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The Haynes Used Car Buying Guide
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Titles are guaranteed at dealers-only auctions. If you buy a car through a dealers-only auction, you know you’re getting a car that’s not stolen and can be traced. There’s also less chance of fraud than in a private-party sale. Dealers-only [...]
The Haynes Used Car Buying Guide
This setup was the industry standard for decades. Eventually, this $100 deductible power train coverage was bumped up to 36 months or 36,000 miles. Later, as manufacturers began to view the warranty as a marketing device, they added the term bumper to bumper, usually for the length of 36/36,000. A bumper-to-bumper warranty included all the [...]
The Haynes Used Car Buying Guide
Your thoroughness may have uncovered problems the seller probably wasn’t aware of. In fact, if a private party or dealer seems reluctant to have you make a thorough examination and have the vehicle further tested by a mechanic, assure them that they may have a copy of any checklists or reports on the vehicle’s condition. [...]
Has the Car Been Hit? Check these details
Look at the car in direct sunlight. Make sure the paint is all the same color. If the car has been repainted recently, mismatched colors will be fairly easy to distinguish in strong outdoor light. If half the car is slightly different in color from the other half, chances are the painted half has been [...]
The Haynes Used Car Buying Guide
Breath is much warmer than the ambient air, it condenses as it mingles with the colder ambient air, producing steamy vapors. In a similar fashion, hot exhaust gases mingle with the cool and humid ambient air to produce white smoke (steam), but it should dissipate as the car warms up because hot exhaust gases have [...]
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