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What “ambushes” await the buyer of a used Chinese car

  • December 15, 2022
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New Chinese cars are selling well in Russia, despite the space price tags. Following the “novye”, the popularity of “beusheks” from China has also grown. The AvtoVzglyad portal

What “ambushes” await the buyer of a used Chinese car
New Chinese cars are selling well in Russia, despite the space price tags. Following the “novye”, the popularity of “beusheks” from China has also grown. The AvtoVzglyad portal warns of pitfalls that await the buyer of a used “heavenly” car.

Let’s start with the body. There are no complaints about the quality of the factory paintwork of most modern new “Chinese”. But the problem is that most of the time we drive a car and don’t keep it as a museum piece. And chips from flying rocks and other minor damage to the paintwork of many of these vehicles immediately become centers of corrosion. What you don’t see on cars from Europe or the same Japan. There’s still something about rust.

Only those “Chinese” live happily ever after in Russia, whose owners took care of the additional anti-corrosion bottom. If this operation has not been performed, the “belly” of many of these cars tends to rust very quickly. Therefore, before buying a Chinese passenger car, it is imperative to send it to the lift for a thorough inspection.

As for the power units, naturally aspirated engines from the fraternal state, as a rule, are frankly weak to the performance characteristics of the models on which they are located. Therefore, car owners are forced to “rape” them, squeezing more or less decent dynamics out of the car. Accordingly, the “aspirated” wear of the average used Chinese passenger car is likely to be impressive. Having bought such a vehicle, it is easy to “get” for engine overhaul. The turbo engine of a used “Chinese” can also surprise you.

After all, the durability of a typical Chinese turbine is a thing in itself. As, by the way, the reliability of the transmission of cars from China. Yes, they have learned how to produce “robots” as well as CVTs and classic “automatic machines” under license. But practice shows that their operation after the warranty period is a pure lottery, where relatively trouble-free operation of the device is considered a victory.

A typical “pain” of a used “Chinese” is the failures and “glitches” of all kinds of electrical and electronic devices. This is partly due to the low structural reliability. Sometimes – a consequence of the ingress of moisture where it should not be. Fighting this kind of problem in general in any car is a different quest. In the case we are considering, it is also complicated by Chinese constructive “problems”. And the problem of finding and supplying new units to Russia is also not solved.

It should be noted that for a long time we have built up quite an adequate infrastructure of independent service stations for the repair and maintenance of European, Japanese and Korean cars. But in Russia they have not yet learned how to repair the “Chinese” massively and properly. This means that serious problems can arise even in the maintenance of more or less modern cars from the Middle Kingdom. Especially in the regions. Over time, everything will improve in this area, but for now, as they say, “everything is complicated.” So now the purchase of a used “Chinese” is the fate of strong-willed citizens prone to experiments to the detriment of their wallets.

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Let’s start with the body. There are no complaints about the quality of the factory paintwork of most modern new “Chinese”. But the problem is that most of the time we drive a car and don’t keep it as a museum piece. And chips from flying rocks and other minor damage to the paintwork of many of these vehicles immediately become centers of corrosion. What you don’t see on cars from Europe or the same Japan. There’s still something about rust.

Only those “Chinese” live happily ever after in Russia, whose owners took care of the additional anti-corrosion bottom. If this operation has not been performed, the “belly” of many of these cars tends to rust very quickly. Therefore, before buying a Chinese passenger car, it is imperative to send it to the lift for a thorough inspection.

As for the power units, naturally aspirated engines from the fraternal state, as a rule, are frankly weak to the performance characteristics of the models on which they are located. Therefore, car owners are forced to “rape” them, squeezing more or less decent dynamics out of the car. Accordingly, the “aspirated” wear of the average used Chinese passenger car is likely to be impressive. Having bought such a vehicle, it is easy to “get” for engine overhaul. The turbo engine of a used “Chinese” can also surprise you.

After all, the durability of a typical Chinese turbine is a thing in itself. As, by the way, the reliability of the transmission of cars from China. Yes, they have learned how to produce “robots” as well as CVTs and classic “automatic machines” under license. But practice shows that their operation after the warranty period is a pure lottery, where relatively trouble-free operation of the device is considered a victory.

A typical “pain” of a used “Chinese” is the failures and “glitches” of all kinds of electrical and electronic devices. This is partly due to the low structural reliability. Sometimes – a consequence of the ingress of moisture where it should not be. Fighting this kind of problem in general in any car is a different quest. In the case we are considering, it is also complicated by Chinese constructive “problems”. And the problem of finding and supplying new units to Russia is also not solved.

It should be noted that for a long time we have built up quite an adequate infrastructure of independent service stations for the repair and maintenance of European, Japanese and Korean cars. But in Russia they have not yet learned how to repair the “Chinese” massively and properly. This means that serious problems can arise even in the maintenance of more or less modern cars from the Middle Kingdom. Especially in the regions. Over time, everything will improve in this area, but for now, as they say, “everything is complicated.” So now the purchase of a used “Chinese” is the fate of strong-willed citizens prone to experiments to the detriment of their wallets.

Source: Avto Vzglyad

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