What should international students pay attention to when buying used cars overseas (New Zealand)?

New Zealand is a developed market for used cars, which is convenient to buy and sell and free to transfer. After all, cars are tools to ensure the safety of passengers and other traffic participants, so it is best to do your homework in advance when choosing used cars in New Zealand. If you want to buy a satisfactory second-hand car in New Zealand, please look at the following contents and make a targeted inspection before the transaction to avoid the hidden dangers to your life and property caused by buying a faulty car.

Mainly speaking, there are the following points to pay attention to when buying used cars in New Zealand:

mechanical character

The mechanical performance of a used car is the most important factor in whether this car can be bought. Mechanical performance inspection mainly includes: power system (engine, generator and oil circuit), braking system (foot brake, hand brake, anti-lock brake system and braking force distribution system) and mileage (whether odometer reading and mileage are reliable). Inspection of electrical system (exterior lights, interior lights, instrument panel and other auxiliary appliances), suspension and chassis system (suspension, shock absorber, tire, chassis and exhaust system) and all liquids (including oil, brake fluid, steering aid fluid, windshield washer fluid and the most important oil system for leakage).

observational check

Although it is a used car, the appearance of the vehicle is inevitably flawed. Generally speaking, the appearance will only affect the beauty of the vehicle, but not the safety and driving. Mainly check the following aspects: the whole car glass (windshield, rear window glass, door glass, lifting system), the whole car sheet metal (whether there is corrosion, collision, unevenness and paint damage), door locks and hinges (whether the door, trunk and hood are safely opened and closed).

Check inside.

Every car owner's car habits are different. Some cars smell like smoke or full of garbage as soon as they start, so it's best to stay away. For the interior of the car, mainly check the following places: seat and seat belt (seat belt retraction, seat belt pre-tightening, seat adjustment and slide rail, whether the seat surface is damaged or dirty, the number of airbags in the car and airbag switch), air conditioner (testing refrigeration, heating, fan working noise and whether the air conditioner smells), instrument panel (working indicator, engine tachometer and speedometer, water temperature indicator, airbag light, background light, etc.). ).

Dynamic inspection

It is necessary to buy used cars in New Zealand. The dynamic test should include the 50 km road test in the residential area, the steering test in the parking lot, the acceleration and deceleration test, the 100 km expressway test, the sudden braking test (be sure to test the brakes several times where there are no other vehicles), the steering wheel feel after starting (whether it shakes), whether the noise is acceptable, and so on.

Check the loan

In New Zealand, one in three cars has a loan. If the new owner buys the original car rashly without confirming the loan, it is likely that the car and money will be lost. Therefore, if you are satisfied with the static and dynamic tests of the car, you must confirm the loan situation of the car before paying. You only need to send a short message 3463 to the PPSR website of the New Zealand government to inquire about the loan situation of the vehicle you want to buy.

Because car loans are very common in New Zealand, in order to facilitate ordinary people to trade cars, PPSR website has launched a very practical function, that is, the vehicle loan inquiry SMS function.

This function is simple and cheap. Just use your mobile phone to send the New Zealand car license plate number (generally six digits)+a question mark+the VIN( 17 alphanumeric digits) of the car or the chassis number of the car to the short message number 3463, and a short message will be returned in less than one minute to tell the user whether there is recorded loan information on this car.

For example, if the license plate number is ABC 123 and the VIN number is ABCDEFG 1234567890, then you only need to edit the short message with the content "ABC 123? ABCDEFG 1234567890 ",and send it to 3463 to complete the query. The price of each message is very cheap, as long as NZD 3.

As long as the returned text message says "no registered security interest", then the car has no financial problems. At the same time, there is a code at the end of the message, usually an eight-digit number. With this number, you can also log on to PPSR's website to find more detailed financial information related to this car.

PPSR is the official loan inquiry website of New Zealand government, and all loans issued by banks or loan intermediaries will eventually be summarized in the database of this website; In addition, because it is a government website, the speed and accuracy of returning information are high and trustworthy. There are also some commercial websites in New Zealand that also provide the function of vehicle loan inquiry, such as CARJAM, but the price of a single inquiry on this website is relatively high, exceeding NZD10 at a time; In addition, according to many people's feedback, the data update is not accurate.