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Key takeaways
What “EVİM system” is doing (business mechanics)
The “home improvement system” branded as EVİM is essentially a financing + procurement structure that sellers can’t directly run profitably because they must fund inventory upfront.
The system relies on:
- Car price / distributor discounting to manage upfront costs and margins.
- Fleet buyers (not dealerships) that buy cars with a ~6-month resale restriction, then profit by either:
- Reselling after the waiting period, or
- Renting during the waiting period.
- Two delivery models offered to participants:
- Leasing/rental-style delivery (the car becomes available after a waiting rule)
- Direct purchase (faster, but with higher fees and stricter eligibility)
Framework / playbook (how to think about it)
Cost build-up logic (explicit in the example)
The example cost logic includes:
- Base car price
- + organization fee
- + rental/lease cost for the waiting period (e.g., 6 months)
- + down payment
- + installments (the structure depends on the delivery model)
Eligibility gating
- Direct purchase requires minimum banking/credit qualification (noted as FİNDEX).
Inflation risk model (macro-to-micro)
It works only if inflation + timing benefit the participant’s cash-flow.
The biggest loss risk for ordinary users is:
- Receiving cash later at a lower real value, or
- Mis-timing relative to price inflation.
Concrete example and numbers (Ateca case)
Model 1: Leasing / rental delivery
Example vehicle: Seat Ateca
- Promotional list price: 2,205,000 TL
- Fleet buys at: 850,000 TL (example spread)
- Participant is charged a “delivery price” (described as +45,000 TL extra to the dealer in the example)
EVİM organization fee: 7%
- Example fee: 157,500 TL
Waiting rule: 6 months / 6,000 km
Monthly rent (during waiting period): ~108,000 TL
Rental-period total (described math):
- 108,000 TL × 6 ≈ ~632,000 TL rental cost
Additional ongoing payments during waiting period:
- Example installments shown as ~32,000 TL per month, described alongside total around ~140,000 TL/month in the explanation.
Resulting total cost outcome (as stated)
- “Delivery price” component: ≈ 45,000 TL
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- organization/rental costs: ≈ 157,000 TL
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- rental-period total: ≈ ~850,000 TL cost basis used in explanation
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- down payment: ~675,000 TL
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- installments over total term (described as 25 installments after deposit)
Implied effective purchase price: A car that would effectively cost ~2,205,000 TL ends up costing roughly 3,100,000–3,150,000 TL in installments (per the narrator’s conclusion for this scenario).
Model 2: Direct purchase
Presented as better for short-term (earlier delivery), but with key drawbacks:
- Requires FİNDEX above a threshold
- Organization fee increases from 7% → 13%
- Example: 157,000 TL → 325,000 TL
- Delivery timing:
- ~35 days (about 3 weeks)
- 14-day cancellation right
Fees/extra costs described:
- In the correction, direct purchase price effectively becomes ~2.5M TL instead of 2.205M TL in the example.
- Additional total cost vs. leasing example: ~620,000 TL extra (as stated)
- Installment pattern described as heavier earlier/middle payments (example ranges mentioned: 40k / 60k / 90k / 140k).
Takeaway: Direct purchase reduces waiting time but increases the total “take” via higher fees and eligibility constraints.
“Normal purchase method” / customized installment case
- The narrator selects a custom scenario (based on Necmettin’s list) to demonstrate flexibility.
Assumptions in this scenario:
- Car amount: 2,500,000 TL
- Delivery timing: ~7 months
- Total installment term: 26 months
- Organization fee example: 175,000 TL
- Down payment example: 1,000,000 TL upfront
- Monthly installments:
- 20 fixed monthly installments
- later “adjusted” large final installments, including examples:
- 63,000 TL (months 21–22)
- 189,000 TL (months 23–24)
- 576,000 TL final
Total paid outcome (stated):
- “Total amount” around 2,675,000 TL (base scenario)
Interest/inflation thought experiment:
- They approximate extra cost from holding a 1M deposit for 6 months:
- “official interest” on initial deposit mentioned as ~150,000 TL
- Expanded conclusion totals:
- ~2,825,000 TL including “inflation difference” (narrator estimate)
Strategic / business insight (why it works for some, fails for others)
Primary users described
People who already have significant assets/cash and can arbitrage price movements.
Example logic described:
- Having a car,
- putting cash in the system,
- leveraging inflation/price increases to sell/transfer before buying again,
- effectively converting 1M → 2.5M purchasing power (as described).
Risk for ordinary/middle/lower income participants
The key risk is inflation mismatch.
Narrator framing:
- If inflation averages ~40% over 20–24 months, real value can deteriorate sharply if timing is wrong.
Motivation vs banks
Described as avoiding bank credit constraints (credit limits), especially after a 2021 regulation change that affected many users.
The narrator notes:
- Safeguards improved,
- but future regulatory direction is uncertain.
System dependency on growth
It is explicitly stated:
“This system needs to grow. If growth stops, the system stops.”
Actionable recommendations (explicit / implicit)
- Prefer scenarios with:
- Clearly defined delivery timelines (e.g., 7–8 months with predetermined dates)
- Structured installments that reduce uncertainty
- Avoid models where you are exposed to unbounded inflation timing risk.
- Ensure FİNDEX eligibility is met for direct purchase.
- Before joining, stress-test whether inflation and price trends will favor the participant’s cash-flow timing.
Key KPIs / metrics mentioned (financial + operational)
- Organization fees
- Leasing/rental: 7% (example 157,500 TL)
- Direct purchase: 13% (example 325,000 TL)
- Normal/custom scenario: example 175,000 TL
- Waiting period / delivery constraints
- Leasing model: 6 months / 6,000 km
- Direct purchase: ~35 days (~3 weeks) + 14-day cancellation
- Rental cost
- Example: 108,000 TL/month during waiting period
- Price points
- Promotional baseline: 2,205,000 TL
- Example reference list/market: 2,500,000 TL
- Effective total cost outcomes stated:
- Leasing model: ~3,100,000–3,150,000 TL
- Normal/custom model: ~2,675,000 TL (base) to ~2,825,000 TL (with inflation-difference estimate)
- Inflation assumption used for risk
- ~40% average over ~20–24 months (to illustrate potential losses)
Sources / presenters
- Presenter / narrator: “Car Diaries” channel (speaker throughout the video)
- Source contacted: Necmettin Sungur (provided calculations, PDFs, and lists)
- Sponsor mentioned: Lubx (Lubex Belgin / automotive lubricants)
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