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DallasSteve
Joined 2018
Posts: 562

4 years ago

Buying A New Moto

4 years ago

I said I'd never drive in Colombia and I said I'd definitely never ride a moto in Colombia. They say "Never say 'Never'". I'm living in a quiet neighborhood with very little traffic and I'm considering buying a moto to scoot up and down the hills and ride over to the grocery store. I still wouldn't drive in the heavy traffic.

So yesterday we passed a store here named "Alkomprar". It mostly has electrodomestics, but in front was a row of new motos like you might see at other large box stores in Colombia. The new, small motos started at around $3.000.000 (about $1,000 USD). I would consider buying used but I don't see used moto stores here and I don't feel comfortable buying off Facebook or OLX.

So my questions are:

1 - Are the department stores a good place to buy a moto or do you save money by going to a Honda dealer (or Yamaha, Suzuki, Auteco, etc)?

2 - Is the price on the sticker negotiable and by how much, or does everyone pay the sticker price at the department stores?

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