If you decide to buy a used car, then first of all pay attention to the car's mileage. In this case, you should not just trust the odometer readings. The previous owner could easily twist any number of kilometers. But even real mileage figures do not always reflect the real condition of the car. Therefore, when inspecting a car, you should pay attention to many other things, and the mileage should be considered just a conditional parameter.
Instructions
Step 1
Take a look at the car windows first. Glasses can often provide a lot of information about whether a car has been in an accident. The glass is always marked with the date of manufacture, which can give information about the year of manufacture of the car. If the rear and side windows are not native, then this is a good reason to think. It is not worth looking at the windshield, as it is often changed due to cracks or scratches that appear from the impact of stones from under the wheels of cars in front.
Step 2
Next, you should pay attention to the engine. After all, this is the second most expensive part of the car. One of the important characteristics of his condition is compression. If the compression dropped by 1-1.5 kgf / cm2, then this corresponds to about one hundred thousand kilometers. If blue smoke comes out of the exhaust pipe, it definitely means that the valves have served at least eighty thousand kilometers. Traces of oil in the air filter and the presence of smoke from the crankcase ventilation hose indicate that the car has traveled about one hundred thousand kilometers.
Step 3
Then pay attention to the gearbox. If the noise of the bearings is heard from the gearbox and there is an indistinct operation of the synchronizers, then this may indicate that the car has traveled at least eighty thousand kilometers.
Step 4
Now look at the braking system. By the degree of its wear, one can also say about the mileage of the car. For example, front brake discs require replacement by seventy thousand kilometers. The rear pads serve approximately sixty thousand kilometers. Their condition can be determined by how the handbrake works. If it cannot be pulled up by the required number of clicks, then the pads are already pretty worn out.
Step 5
Estimating the mileage of the car according to the above parameters is approximate and can give an error of about ten thousand kilometers, but such an error is considered normal.
