You have found the car of your dreams, done a history check, inspected it yourself and are happy with it. But how much should you actually be paying for it?
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Before even thinking about buying, you will need to take a car for a test drive. If you already own a car, make sure you are covered in your own insurance policy to drive someone else’s car. If you are a first-time driver and don’t have insurance yet you will need to get someone else who is covered to drive it for you.
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While buying a car with a bad engine can lead you to a money pit, the aesthetics of the car are pretty much 'what you see is what you get'.
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When you imagine someone going to look at a second hand car, you always picture them kicking tyres and opening the bonnet don't you? But for the unsavvy car person, you may not have a clue what to actually look for.
Like most things in life, it isnt hard when you actually know what you are doing. Well, here are a few tips!
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So you have found a car which looks very promising, arrange to look at it in the morning so that the car has been parked in the same place overnight so you will be able to see if the car has left any leaks.
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So you have seen the car you want, and got a history check to make sure it is legit. Now you have to actually go and check out the car and try and hammer out a bargain for it.
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The best way to ensure your car hasn’t got a shady past is to get a history check. These are relatively inexpensive but worth their weight in gold!
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If you are not already totally disheartened by the amount of pitfalls of buying a second hand car, fear not - there are some proceedures in place which will hopefully stop them.
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Cloned: Car thieves can be clever little chaps and are becoming very good at disguising the fact that a car was stolen. One such trick is “cloning”.
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Clocked: If a car has been “clocked” this means that someone has tampered with the odometer – the device on the dashboard that says how many miles the car has done in total. They usually reduce the figure to make it appear the car has done fewer miles than it actually has so you will pay more for it.
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