To confirm this, Archilow cited several examples of cars that he inspected at the dealership at the request of clients.
The first car was the Suzuki Vitara crossover. The crossover was inspected for repainting. Suspicion was raised by the fact that other Vitaras "hit" around 100 microns (paint thickness), while the one the seller wanted to sell to the buyer showed 200 microns in places. At first, the dealership manager claimed the car had not been painted, but after presenting the facts, he admitted that repainting had indeed occurred in some areas. However, he said it was done by the factory itself – the dealer stated that this happens when dust accidentally gets on the body during painting, in which case another layer of paint is applied. The dealership said they could provide a corresponding document as proof, and according to Archilow, this is indeed important, as in the future, when reselling the car on the secondary market, the buyer may have questions.
The second car that came in for inspection was a Kia Ceed. This was a completely new car (with 25 km on the odometer), which, however, had been used as a demonstration model at exhibitions. Here, the blogger was also concerned about the condition of the paintwork. And not without reason: the check showed that the body had not been painted, but it had been polished. For context, in places the paint showed 60-70 microns, whereas the norm should be from 80 microns. In other words, one more polish on this Kia, and the paintwork would become much thinner than it should be. Residues of polishing paste were found under the door handles, and on the car's body itself, if you look closely, there were traces of polishing circles.
Finally, the last example is a new Renault with "factory" LPG (a certified gas installation carried out directly by the importer in Ukraine). In the case of this car, Archilow found a sloppy installation of the LPG activation button (plastic shavings from the cutout for the button remained on the center console), and under the hood – traces of old antifreeze on the gearbox (spilled when disconnecting the hoses and connecting the gas reducer). All these shortcomings are non-critical and not dangerous, but the blogger believes that the car could have been better prepared for sale, as it is still a new car.
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