Notes premise

1. Kbb, refers to the well-known estimate of second-hand car website www.kbb.com . Which gives the reference price given year mileage cars.

2. Craigslist, referred to as the CL, the famous second-hand goods trading site, US 58 city.

3. Sedan, SUV, Coupe, etc. refer to the type of vehicle, or vehicle structure is kind of how. For example coupe is specific to two or three sports car / sports sedan type. Specific segments, as well as full size, medium size, compact sedan .
4. MPG, the Miles per Gallon, metonymy refers to the economic cost of the car, that is not provincial province gas.
5. the Make / Model, refers to the make of car manufacturers, such as Honda / Toyota / BMW / Mercedes / Audi / ..., model refers to specific car models, such as the Mustang / 3 series / A6 / CTS and so on. Combined, it is Audi A6, Ford and so on.
6. DFBB, God refers to the four major North American cars were Toyota Camry, Toyota Corolla, Honda Civic , Honda Accord, in alphabetical order. Around 2000 is the fire in the North American Forum, until now. These four vehicles in order to hedge high reliability, hailed as a god car.
7. Vin, is a number unique to each vehicle, unique, corresponding to the vehicle identification number. Check the car's history is by Vin to check, only two companies to provide reliable reports, one Carfax, the other is Autocheck.
8. The the DMV, i.e. U.S. Vehicle Administration. Sale of vehicle registration, driver's license, what are here to do.
9. Title, namely the ownership of the car. Generally clean / clear title, salvage title, duplicate title , and so on. Which, salvage title is part of a major accident over, the car was a total that exceeds the value of the estimated repair the car. The car had an accident may also have clean / clear title. There is a title that belongs to no pay off the loan title, forget Jiaosha. In short, buy a car only clean / clear title of the car, especially if you are blind when car.
10. Registration, refers to the registration of the vehicle, the license plate will be a small sticker stating the month of expiration of the year, such as 08/15. If you need to go expired DMV renew, expire no offense, but the road will be police pull over. If you want to buy a car registration expired, to renew it, it does not matter.
11. The Smog Check / Emission Test, inspection means, not through it can not renew registration. Different state laws, generally more than a decade old car car needs to be done. In California, if the seller does not do a good job selling cars smog check it, is illegal.

12.Carfax check condition

13. The Edmunds , local shop check the price deal, as well as direct sales call you

Buy framework

1. Find a suitable Post, call contact the seller.
2. To VIN #, using historical account of Carfax or AutoCheck check the car's.
3. Determine the time and place to meet to look at cars, test.
4. Go to a garage to find a mechanic to be inspection.
The post paid their dues title.

5.5，Emission test

5.6, insurance

6. go to DMV to complete the procedure, but also allows AutoRegistration Company agency, commission about 40 knives.
7.over

Insurance / transaction costs

1. go to DMV registration fees and transaction tax. This is generally not part of the cost reduction, in addition to the price of the transaction is best not to fill very low, although this can save a little tax, but against you. Of course, different states, I was here the case of CA, AZ to buy a car is no transaction tax. As about how much the cost of general registration of about 100 knives, transaction tax is about 8% of it, is not good estimate.
2. Insurance. Insurance is something each month, according to some years. My place in large rural areas, with the minimum insurance, $ 300 half pipe. Insurance this varies.

3, mechanic to be inspection.
4, Emission test

guiding ideology

1. The car must CleanTitle. CleanTitle illustrate not only the car is not scrapped car, the car is also a description of all property owners are the title above. He does not owe the bank loans.

2, paid their dues to pay title, title requires signature of the owner.

3, because the price of the car generally depending on the model, year and mileage of these three variables

4, a step not recommended to buy more than 80,000 German cars. We do not recommend buying any car more than 100,000 Mai. (uncertain)

5, 10 years is not recommended age of the vehicle. (uncertain)

Pit

1，

Tamaritamaridama 骗局 Yo-Yo Scam

Dealer Fudge buyers their credit scores enough through loans and signed a contract, successfully led the car to go home after about a few days to several weeks, to inform denied loans require the buyer Meal higher interest loan contract, usually interest loans than the average to be higher than 5%.

