Pros & cons of Karachi reg car in Islamabad?

[needz]

Hi,

Please share Pros & cons of Karachi reg car in Islamabad?

Regards

[iLLDuDe786]

use the search function u will surely get alot of info.....but main problem is that in islamabad there is alot of security....and this security consists of random checking of all khi registered cars....

[panicslayer]

No resale (although trend is changing now due to high market), random checks by police as ^^^^ said and most of all u have to pay tokens only in karachi

[HumanGenius]

Police in Islamabad are relatively very strict with NWFP cars, and then Sindh cars. And of course, resale value drops tremendously (depending on the car, actually).

[hunnyahmed]

Y u guys have problem with khi cars.
Here in Quetta 99% of the cars the Khi registered and they give the best resale value.

[Badaraja]

@ hunnyahmed... How many cars are there in quetta? might just be about 99 & they all might have come from Khi.... we got problems in Isb cuz we have cars here from all over the world let alone just Khi.... then there R embassy registered and UN etc... So the cops have to be extra cautious for cars with NWFP and SINDH plates.

[HumanGenius]

Any car reg in any city of Pakistan matters only a little bit...except non-ISB reg cars in Islamabad solely because its the federal capital..!

[hunnyahmed]

99 cars in Quetta

[iLLDuDe786]

hunny bhai u just made my day with that picture....LMAOOOO!!!(y)

[alikanju]

wat about token payment of khi registered cars in isb?

[bango]

The only plus is, that you'll get it a good 10-15 percent below the market price. So resale isn't that big a issue if you have bought it cheap in the first place.

Just make sure the car isn't driven a lot in Karachi. As coastal vehicles tend to catch rust because of the humid climate.

I may be generalizing, and there would be people coming with arguments like ''My uncle has a 99 civic in Karachi, and it is totally rust free''.

Just keep in mind that his uncle might be one of the exceptions, and you might not be lucky enough to be buying the car from his uncle.

[Farhansa]

Karachi registered cars are suitable for karachities only.
in Punjab or Islamabad, resale is a big issue.
Even Karachi registered cars are cheaper than the local registered but people hesitate to buy karachi number cars.
Therefore Karachi number cars are not worth buying in Islamabad.

[Maverickkhan]

Well...I will speak from experience and not just present a hypothesis about it.......I am driving a Karachi registered car in Islamabad and am never stopped due to plates......have been stopped only due to tinted glass.......

The police uses a method of random checks and only if they have a suspicion on the person sitting in the car....I have seen ppl getting searched in S Class isb registered due to a suspicion on the person

Resale is slightly low......but depends on car to car....

[needz]

wat about token payment of khi registered cars in isb?

Awating answers

[iLLDuDe786]

what about token payment in khi registered cars?

well khi registered cars have to get their token paid in karachi, just like panic bhai said....

[oreo2009]

@@ needz!! Buddy its better to buy the car registred in teh same city, for all the right reasons!! In Karachi majority of people dont like Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar & Quetta registered cars or even , aany car outside of Karcachi!! Being a mega city Karachi is self sufficient in used cars and people prefer to buy karachi registered cars!! One reason is that other city registered car looks "ODD MAN OUT"!! I had a freind, he bought Islamabad Registered Car few years back, he had one severe complain that "people give so much horn to my car. Then later, he realized others think that since i am from islamabad and i dont know how to drive on wide and busy roads of Karachi". To us other city registered cars have less prestigious value.

Similarly, i would recommend you to buy Islaambad registered car in Islamabad. I am sure, u are thinking to buy Karachi Registered car, just becoz u are gettign it in low price!! Here in Karachi the prices of used cars are lower than any other city, due to more demand and supply condition!!

More Checking happens in Karachi too, of other city cars!! Thus same philosophy applies for everywehre!!

[oreo2009]

Bango & Farhansa!! Come on buddys, Forget the impact of rust on Karachi Registered Cars!! that impact is only on the cars that are very very close to the sea. Karachi is spread over 3400 square kilometers!!!! Dont u people know that the plant of Indus Motors, (Corollas & Cuore), Suzuki Motor Comapny (all suzukis) , Cheverlet Joy and many other auto makers are situated at Port Qasim, Karachi, which is just verey close to sea!! Cars are manufactured and stored there for many months!! Secondly, all the imported used vehicles (including Belta, Vitz, Platz etc etc) come to Kemari Port, Karachi and remain their for months and sometimes years too, unless they cleared by cusstoms!! The cars are cheap, not due to this reasson, but due to demand and supply condition in Karachi. More than tripple of lahore and islamabad transaction actitity of cars take place in karachi. The greater the supply, the lesser the price would be!

[xain]

Karachi Number cars have low resale value in Islamabad.

Karachi Number plates cars have only routine checking and not any sort of special checking. I have been using a Karachi Number plate car in Islamabad for the last 20 years and have never faced any special checking. I work in the Red-Zone F-5 Area and the checking of Karachi Number cars is as of any other normal car.

The reason of the low resale can be due to the rust factor of the Karachi Cars . As Karachi is a sea city and the air is moist and salty that can eat the car very soon.

Registration of Tax can be an issue in Islamabad as I have heard from a lot of people that if u give your tax in Punjab than the Sindh government will not recognize it.

As far as my own vehicle is concerned I was paying the tax in Karachi till 2007 . It was easy for me just TCS the papers to Karachi to my friends and get them back after 2 weeks.

But now I am paying the Tax in Rawalpindi Saddar GPO. They asked you to fill some application form and then start taking tax in Rawalpindi.

[needz]

Karachi Number cars have low resale value in Islamabad.

Karachi Number plates cars have only routine checking and not any sort of special checking. I have been using a Karachi Number plate car in Islamabad for the last 20 years and have never faced any special checking. I work in the Red-Zone F-5 Area and the checking of Karachi Number cars is as of any other normal car.

The reason of the low resale can be due to the rust factor of the Karachi Cars . As Karachi is a sea city and the air is moist and salty that can eat the car very soon.

Registration of Tax can be an issue in Islamabad as I have heard from a lot of people that if u give your tax in Punjab than the Sindh government will not recognize it.

As far as my own vehicle is concerned I was paying the tax in Karachi till 2007 . It was easy for me just TCS the papers to Karachi to my friends and get them back after 2 weeks.

But now I am paying the Tax in Rawalpindi Saddar GPO. They asked you to fill some application form and then start taking tax in Rawalpindi.

@Xain Nice piece of info !

[oreo2009]

@@ xain........ i wish if u have read my comments too, before commenting on rust factor of karachi cars and resale value!! Thanks