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Buying used car under 2500 GBP (RAC Approved dealer)
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HillStreetBlues said:MEM62 said:The reality is you may not get much better protection from a dealer. At £2.5k level I would only be looking at private sales. It is way to low to consider buying from a dealer.
You can get more car for your money, most of my cars (always cheap) come from private sellers, but you can also get a total lemon with no recourse.0 -
MEM62 said:HillStreetBlues said:MEM62 said:The reality is you may not get much better protection from a dealer. At £2.5k level I would only be looking at private sales. It is way to low to consider buying from a dealer.
You can get more car for your money, most of my cars (always cheap) come from private sellers, but you can also get a total lemon with no recourse.
Chose a dealer that takes a credit card, then what the dealer does or doesn't do doesn't matter, as you can go directly to the cc company.
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HillStreetBlues said:MEM62 said:HillStreetBlues said:MEM62 said:The reality is you may not get much better protection from a dealer. At £2.5k level I would only be looking at private sales. It is way to low to consider buying from a dealer.
You can get more car for your money, most of my cars (always cheap) come from private sellers, but you can also get a total lemon with no recourse.
Chose a dealer that takes a credit card, then what the dealer does or doesn't do doesn't matter, as you can go directly to the cc company.1 -
Would you then say that if one can increase their budget for say, 6000 GBP, then only sure way to have no headache is to go for a used and approved KIA? They are the only ones that seem to offer cheap used and approved cars and are offering them directly via KIA dealership. DISCLAIMER - I am neither a fan, nor affiliate of KIA0
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There is never a sure way to have no headaches in buying used cars, life would so much easier if there was.
To try and lessen the risk of headaches as above post, check condition also get a FSH with receipts showing work done.
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What's up with the used cars and used car market in general? I wonder if it was any better before wide availability of credit and "cheap" car finance. That's a rhetorical question though.0
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"One trouble with a private listing is if it breaks down on the way home little you can do about it unless you been lied too."
The problem is that traders that play in the £2500 market will know full well how to avoid court and paying repairs
Even as a non mechanic there are lots of tools on the web you can use to look at a car, my 16 year old knows how to check the MOT history , when it was last sold etc. All of these will give an idea of how well a car was maintained.
I always believe buy the seller first then the car, if you trust the seller and get a good feel about them , then look at the car next.
Why are they selling it ? Have they much history, what is the price like in comparison to others ? Too Cheap ?
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caprikid1 said:
Even as a non mechanic there are lots of tools on the web you can use to look at a car, my 16 year old knows how to check the MOT history , when it was last sold etc. All of these will give an idea of how well a car was maintained.
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Investor_ISA_DCA said:What's up with the used cars and used car market in general? I wonder if it was any better before wide availability of credit and "cheap" car finance. That's a rhetorical question though.
Cheap credit works both ways. Pre-crash it was all going across main dealers' desks as new sales, which then created the oversupply of second hand cars. Plus ca change...0 -
If it is RAC or AA checked, it is not a bad thing. But take somebody with you especially if you buy private as they may notice something that you may not notice; sometimes it is difficult to look at something critically with somebody watching you with their fingers crossed.
Keep an open mind, open the Bonnet, have a peep under the car, look at the general condition. Test drive the car, and make sure the dealer is close to where you live.
Car make and design is your provocative, as you are paying for it.When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you. Nietzsche
Please note that at no point during this work was the kettle ever put out of commission and no chavs were harmed during the making of this post.0
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