I would highly suggest to inspect a used car before you sign a contract. #1. inspect oil level on the vehicle with oil dipstick. The oil level should be between (F) Full and (L) Low. Now check and make sure that oil is kinda honey colour and not black, because this will tell you if the owner takes good care of the vehicle or not. As you are now under the hood (engine department).#2 I would check all the fluids it they are at the proper levels. #3. Check around all the belts make sure they are not broken, cracked or loose. Great idea would be to turn the engine on to hear for unusual sounds and to check the starter and the battery at the same time. #4. Check all the lights high beams, low beams, stop lights and signal lights. #5. At this point it would be great to check the transmission as this is a very expensive repair. On automatic cars is easier to detect the problem, pull the hand brake and then from park position keep shifting into different gears fast and slow and then listen to abnormal sounds and transmission jerks. Next very expensive repair is air-conditioning. #6. Make sure its blows cold air and make sure car is equipped with air-conditioning. #7. Check the tires as they will tell you few things about vehicle, make sure the front tires are the same dept as back tires, and same make, check for uneven wear as this might indicate alignment or other mechanical issues. #8. At this point I would take the car for a test drive as this is the best inspection. Car might look great but when you take it for a test drive you might discover problems with a vehicle. I would say that test drive of the vehicle is crucial stage for inspecting a used car.
#9. If you are very serious about buying a used car but not very mechanically inclined and you have made a deal on the price, I would suggest to pay for the full mechanical inspection before finalizing a deal. There are few great videos on Google you can watch on how to inspect a used car. Good luck with shopping for a used car and feel free to post a comment or a question.
I have worker in the car industry for few years now and I believe that if you are not experienced enough in buying used cars you should hire a used car broker. However, people tell me the reason why they hire used car broker is to get a great deal on a new or used car. First if you are buying a new car that is entry level the profits are very minimal that there is no benefit whatsoever. There are many alternatives like e.g. Car Cost Canada where you will be informed of what the vehicle cost and what markup dealer is willing to sell you the vehicle for. Also just think about it Used Car Broker is not free he needs to get paid so where is that money coming from? Now if you have never bought a car in your life and you don’t have one single friend who is knowledgable about buying cars than I totally understand. If you need my help free of charge just contact me on twitter.com/isellusedcars
Feel free to ask any question as I maybe didn’t cover it in this post.
Did you know that some Car Manufactures like e.g. Honda have specialty used car rate for Finance on their certified used cars. Lets say you find two nice used cars online that you would consider to purchase. For e.g. they are 2009 Honda Civic LX with kinda similar Kilometres and same condition. One is selling at a Honda Store for $12999 as a certified vehicle and one selling at “B Used Car Lot” for $11999, however Honda is offering over 60 month finance at 4.9% and “Used Car Lot” 8.99% as well over 60 months. Now take a look at a brake down in pricing.
“Used Car Lot” $11999 at 8.99% over 60/months = $249.02
Honda Used Car Store $12999 at 4.99% over 60/months = $245.24
Even at a $1000 dollars cheaper price you will receive better payments and on top of it all you are buying a car from a certified used car dealer e.g. Honda. I have to say that my preference is to buy directly from a dealer. By the way you can always negotiate with a e.g. Honda store to get a better deal. I hope this blog will help you find a great used car deal.
I used to own a 2009 Honda Civic Si 4 door and I love the car. I loved the horsepower, handling, looks and most of all sound from exhaust. However one thing it was lacking was torque especially in the summer time when it’s hot. 2011 Honda Civic Si engine is K20 197hp and 139 torque
Now there are some great deals on the remaining 2011 Honda Civic Si models and I am not sure if I want to buy it, because I have heard that new 2012 Honda Civic should have a Acura TSX engine K24 which has 201hp and 179 torque. I hope Honda will not increase the weight on the car. If this rumour is true this will be an amazing little sport car.
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