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4 Reasons Why You Must Know a Tokunbo Car’s History Before Buying

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Imagine this: You just bought a Tokunbo (Foreign Used) car from that nice smooth talking gentleman you either met online or in a car dealer shop. As you drive off, you notice your car starts pulling to the right and then you take it to the mechanic’s. An hour later, the mechanic comes back with it and asks if you know your car is welded together from two completely different cars. This is an extreme story, but you would be surprised at the amount of rebuilt cars in Nigeria.

Buying a Tokunbo car is no easy task. From finding the right car to cutting the final check, there are literally dozens of pitfalls that you can get trapped in if you aren’t careful. One of the best ways to mitigate your risk when buying a Tokunbo car, is to see the images of the vehicle before buying. Below are 4 major reasons to do so:

  1. Damage History:
    Although, not all cars are accidented before importation. However, most Nigerian Tokunbo cars were bought as accidented, repaired and painted here in Nigeria and later sold as clean vehicles. With millions of drivers on the road, accidents happen each day, it’s important to know whether the car you are interested in buying has ever been involved in an accident. Unfortunately, no car dealer will ever open up to you that the car he imported was accidented simply because he knows you will no longer be interested in buying the car. If you do not see the pictures of the car when it was in the US. Please DO NOT BUY!
  2. Mileage Reduction:
    Think that ’98 Honda Civic with 50,000 miles is too good to be true? Well, it probably is. Odometer rollback is a common practice with shady sellers and dealers. The unfortunate truth is that odometer rollback is very difficult to detect. This means that unscrupulous seller can rollback the odometer anytime and keep the miles artificially low on a car. Most odometer rollbacks are subtle enough not to be caught, but major instances will be seen when you have the original image of the car before it was bought.
  3. Save Money
    If your goal is saving money, buying a foreign used car that you see before importing rather than one that has been imported and worked on can save you lots of money in several ways. When you are buying your regular Tokunbo car, you do not know the history of the car. In most cases, 80% of dealers who sell their cars often buy cars that are Non-runners (Engine, Gear problems, etc) because they are very cheap and will yield huge profit when imported, repaired and sold here in Nigeria. When you are sure of the Tokunbo car’s state before buying, you can be rest assured the only money you will be spending will be on servicing the engine of the car.
  4. Peace of Mind & Minimum Risk
    Seeing the pictures of your car (just like our Buy Now Cars) before it was shipped down to Nigeria gives you peace of mind that you actually know the condition before buying. Selecting a car with body damage is far better and safer than buying a car that had an engine problem (which was fixed here in Nigeria).

TokunboCars.NG has provided a platform that will enable you see the actual and correct state of the car before you buy. In order to help you, you can pay in installments until your car arrives Nigeria. Meaning you can Pay Small Small for your dream car. Click the button below to view all our cars in the US.

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