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Topic: Buying a used car... oh boy (Read 7420 times)
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slog
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Well, tell us were we are wrong. Puff puff give!
For starters, someone suggested buy a new car from last year's leftovers. NEVER DO THIS. You are effectively paying the new car price for a 1 year old used car with low mileage. |
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Engels
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Is there not a price reduction for being last year's model? I thought that was the whole point. Get a car that's virtually new for lower sticker cost than the current year's model.
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I should get back to nature, too. You know, like going to a shop for groceries instead of the computer. Maybe a condo in the woods that doesn't even have a health club or restaurant attached. Buy a car with only two cup holders or something. -Signe
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Righ
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You're still paying near new car prices, even with a big discount you've basically already lost more than that much money off the car's value from hidden depreciation.
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Engels
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Well, I thought what one was paying for with a new car was either the latest features or a sense of 'teh shiney'. I mean, if we're talking depreciating issues, buy used every time.
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I should get back to nature, too. You know, like going to a shop for groceries instead of the computer. Maybe a condo in the woods that doesn't even have a health club or restaurant attached. Buy a car with only two cup holders or something. -Signe
I LIKE being bounced around by Tonkors. - Lantyssa
Babies shooting themselves in the head is the state bird of West Virginia. - schild
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Strazos
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Are none of your at all concerned about how the person who had the car previously actually drove it?
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Fear the Backstab!
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slog
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Are none of your at all concerned about how the person who had the car previously actually drove it?
Always take a used car you are interested in to your local mechanic to look at. And get a Carfax. Ask the dealer to get one for you as most good dealers will do this for you. If they won't, then you don't want to buy your car there anyway. |
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Strazos
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Good point.
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Sheepherder
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The CBC did a segment on one of it's regular investigative journalism programs about Carfax not too long ago. It's falliable, so make sure you get a mechanic you trust to look things over.
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slog
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The CBC did a segment on one of it's regular investigative journalism programs about Carfax not too long ago. It's falliable, so make sure you get a mechanic you trust to look things over.
The reality is that both of these are not 100%. A mechanic cannot start tearing down the heads on the engine to examine it's innards. The most they can do is look for stuff like fouled plugs, uneven tire wear, leaky suspension parts, etc. |
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