Mercedes-Benz smart with a price of 45,000 yuan was hacked when Miss Xie bargained for 1000 yuan. Dealer: I have never bought such a car.

Hello, everyone. Car inspector Mazi has met with you again. Welcome to the latest interesting issue of used car testing.

Before sharing today's test assignment, let me ask you a question. If you just got a driver's license and have a budget of 50 thousand, you are going to buy a small joint-venture used car for internship. Which car would you choose? Is this Honda Fit?

We can see that 50,000 yuan can buy the Fit ranging from 1 1 to 15, depending on the vehicle condition, configuration and displacement, but the retention rate of the Fit is enough. We have tested a Fit before, running for 1 1 year. In the case of excellent car condition, the transaction price is close to 30 thousand! Does Suzuki Swift have any other options besides Fit?

The situation of Swift is much better. You can buy 16 or even 17 for 50,000 yuan. The same value is not low, and the car is quite easy to drive. It feels more cost-effective than Fit ~ Or buy Volkswagen POLO?

The situation of Volkswagen POLO should be between Fit and Swift, and 15 and 16 can be bought. These three cars are not the wrong choice, but our customer today, Miss Sister, found another way and chose to buy a Mercedes-Benz smart!

Today's client, Miss Sister, is just talking about the situation. She just got her driver's license and has hardly ever driven a car. Demand for cars: convenient parking, smaller, less than 50 thousand. Compared with Swift and Fit, although these two cars can be bought in the last year, they still feel smart, safe and small, after all, Mercedes-Benz. Moreover, when she was riding in a friend's car, she saw with her own eyes how wild the smart car was. There was no queue that could not be inserted and no traffic lights that could not be crossed. I feel so handsome! Have a good impression for no reason, and are willing to spend the same money to buy an old one. Can this smart be worthy of the customer's aunt's preference today? We won't know until we test it. Let's take a look at today's protagonist.

Vehicle model: smart

Model year: smart-fortwo? 20 12? 1.0? MHD？ Hard top standard edition

Date of obtaining the certificate: 20 12 10 month.

Apparent mileage: 66,000 kilometers

Guide price of new car: 1 1.5 million.

Seller's quotation: 45,000

Test location: Chengdu, Sichuan

As a product of the cooperation between Mercedes-Benz and Swatch, this "Little Mercedes-Benz" is a niche by nature, so Miss Jie is willing to spend this price to buy smart instead of a more cost-effective model such as Swift. Not only this used car, but also many people don't understand smart's new car. This car cost 65,438+10,000 yuan. Are you full? However, with the discovery of the times, the single traffic attribute of a car has gradually developed into a number of attributes integrating strength display, personality expression and hobbies, so when others choose a car, they can't evaluate others from their own perspective, just like today's smart: "Isn't it delicious to buy * * * at this price?" There must be a lot of people who have this idea ~ Well, Ma Zi said so much on a whim, cut short the gossip and start today's test work.

First of all, simply turn the vehicle around and observe it several times. We found that the paint was scraped off the front bumper, and the right front door sill was sunken and deformed. It's not a big problem, but it may need to be repaired by body panel and painting later, and the cost is around 500 yuan.

Because the front of the car body, bumper and fender are all made of plastic materials, it is impossible to detect the thickness of paint film with equipment, and we can only observe it with the naked eye by experience. After careful inspection, it is found that there is no obvious paint residue and no disassembly trace in the above parts of the body appearance. Please make a simple record first, and then use professional equipment to check other parts.

Holding the equipment, I inspected the metal parts of the car, including A, B and C pillars and side beams, and found nothing unusual. It seems that today is a good start. From the appearance, this nearly 8-year-old "little Mercedes-Benz" is still good, with only a few flaws, but it is a used car after all. It is inevitable that there will be consumption and wear in daily use. You can't treat it like a new car, but you should pay more attention to the condition of the car itself and the cost performance of the car.

Next is the interior test. It can be seen that although it is Mercedes-Benz, the interior is not very Mercedes-Benz, and it is really worth a penny. Although it is a brand, the price is a bit interesting, but it is more comfortable than simple and tidy. At first glance, the wear of the seat and steering wheel is not great, which basically conforms to the mileage shown on the table. I have to say that after driving for 8 years, it is only more than 60,000 kilometers or even less.

Then we can see that there is no obvious water, sediment and oxidation in the harness of the plug at the bottom of the seat, and there is no abnormality in the birth date of the seat belt.

There is no trace of disassembly and tightening of the fixing screws at the bottom of the seat, and there is no abnormality in the dead angle of the bottom plate, which basically eliminates the possibility of soaking in water. Moreover, the key functions of the interior part are normal, and there is almost no big problem in the whole interior part, which is normal use and wear and meets the mileage.

However, when I started the car, I found that the car would shake intermittently at idle speed, but no fault light came on, which made Ma Zi a little strange. I'll write it down first, then look at it in detail, and then test the internal function.

It is found that the failure of the right high beam may affect the driving safety at night, but it is not a big problem. Just change the light bulb later. Estimated maintenance cost 300 yuan, no abnormality was found in other functions.

Then connect the OBD interface and read the internal data of the vehicle. I found that OBD has many fault codes, one of which worries me: the mixture is too rich at idle speed. This phenomenon generally involves the following reasons: one may be the poor performance of related sensors, such as oxygen sensor, water temperature sensor, air temperature sensor, throttle position sensor, air flow meter or intake manifold pressure sensor, etc. In addition, if the air filter is blocked seriously, or the nozzle leaks air, the fuel pressure regulator will not work well, and the mixture will be too rich. Moreover, the engine is idling intermittently, and there may be mechanical problems besides the ignition and fuel injection system, which need to be repaired in time. Personally, I think there should be something wrong with this car.

