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Post by jle on Mar 27, 2024 10:43:14 GMT
Hi everyone,
My husband and I have been here for a few months and have been renting a car since our arrival but we're now thinking about buying our own. We'd like to buy a used car and are considering buying one off camp.
Has anyone gone through this process and/or has any suggestions on where to buy from?
Thanks in advance!
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Post by jsam on Mar 27, 2024 12:36:19 GMT
Hi everyone, My husband and I have been here for a few months and have been renting a car since our arrival but we're now thinking about buying our own. We'd like to buy a used car and are considering buying one off camp. Has anyone gone through this process and/or has any suggestions on where to buy from? Thanks in advance! Near nakheel mall, you will see an area which has 200+ outlets for used and new cars. Go for chevrolet captiva.. its an amazing value for money if you are not after Chinese cars. Get your car technical inspected in the same area before your finalise your deal. You can also look for car adverts in company website but most of the cars are way above market price. |
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Post by jle on Mar 27, 2024 18:16:28 GMT
Hi everyone, My husband and I have been here for a few months and have been renting a car since our arrival but we're now thinking about buying our own. We'd like to buy a used car and are considering buying one off camp. Has anyone gone through this process and/or has any suggestions on where to buy from? Thanks in advance! Near nakheel mall, you will see an area which has 200+ outlets for used and new cars. Go for chevrolet captiva.. its an amazing value for money if you are not after Chinese cars. Get your car technical inspected in the same area before your finalise your deal. You can also look for car adverts in company website but most of the cars are way above market price. That's really helpful, thank you very much for the suggestions! Regarding registering the car, is this a convoluted process, do you know? Does it require a letter from your sponsor, for example, and will the dealerships help with getting the car registered etc? |
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Post by jsam on Mar 27, 2024 19:08:57 GMT
Near nakheel mall, you will see an area which has 200+ outlets for used and new cars. Go for chevrolet captiva.. its an amazing value for money if you are not after Chinese cars. Get your car technical inspected in the same area before your finalise your deal. You can also look for car adverts in company website but most of the cars are way above market price. That's really helpful, thank you very much for the suggestions! Regarding registering the car, is this a convoluted process, do you know? Does it require a letter from your sponsor, for example, and will the dealerships help with getting the car registered etc? Registration is just a few minutes job. Once you finalise the car, buy insurance online, buying process is through absher. Lot of steps to go through but it takes 10 15 min max. lifeinsaudiarabia.net/transfer-car-ownership-saudi-arabia/This shows steps. |
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Post by jle on Mar 29, 2024 6:14:11 GMT
That's really helpful, thank you very much for the suggestions! Regarding registering the car, is this a convoluted process, do you know? Does it require a letter from your sponsor, for example, and will the dealerships help with getting the car registered etc? Registration is just a few minutes job. Once you finalise the car, buy insurance online, buying process is through absher. Lot of steps to go through but it takes 10 15 min max. lifeinsaudiarabia.net/transfer-car-ownership-saudi-arabia/This shows steps. Great, we'll try it this weekend! Thanks so much for your help. |
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Post by tamsin on Mar 29, 2024 8:48:18 GMT
We bought mine from car street (yes, it really is called that!), they did all the paperwork for us, very easy process. I bought new but there were a lot of options for used, particularly bigger cars.
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Post by olivier71 on Apr 2, 2024 12:59:05 GMT
Near nakheel mall, you will see an area which has 200+ outlets for used and new cars. Go for chevrolet captiva.. its an amazing value for money if you are not after Chinese cars. Get your car technical inspected in the same area before your finalise your deal. You can also look for car adverts in company website but most of the cars are way above market price. That's really helpful, thank you very much for the suggestions! Regarding registering the car, is this a convoluted process, do you know? Does it require a letter from your sponsor, for example, and will the dealerships help with getting the car registered etc? Hi , I am starting to have a look as well. I went to haraj website, is it above market price there? Thanks |
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Post by jle on Apr 11, 2024 7:27:08 GMT
That's really helpful, thank you very much for the suggestions! Regarding registering the car, is this a convoluted process, do you know? Does it require a letter from your sponsor, for example, and will the dealerships help with getting the car registered etc? Hi , I am starting to have a look as well. I went to haraj website, is it above market price there? Thanks We had a look at haraj too and found there are some cheaper, older ones (the lowest we saw was ~12,000 sar). The used dealerships were around 50k-100k but the cars were in much better condition. If, like us, you're looking for a bit of an old banger, haraj might be the way to go. We're still renting for the time being until we make a decision. |
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Post by jle on Apr 11, 2024 7:31:23 GMT
We bought mine from car street (yes, it really is called that!), they did all the paperwork for us, very easy process. I bought new but there were a lot of options for used, particularly bigger cars. Is this the name of the shop or an actual street? I can't seem to find it on the map! We went to a street in Dammam with loads of car dealerships so perhaps we accidentally found it? |
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Post by BlueStaff on Apr 11, 2024 7:40:20 GMT
The common name for the street likely. In Ras Tanura we have "Man St" and "Lady St" - the shops in these streets are more geared to their particular clientele.
Go to the Soukh and you will find shops tend to be arranged in "clusters". All the Abaya shops are on 1 block, all the gents shops are together, etc.
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Post by tamsin on Apr 11, 2024 11:13:18 GMT
Like Bluestaff says, the street.Businesses tend to cluster.
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Post by xceptional8 on Sept 30, 2024 3:01:27 GMT
Do you buy used cars as is or do they come with certain minimum guarantee and inspections done. Like in canada every transfer of car needs safety inspection which covers any basic issues. Also there is regulation on car dealers to provide info upfront and in detail of any issues
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Post by dantas on Oct 24, 2024 13:05:53 GMT
Like Bluestaff says, the street.Businesses tend to cluster. Sorry, what is the official name of the street? Was trying to find it on the map, but no luck |
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Post by tamsin on Oct 24, 2024 13:24:00 GMT
Like Bluestaff says, the street.Businesses tend to cluster. Sorry, what is the official name of the street? Was trying to find it on the map, but no luck Car street |
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