| Edmonton is situated in the Canadian province of | | | | last service was done at 100 000km, but the mileage |
| Alberta. It's a medium sized city with a metropolitan | | | | reading suddenly shows 40 000 km, somebody |
| population of about one million people. As befits the | | | | tampered with the reading! If you buy a car with not |
| capital of the province, Edmonton has its fair supply | | | | more than fifty thousand kilos on the clock you're |
| of new and used car dealerships. Edmonton used cars | | | | buying a vehicle that has more than eighty percent |
| often provide excellent value for money. | | | | of its lifetime ahead. If it has been serviced regularly |
| The past twenty odd years brought with it a lot of | | | | it should still give you many years of worry-free |
| economic prosperity. Many of us never even | | | | motoring. |
| considered buying a used car. It was automatically | | | | Sometimes people check out the obvious items such |
| accepted that you would buy a new car every two | | | | as the engine, bodywork and gearbox of a vehicle, |
| or three years. The current financial crisis has made | | | | but fail to ensure that smaller things, which could cost |
| all of us more realistic and most people will now at | | | | a fortune if it has to be fixed, are also in a good |
| least give a thought to buying a good used vehicle | | | | working condition. You certainly don't want to find |
| when the time comes. | | | | out the air conditioner isn't working for the first time |
| A car loses a lot of its market value during the first | | | | when the outside temperature has risen to more |
| two years after being sold. It could easily lose 25% | | | | than 30 degrees Celsius! |
| of its value during this period. For the seller it's not | | | | Winters in Edmonton can become extremely cold, so |
| good news. For the buyer it means you can buy a | | | | use your common sense and make sure that the |
| nearly new vehicle at twenty five percent less than | | | | car's heater is in a working order. You really don't |
| the cost of a new vehicle. | | | | want to freeze to death on your way to shop at |
| Buying a good used car therefore makes a lot of | | | | the West Edmonton Mall when outside temperatures |
| economic sense. It certainly does not mean you are | | | | drop to minus forty degrees Celsius. |
| buying a second rate vehicle. Check the service | | | | Whenever you purchase a used car, it is always a |
| manual thoroughly to make sure that the owner | | | | good idea to buy from a dealership that has a |
| properly maintained the vehicle. Should the interior | | | | reputation for honesty and good value for money. |
| and exterior of the car also look virtually new, you | | | | Certainly you can get a cheaper car from a small |
| can start to get excited; you are on your way to | | | | dealer with grubby offices near the railway tracks, |
| buy a car that nobody will even know is not brand | | | | but do you really want to take that chance? |
| new. | | | | Edmonton used cars are the same as other used |
| You should always compare the mileage reading with | | | | cars after all: if you don't use common sense you are |
| that reflected in the vehicle's service manual. If the | | | | bound to be sorry sooner or later. |