We can't know what the specific situation is until we look at the engine room, so I explained the situation to my client's aunt, and then I'm going to see the engine room. The seller was very uncomfortable when he heard it, saying that the shaking was just the damage of the engine bracket. It can be solved by replacing the bracket, which is a small problem. Then he said that there was nothing to see in the engine compartment. At first, there was still some cooperation, and the front cover was not allowed to be removed.

Pony, I still don't trust. The continuous engine jitter is the damage of the bracket, but the current situation is intermittent jitter, which is not consistent with what the seller said. You have to look at the engine compartment if you don't want to. There must be a ghost! So I used chatting as an excuse to ask the customer's lady to take the seller aside and let me take a look at the engine compartment.

I quickly secretly opened the lid and found that the coolant level was very low, but the water storage tank was not cracked, and it was full of oil-water mixture, and the water pipe had traces of re-gluing. Basically, it can be inferred that this car is caused by the overheating of the engine due to the failure of the cooling system, the deformation of the cylinder head, the collusion between the oil circuit and the coolant channel, and the abnormal consumption of coolant. Whether it is caused by the above reasons needs further inspection.

Because there is an oil-water mixture in the water storage tank, and the coolant level has a lower limit, I dare not try the road for fear of high temperature, so I lost a lot when the seller pushed the pot to me. So I talked with the customer, made an excuse, and hurried to the shelf to see the chassis.

Looking at the longitudinal beam first, I found that the front longitudinal beam was not abnormal, the rear longitudinal beam was not wrinkled and deformed, and the paint film value was not abnormal.

Then, because the engine has overheated and the cylinder head is deformed, let's see if the engine has been disassembled and repaired. As a result, it was found that there was no trace of disassembly of the engine bracket and no trace of disassembly and tightening of the fixing screws at the joint of the engine gearbox-so the engine was not disassembled and repaired. It can be inferred that the previous test results are due to other reasons, such as fan damage, coolant pipe leakage, and the replacement of coolant did not empty the air in the waterway, which led to the deformation of the high temperature cylinder head of the engine. The original owner only repaired the damaged part, but did not pay attention to it, or did not want to repair the deformation of the cylinder head. As a result, there is no leakage of coolant in this car now, but the consumption is abnormal, and it may be reheated at any time, causing the vehicle to break down.

Then I checked the rear shock absorber for oil leakage. At this time, the customer's little sister came to ask about the car condition, and I explained the situation to her truthfully. Miss Jie asked me if it was possible for this car to break down at any time in high temperature. How to solve it? I said that if we want to solve it completely, we can only dismantle the machine and repair the engine. At this time, the seller is not happy. He said angrily that the engine shook occasionally after taking it back for more than two months. Why do I have to disassemble and repair the engine? Obviously, this car is very good. What happened to driving 60 thousand kilometers in eight years?

His car coolant is just like that, and he is still finding fault. It is not easy for me to attack other people's websites. After all, I had a problem with the car dealer when I was testing a Land Rover Discovery 4. Before the test, I said it was a good car. After the test, I found that the engine was disassembled and overhauled, but I didn't admit it, but I just had a hard time with the car dealer. When I am educated by my clients, I should be tactful. For details, please poke the link below to watch /I 684927786436326286/

So I haven't talked to car dealers much. I directly called the customer's little sister aside and specifically told her that this car must be repaired when it is bought, at least several thousand dollars. After chatting for a long time, the customer's lady looked at me and then at the seller. Five words popped up: Can I buy this car?

Let's take a look. A three-year price trend of this car probably started at 40,000 yuan. This car is not bad in other places. If there is no such problem, in fact, the price of 45,000 yuan can be sold at a knife. So my advice to my customer's aunt is that if the seller is willing to repair the car, he can consider it, or the money for repairing the car can be cut off from the selling price and repaired by himself, but do you think the car dealers will agree?

But in the end, the customer's lady said that she still wanted to give it a try, mainly because she didn't want to bother. In this bright sunshine, she has been shopping in the used car market for a long time, and it is rare to see a car she likes. If she can cut it above 10000, she will buy it. As soon as I heard it, this is the rhythm of being beaten (are people who buy smart so artistic? ), so I told my little sister not to worry. Tell the car dealer to think about it first, and then bargain when you get back. Don't let him think that you want to buy this car. Let him broadcast it. You see, he hasn't sold it for more than two months. Now he must be very anxious! The client's little sister heard this and accepted my suggestion, so I packed my equipment and left with my little sister.

Afterwards, the customer's lady told me that she bargained with the seller on WeChat. Why did the seller hack her after she said two words (you gave her 1 10,000 as soon as the 45,000 quotation came up)? I consoled that it was all right. This car is not so good anyway. The seller is dishonest. Let's not buy his car. Look at other car sources. With me here, don't worry about the car. You must choose a car you like. The customer expressed a little regret and even wanted to go to the market again, but was stopped by my "unnecessary" (in fact, it took some words). Looks like I'm finally getting a little smooth. Ok, today's test is over. Thank you for reading.

I repair cars more, study less, and write badly, so please bear with it. If you have a favorite car to be tested or have problems related to using the car, you can pay attention to us or learn from the teacher ~ The car inspector is willing to be your friend who knows the car best!

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