[manhattanproj]

what's a good place to look up and maybe buy an used car?

are most of the stuff on craigslist legit? sites like autotrader, vehix, etc. are mostly from dealerships, from what i've seen.

 

[krmathis]

Perhaps worth mentioning where you live?
After all its an international forum...

 

[nor_spoon]

finn.no

 

[manhattanproj]

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Originally Posted by krmathis /img/forum/go_quote.gif Perhaps worth mentioning where you live? After all its an international forum...

hmmm...yea...true...but doesn't the "location" under the avatar tells it all? why else to put it there if it wasnt accurate?

 

[GordonFreeman]

CarMax - Browse used cars and new cars online
New Car Prices, Used Car Pricing, Car Reviews by Edmunds Car Buying Guide

 

[Rednamalas1]

always go see it in person (duh!!)
don't go see it on rainy/cloudy day
perhaps bring a friend who's a grease monkey?

 

[Uncle Erik]

Quote:

Originally Posted by krmathis /img/forum/go_quote.gif Perhaps worth mentioning where you live? After all its an international forum...

People leave their hearts there.

And some people have flowers in their hair.

Oh, and I'd check Craigslist for a car. It is Craig's hometown, after all.

 

[TMM]

My suggestion is that once you've decided on a certain model of car, go and test drive a lot of them. This will give you an idea of how the car SHOULD run, and you'll be able to differentiate between the polished turds and the unpolished gems

 

[nor_spoon]

"What about those red balls they have on car aerials so you can spot your car in a park. I think all cars should have them!" - Homer Simpson

 

[funniecow]

Check the ratio of how long it's been owned to how many miles are on the meter

-if the meter's been effed with
-suspension
-engine
-leaks
-brakes
-interior, ticks and what not

 

[Aimless1]

carfax.com

Worth having a subscription to check out any car you look at (don't want one damaged by Hurricane Katrina after all).

craigslist may work, but everything from over priced to junk on it.

personally I like using autotrader.com to locate a vehicle, run a carfax report on it and then call/look at it.

good luck!

 

[krmathis]

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Originally Posted by manhattanproj /img/forum/go_quote.gif hmmm...yea...true...but doesn't the "location" under the avatar tells it all? why else to put it there if it wasnt accurate?

"sf" for Sandefjord, South Florida, ...?

Not very detailed if you ask me.

 

[nor_spoon]

Could be a trillion places...

 

[GordonFreeman]

Not sure how much you wanna spend but Acura has some nice Pre-Owned cars with warranties. Neighbor bought a nice TL with about 15K on it and it was about 15 thousand less than a new one.

 

[MrSlacker]

cars.com and autotrader.com

dont even waste your time on ebay motors

almost all places that advertise on cars.com and autotrader.com have around $1000-$2000 that they can take off...


make sure to inspect if the car was painted!!!! look for "orange peal", color differences and overspray. just today i almost purchased a car, but it turned out that half of it was painted which decreases value

good luck