeing this, I want to feedback this situation to the customer, because he said before that he could only accept sheet metal painting, minor bumps and accidents. But when I turned my head, I saw him talking and laughing with the sales brother in the garage, so I'm going to talk to him later, and then we'll see what the cabin looks like.
Open the engine cover, you can see that the engine room is clean and tidy, and there are no obvious signs of damage and repair. I have to say that the engine room is beautifully cleaned and normal. Generally, the cars collected by car dealers will be cleaned first to make them beautiful. After all, no one doesn't want their car to be too dirty, does it? This V6 engine is really beautiful, but it only has 197 horsepower, while the new 2.0T Crown has 235 horsepower, which is a pity. But this COVID-19 doesn't seem to sell very well. But it can't hide the glory of this car. At that time, the crown may be that we were still in primary school and junior high school.
The hinge screws on the left and right sides of the machine cover have been tested to be normal, and there is no trace of disassembly. At the same time, the fixing screws on both sides have no removal marks.
There are disassembly marks on the inside of the left headlight group, but there are no abnormalities in the fender lining, water tank rack and accessories on the left and right sides, and the factory date is the same as the total factory date of the vehicle. According to the previous inspection, the possibility of a serious accident at the front of the car body can be ruled out.
At present, there are no signs of disassembly and oil leakage in the valve cover fixing screws and peripheral accessories at the top of the engine. It seems that there is a reason to keep the crown.
A set of generator and water pump belts at the front of the engine and all tensioning wheels are normal and can be used continuously.
No abnormal disassembly and maintenance was found for the engine exhaust manifold screws. A comprehensive inspection can confirm that the engine has no traces of disassembly and maintenance. Detected here, the customer suddenly came over and asked me, Master Qiang, how is this car? What's the big problem? I looked at the water cup on the sorting table of the sales eldest brother. I told the customer in detail about the current situation of this car: multiple scratches on the whole car, left front door sheet metal painting, rear windshield replacement, rear bumper replacement, rear fender cutting replacement, and right rear fender sheet metal painting.
The customer listened, paused, and said after a while, was this cut caused by accident? Is this situation serious? After listening to it, it seems that customers don't know much about used cars. Then I explained: this kind of accident is not big, but it is not small. Generally, vehicles without structural parts will not have as great an impact on the driving of vehicles as vehicles with structural parts, but the price of this car will still be different. After hearing this, the customer was furious and said, didn't you say that there was only a slight bump before and after the car? Maybe the problem that the car dealer told the customer before was not big. Now, if such a situation is detected, it is understandable that the customer suddenly gets angry.
Then the customer said that the car would not be tested first, because I had a test task in the field, so I communicated with the customer and left first. On the high-speed rail, the customer heard that he didn't buy a car in the end, but he talked with the dealer for a while and said a price. The other party was a little unhappy after hearing the price, and finally broke up in discord and hacked the dealership. In fact, Qiang Zaixiang said that every consumer who buys a used car has his own standards. This kind of car can't be bought or sold, but it can't be bought or sold if it doesn't meet the buyer's standards. So what's your definition of used car?
Ok, that's the end of today's test sharing. I'm a used car inspector, Hadron. We are testing used cars, and it is inevitable that there will be some wearing parts in daily use. We can't treat them like new cars, but we should pay more attention to the condition of the car itself and its cost performance.
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