The term "lemon Car" might seem very familiar to people in Europe and the Americas because of its relative understanding but to other climes like Africa, the Middle East, or Asia, it still seems like a strange word, the term lemon car is a phrase quite common in the automotive world for a bad or defective car or better still for a car dealership that has gone wrong, it's used by car experts to proffer car advice to relatively new people in the automotive fields.
A lemon car is simply that defective or bad car that you end up buying from a car auction, program, a car dealer, or from a friend who wants to dispose of his or her car this car could either be faulty and would eventually pose a lot of problems when you eventually buy it or better still could have some bit of factory related errors attached to it, this is quite notable with a car with a history of recalls, the big question is how do you detect a lemon car before
buying even without adequate car advice from a reputable car expert, be it a salesperson or your local technician
Lemon cars are usually cars with accidented history, recall history, or cars that have been flooded at one point or the other, these sorts of cars are seen as defective cars which would not be advisable to trade in given the high risk associated with it, knowing or being able to identify these sort of cars is one thing while avoiding such cars when buying is another the essence of this post is to educate readers on a certain measure to follow in order to avoid getting a lemon car when buying,
TEST DRIVE
Test driving is one way of ascertaining if a car is defective before buying, when carrying out a test drive its best to look out for certain defects in the car you wish to buy this method can only be allowed for someone buying a used car as new car dealers hardly allow for a test drive, when test driving those cars, key areas to look out for includes, engine temperature one, this is one key feature of a defective car, the engine temperature tends to go higher than the normal range this could be attributed to overheating, another defect that should be looked out for when test driving includes suspension problems, transmission problems and many more its best to undertake a test drive under the supervision of your trusted technician or at least a car expert you know.
CAR REGION
For cars coming from outside the shores of your region its best you know where exactly the car is coming from, if the car is coming from places that are very prone to flood incidents its best to have a thorough examination of the cars, to be safe running a scan or diagnosis on the cars wouldn't be a bad idea at all when dealing with cars from flood-prone region one thing to note it's its high propensity to have electrical related issues.
AGE OF CAR
The age of a car goes a long way in telling if its actually a lemon car or not, old cars that are not properly maintained could be termed as lemon cars because they are prone to a high level of wear and tear which normally occurs over time, this is very common with cars that have a history of poor maintenance record,
HISTORY OF CAR.
The history of a car goes a long way to note if its actually a lemon car or not, car models that have been marked as recalls in the past could easily pass for being lemon cars this is because such cars would have been maligned with the factory-related error which in a way might not have been addressed give the geographical difference, it best ideal to have a proper knowledge of a ca history through adequate research before settling on the actual model to buy.
All the above mention points are ways to avoid buying a lemon car, but the fact still remains that the best bet for avoiding a lemon car still remains a direct deal with the manufacturers and this entails buying a brand new car.
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