Honestly I was this close to wiring the money for a 2019 BMW X5 last month that looked absolutely flawless in the showroom lighting over in Al Quoz and the salesman was so smooth about the whole thing telling me it was a one owner car owned by a pilot who barely drove it and the paint was like glass under those fluorescent tubes, I was ready to sign the papers and drive it home that same afternoon but my brother in law who's been through the wringer with a salvage title Mustang years ago basically grabbed my phone out of my hand and made me promise to get someone independent to look at it first. I didn't even know where to start and honestly felt like it was just going to be an extra expense for someone to tell me the tires had tread and the AC worked but I found a company that does Reliable Pre Purchase Inspection Dubai through some digging on this forum actually and they sent a guy out the next morning who brought this whole setup with a paint thickness gauge and a lift at a nearby shop, and within about forty five minutes he found evidence of a pretty significant rear quarter respray that I never would have spotted in a million years plus some weird welding marks near the spare tire well that suggested a less than ideal repair job. The salesman of course claimed he had no idea and the car was "agency maintained" but I walked away and now I'm just sitting here feeling like I dodged a bullet the size of Sheikh Zayed Road and thinking maybe I should just buy new even if it means waiting another six months for delivery because this whole used car adventure is more stressful than my actual job.
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