8 Things to check before buying a used car.
1. Vehicle history Use VIN tracking services. This gives a good history of and previous mileage numbers and most services are often comes with a warranty for accuracy.
2. Service Records Try to get all the previous service records. Focus on last 12 month service records. Look at the recommendations and see if they are fixed or not. Get an estimate about the costs to do those fixes. You really don't want to buy problems.
3. Professional Vehicle inspection Most of small repair shops do this service for less than100 bucks and within 30 minute inspection. Their eyes can usually spot all the repairs and paints. Prefer to get a specialist for the car make you are looking for.
4. Blue book prices Check the blue book prices and see how much it is worth for the car based on mileage and year of the make.
5. Recall notices Check number of recall notices on that make, model and year from reputed sources. See if the car you are buying has been taken care of these or not.
6. Too Good Don't ever fall into Too good to be true trap. If it is worth 10,000 bucks, there is no reason for any one to sell it to you for less than 9,000 or so. Dealers and professionals know if it is stolen or if there are major problems with the car. Don't fall in trap for those great deal trap. Sooner or later you will end up paying more.
7. Reason for sale Better you know this if you are buying from a person directly. The answer often reveals hidden problems if there any.
8. Beware of curb siders Curb siders are " imposters who pose as private individuals, but are actually in the business of selling stolen, rebuilt or odometer-tampered vehicles". Stay far away from these people. Most ofen these deals seems too good to be true.
2. Service Records Try to get all the previous service records. Focus on last 12 month service records. Look at the recommendations and see if they are fixed or not. Get an estimate about the costs to do those fixes. You really don't want to buy problems.
3. Professional Vehicle inspection Most of small repair shops do this service for less than100 bucks and within 30 minute inspection. Their eyes can usually spot all the repairs and paints. Prefer to get a specialist for the car make you are looking for.
4. Blue book prices Check the blue book prices and see how much it is worth for the car based on mileage and year of the make.
5. Recall notices Check number of recall notices on that make, model and year from reputed sources. See if the car you are buying has been taken care of these or not.
6. Too Good Don't ever fall into Too good to be true trap. If it is worth 10,000 bucks, there is no reason for any one to sell it to you for less than 9,000 or so. Dealers and professionals know if it is stolen or if there are major problems with the car. Don't fall in trap for those great deal trap. Sooner or later you will end up paying more.
7. Reason for sale Better you know this if you are buying from a person directly. The answer often reveals hidden problems if there any.
8. Beware of curb siders Curb siders are " imposters who pose as private individuals, but are actually in the business of selling stolen, rebuilt or odometer-tampered vehicles". Stay far away from these people. Most ofen these deals seems too good to be true.
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