Used Car Buying Tips - Six Of Them Make All The Difference!
Purchasing a used automobile is less stressful with these six purchasing points. All aspects of buying a used automobile are covered. Be armed to the teeth with information BEFORE you wander into a used car showroom.
ARTICLE: During their lifespan, almost every adult, in this country, is going to buy or sell a used car. Learning how to avoid all the used car landmines can be a very valuable skill set to have. Almost every problem, you can imagine when buying a used car, can be turned into a positive outcome for you; if you do your homework. A lot of good sense will make this journey less frightful and even pleasant.
1) Budget. Set up a realistic budget and stick to it. Don't be allured to spend more - try to spend less than your budget. Move that money into a bank account where you can quickly convert it into cash since most individual used car sales are done in cash. This is a chicken-and-egg problem since you may have to do research first but come up with an amount that you must NOT exceed.
2) Do your homework. There are lots of sites, on the Internet, to promptly and easily get information and prices of used cars. Public libraries have free computer terminals to the Internet and many subscriptions that they pay for - use them. Find out the Blue Book price or use a Car Cloud to quickly find makes, models, and years of used cars that fit into your budget. Arm yourself before you go shopping.
3) Shop Smart. You are begging for trouble if you walk into a used automobile dealership without doing any kind of research or budget. You know the salesrep is going to ask "What's it going to take for you to buy today" and its downhill from there. The models and years that your budge allows is what you must bring with you. If the car, whether a individual sale or thru a dealership, does not have a CarFax or AutoCheck report run you MUST run one yourself.
4) Read the CarFax/AutoCheck for the automobile. You must NOT buy a used automobile without reading one of these reports - there are way too many scams going on with the title, the odometer, and the repair history for you to just "wing it". A thorough car inspection is next after the automobile passes the CarFax/AutoCheck report - hood to trunk.
5) Inspect the car. You must do a 100+ point inspection of the car whether the car is at a dealership or a private sale. The interior, engine, trunk, and undercarriage are all inspected. A flashlight and magnet must be brought; you will need them. Repaired body parts will have the magnet not sticking. Hard to view inspection points are illuminated with the flashlight. A test drive is our next point in this review, assuming the car has passed so far.
6) Test drive the car. Listen to how the car starts and idles. Inspect the A/C, radio, power windows and locks, wipers, rear window defogger and all lights. Take the automobile for a test drive down the highway and around the block if the car has passed all your tests. Observe any vibrations, weird noises, and smells.
The last step in this process, assuming the previous six items passed, is an car mechanic. Expect to pay the mechanic $100+ to hook up computers and run all his diagnostic tests. Make an offer to buy the car if the mechanic gives the thumbs up. - 21392
ARTICLE: During their lifespan, almost every adult, in this country, is going to buy or sell a used car. Learning how to avoid all the used car landmines can be a very valuable skill set to have. Almost every problem, you can imagine when buying a used car, can be turned into a positive outcome for you; if you do your homework. A lot of good sense will make this journey less frightful and even pleasant.
1) Budget. Set up a realistic budget and stick to it. Don't be allured to spend more - try to spend less than your budget. Move that money into a bank account where you can quickly convert it into cash since most individual used car sales are done in cash. This is a chicken-and-egg problem since you may have to do research first but come up with an amount that you must NOT exceed.
2) Do your homework. There are lots of sites, on the Internet, to promptly and easily get information and prices of used cars. Public libraries have free computer terminals to the Internet and many subscriptions that they pay for - use them. Find out the Blue Book price or use a Car Cloud to quickly find makes, models, and years of used cars that fit into your budget. Arm yourself before you go shopping.
3) Shop Smart. You are begging for trouble if you walk into a used automobile dealership without doing any kind of research or budget. You know the salesrep is going to ask "What's it going to take for you to buy today" and its downhill from there. The models and years that your budge allows is what you must bring with you. If the car, whether a individual sale or thru a dealership, does not have a CarFax or AutoCheck report run you MUST run one yourself.
4) Read the CarFax/AutoCheck for the automobile. You must NOT buy a used automobile without reading one of these reports - there are way too many scams going on with the title, the odometer, and the repair history for you to just "wing it". A thorough car inspection is next after the automobile passes the CarFax/AutoCheck report - hood to trunk.
5) Inspect the car. You must do a 100+ point inspection of the car whether the car is at a dealership or a private sale. The interior, engine, trunk, and undercarriage are all inspected. A flashlight and magnet must be brought; you will need them. Repaired body parts will have the magnet not sticking. Hard to view inspection points are illuminated with the flashlight. A test drive is our next point in this review, assuming the car has passed so far.
6) Test drive the car. Listen to how the car starts and idles. Inspect the A/C, radio, power windows and locks, wipers, rear window defogger and all lights. Take the automobile for a test drive down the highway and around the block if the car has passed all your tests. Observe any vibrations, weird noises, and smells.
The last step in this process, assuming the previous six items passed, is an car mechanic. Expect to pay the mechanic $100+ to hook up computers and run all his diagnostic tests. Make an offer to buy the car if the mechanic gives the thumbs up. - 21392
About the Author:
Eric Thor,the author,can be found at Cheap Used Car and has dozens more used car buying tips. Drop by and get a much more detailed used car buying tips guide.
posted by X - Men @ 2:49 AM
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1 Comments:
Those make sense. I always do the test drive before I purchase the unit and honestly, I always had vehicle history reports on my hands whether it came from Carfax or from NMVTIS but I usually get reports from NMVTIS via Vinaudit because of their discounts. Here is a coupon link and I hope this helps: http://www.vinaudit.com/coupon
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