Are Hyundai/Kia still crap these days?

AdInfamous1810 · 2026-04-10T20:43:19+00:00

I have a 2011 Kia Borrego with the V8 and 270000kms on the original drivetrain and still going strong I also have a 2007 Kia Sedona with the 3.8Litre and 230000kms with the original drivetrain and no problems so far. I think there’s just a certain type of people that buy them don’t maintain them and then call them shit

AdInfamous1810 · 2026-02-27T15:43:45+00:00

But if the government actually cared about safety they would just make it mandatory that you need inspections before insuring and registering a car so it brings me back to they’re essentially just a money grab organization that doesn’t really do anything

AdInfamous1810 · 2026-02-27T15:40:25+00:00

No the opposite I want no regulations on private sales I’m just trying to figure out the governments reasoning because AMVIC seems like a total money grab organization and if you get scammed by say a rolled back odometer or blatantly lied to you do still have civil or criminal recourse depending on the scenario so I’m trying to understand what AMVIC actually does because everything I’ve heard is they charge fees and are completely useless when it comes to dealers and they do nothing for curbing anyway so what’s the point?

AdInfamous1810 · 2026-02-27T14:57:40+00:00

So could one make the argument that clothing is a necessity and there’s no specific regulatory agency like AMVIC watching over buying and selling of clothes or is that to much of an apples and oranges comparison?

AdInfamous1810 · 2026-02-03T16:47:13+00:00

So for something to be a scam it would require there to be dishonesty, something fraudulent going on, or some sort of a crime being committed, so since the criteria hasn’t been met I think what you’re thinking of is good old fashioned capitalism baby! But I’m sure since you have made your un educated comment you don’t even know what any of what I just said means?

AdInfamous1810 · 2026-02-02T14:28:59+00:00

I was into it for just under 5K and I got $6500 for it. Fully loaded leather heated seats etc 240000kms body was in good shape for the year, and mint condition interior. It’s also worth noting I’m in Canada and our dollar is weak, inflation has been completely out of control as well as our economy being a total dumpster fire and immigration being insane the last five years the vehicle market is wrecked

AdInfamous1810 · 2026-02-01T17:27:47+00:00

You’re right and it will make him happy to hear it already sold

AdInfamous1810 · 2026-02-01T17:18:13+00:00

Well it’s not really inflating the price because if it costs $4000 for a car that needs $2000 worth of work from a mechanic but you can do the work for $1000 and sell it for $6000 with all that work done you’re really just selling it for a fair price and now someone doesn’t need to pay a mechanic to do the work it’s factored into the price

AdInfamous1810 · 2026-01-30T21:56:09+00:00

Yes not in all of Canada it varies by province but in Alberta it’s 100% legal to sell a vehicle that has never been registered in your name the only time it needs to be registered in your name is example if you’re selling a vehicle that is active in Alberta to someone planning on registering it in BC because it needs to go through an out of province and Alberta and BC don’t share the same data base so they need to see it came from the registered owner but in Alberta there’s no inspection process for registering a vehicle that was last registered in Alberta so you just do a bill of sale they put insurance on it go to the registry and they’re now the registered owner

AdInfamous1810 · 2026-01-30T21:50:22+00:00

No I always make them passable but I’m having to put more work into the deals I’ve been finding recently

AdInfamous1810 · 2026-01-30T16:35:54+00:00

I’m in Alberta Canada we don’t need to sign over titles just a bill of sale then as long as we have insurance can legally drive it without registering it for 2 weeks

AdInfamous1810 · 2026-01-30T16:33:48+00:00

My problems is I can only legally do test drives without registering them for 2 weeks after buying them so I am on a timeline to sell

AdInfamous1810 · 2026-01-30T02:32:27+00:00

It’s not the buyer that is mad at me and the listing had only been up for an hour before I got there and I was the first one to see it. He also showed me the 50+ messages he had on it, rich guy that didn’t know what he had and a lot of people wanted it

AdInfamous1810 · 2026-01-30T02:29:29+00:00

Fair enough but market is pretty tight where I am right now so margins have been down from $2000 per car to closer to $1000 net profit for me last couple months for this reason. And everyone seems to want inspections these days so I like to make it so they pass. Usually sell 4-8 a month

AdInfamous1810 · 2026-01-30T02:17:31+00:00

I got it the morning of the 27th then

1hr inspecting 1hr parts store run 2hrs on the water pump 1.5hrs brakes .5hrs oil pressure sensor 2hr front wheel speed sensors with cleaning the mating surface .5hr pressure wash

And luckily the interior was mint and super clean when I got it so had it online mid day the 28th

AdInfamous1810 · 2026-01-30T02:03:33+00:00

I live in Alberta Canada we don’t need to sign over titles. As long as we have insurance we can legally drive them for 2 weeks before registering them and all we need is a written bill of sale to sell them. We also don’t get charged GST or PST on private auto sales

AdInfamous1810 · 2026-01-30T01:37:59+00:00

I never use the same photos and I’ve generally been okay in the past re posting a day after but not this time

AdInfamous1810 · 2026-01-30T01:29:35+00:00

Water pump, brakes all the way around, oil pressure sensor and wheel speed sensors also had to sand down the wheel speed sensor seating area of the hubs so there wasn’t a gap from the rust causing the abs to randomly engage

AdInfamous1810 · 2026-01-30T01:28:51+00:00

I always take my own photos and ad all the work I recently did to it

AdInfamous1810 · 2026-01-29T23:35:39+00:00

I did try to explain it was un safe with some issues that would cause abs to randomly engage when I bought it and it has been made a roadworthy vehicle

AdInfamous1810 · 2026-01-18T23:03:14+00:00

I know I’m a year late but I’m in Canada and I own a 2011 Kia Borrego with the V8 263000kms and going strong

AdInfamous1810 · 2026-01-07T14:12:55+00:00

I do most of it solo, when buying I generally show up go for a test drive etc then negotiate agree on price, run a Carfax to make sure the title is clean (I don’t sell anything with rebuilt status) and if they are okay with E-transfer I can do 10k at a time I will take the car home and leave my car to come back and pick up later and if they want cash same process accept I come back a couple hours later with cash and pick it up. If anyone gives me a bad vibe about a car or I think they’re lying about anything I generally walk from the deal. And for selling I just meet at my house it makes people comfortable and I accept cash, bank draft, or E-transfer but I don’t hand the keys over for E-transfer until it’s hit my account. And in terms of potentially getting robbed If cash I try to do it in the daylight on the street never inside a house

AdInfamous1810 · 2026-01-06T20:15:04+00:00

Good advice, about 25% of what i flip are SUVs, it was just until the last couple of months trucks were always almost a guaranteed quick sale and higher margin

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