| Locating used cars can be as simple as either visiting | | | | Never seriously shop for a used car without taking |
| used car dealerships, browsing through car trading | | | | someone with you who knows about buying cars. |
| magazines or simply just getting on the world wide | | | | Also, include in your budget an amount to cover an |
| web. There are numerous options to get the very | | | | inspection of the car by a reputable and licensed |
| best buy on a used car. Not often do they involve | | | | mechanic, preferably one who is familiar with the |
| just getting "lucky". All of the options listed here are | | | | make of car you want to purchase. In addition, you |
| going to take some effort on your part as a buyer. | | | | can reduce costs by selecting a mechanic that you |
| But rest assured your payoff will result in hundreds if | | | | will use in the future for regularly scheduled |
| not thousands of dollars and savings and therefore | | | | maintenance and who might consider giving give you |
| well worth your time. So where do you look for used | | | | a specially reduced priced for the inspection. |
| cars and how can you be sure you are getting a fair | | | | One of the best and often overlooked outlets for |
| and reasonable deal and not a lemon? | | | | finding used cars that are priced below it's trade in |
| Let's talk price first. A dealer makes approximately | | | | value are public auctions. The nice thing about |
| $2,000 in profit on the average used car. In addition | | | | auctions is that the cars really are cheap, anyone can |
| to that you can reasonably add another $1,000 to | | | | go and there is no license required to purchase |
| that to cover the cost of the dealership's sales | | | | vehicles there. These automobiles are usually bank |
| commissions, advertising costs, rent and other items | | | | repossessions or government and police seized cars. |
| considered as their "overhead" expenses. With this | | | | There are certainly some deals to be had and learning |
| being said...if you are looking for used cars that are | | | | how to buy at an auction is not difficult. The only |
| considered "cheap", you would want to target a used | | | | drawback to buying at auctions is that you may have |
| vehicle that you could purchase at roughly $3,000 off | | | | to visit more than one time to find the exact car you |
| the retail price. | | | | are looking for. |
| Try to narrow your list of used cars down to about | | | | Another viable option for buying used cars is through |
| four. Next you will want to do a blue book check to | | | | classified listings of cars sold by the owners. These |
| research current car values for various yearly makes. | | | | sellers know they will not be able to sell their cars at |
| Do a detailed budget for the amount you can afford | | | | the same prices as the dealers can because they do |
| and are willing to spend. You should also check out | | | | not have to provide the services used car dealerships |
| internet boards for additional information on used | | | | do and they don't have the overhead costs or the |
| vehicle prices. When you hear the term "wholesale | | | | markup. |
| price", this is a car's trade-in value. For the average | | | | Getting an inexpensive car or the absolute very best |
| consumer, this would be a great price for a car and | | | | price is well within your control provided you do |
| some might even say it is a cheap price. If the price | | | | some research. Decide you are going to put in some |
| you pay for a used vehicle is better than the trade-in | | | | extra effort because there are definitely some |
| value i would consider this to be an excellent buy as | | | | outstanding car savings available to you. Good luck in |
| well...but again, it will take some work on your part to | | | | your search. |
| seal such a deal. | | | | |