2，

Super cheap cheat door Fake Lowball Price

You attract the inquiry with ultra low-cost, and the possibility of false generosity to other vendors Match of you to ask. The only site with a variety of reasons, such as "manager does not approve the" pretext turned down and so the price of the original commitment. We recommend grasp market price, much lower than the market price definitely a problem.

3，

Scam a Shell Game

Observation owners care about the points to be used. For example, mentioned the need to Trade-in, dealers pretending to give good Trade-in prices, but increase the selling price of a new car; if the buyer wants to pay a relatively low monthly, they can be achieved, as long as the loan period extended enough, but at the same time buyers will pay more interest, in fact, spend more money doing.

4，

Confusing pricing Confusing Window Stickers

Window stickers price are being taken advantage of price! These are some did not install after the price of Options, in fact, simply to use less. Be sure not to Window Stickers price as the standard.

5，

Car Balloon Payment car becomes long

If you decide to buy a car, selling price is too high because of the delay could not do it, can you say when the dealer zero down payment plus low monthly payment necessary to pay attention, because he may be to you Lease; And you signed the contract You may not know it.

Haggling skills

0, telephone explore the actual situation:

Why sell this car?
How long have bought?
There is not anything wrong?
I never had an accident before this car?
Are clean title in hand (that is, no loan)?
There is no car maintenance record (if this record is retained intact, and basically the city every 3k miles do maintenance, then congratulations, met fly car!) Ask these questions primarily to hear the other party is not in good faith or in comparison mouthful do not fly, but also probably know that the other party is not in a hurry to sell, such as going abroad, or do not care about the price, such as changing the Mercedes-Benz.

1, to find a garage to be a mechanic inspection. According to the feedback of cut

2, after the new listing

3, in the week to go in the morning, most depressed time, meet the most impatient of sales

4, the end of last year heard card performance, sales might yield (doubts about the end of the New Year many people buy a car, but the United States

5, Ning advantage

Student status
Good credit record
Cash purchase
Short stage
Optional equipment or theft system, and so you think it's something to get (ex: Skylink)
Top with cars / luxury cars usually kill a little better

6, deal should mentality

Adhere to want cars

Adhere to cars, and built-in color, even if Agent say "no" do not easily give way! In this case, the lack of performance of the car dealer may give you more discount on new cars a year savings, but different colors or car the same year.
Because a price is to come, or else I go to a different look

Usually only revealed, "You and not" attitude, Agent how kind will try to keep you down, and then a long tug of war.

That it will buy, but you do not necessarily want to buy the firm revealed determined to buy a car, but not necessarily in this house you bought with the nature of the decision in the hands of the buyer.
Car loan interest rates

Do not look at the price of a car body, if you plan loans, car loan so the interest rate is also very important consideration.
Send additional configuration or something

If the car dealer's position in the prices relatively firm, can also insinuated start from somewhere else, such as get free configuration (Options) or gifts. Agent configuration to request a list of what needs to be seen from the list of requirements presented.

Vehicle inspection

1. The severity of the steering wheel. If the non-pickup / truck and heavy steering wheel, it might steering fluid (power steering fluid) life has expired, the owner did not care.

2. braking performance. If the brake sharp cry came from the rim, indicating that the brakes almost did not wear, and need to be replaced.

3. tire life. Take a slit 5 cent coin inserted into the tire, if the head can be buried in Lincoln, described further life enough; if not, indicating the need to change a tire.

4. The shock absorbers. The four corners of the car down hard pressed, if a few good explanation restitution performance.

There is no gearbox 5. slipping acceleration. That is, when the acceleration gear mention, there a one grid feeling. Naturally there will be a little of that old car slipping, but if it is serious, transmission fluid (ATF) color and taste sucks, indicating that life is not long.

6. When you finish the car, lying under the car to see if there is no liquid leakage to the ground.

7. If the test vehicle in the winter, it is best not to heat up the car at the time to ignition. Some cars with winter ignition is not easy, but if the heat is too early after the car, can easily ignite.

8. Try air conditioning and a radio speaker what is not good.

9. The various lamps, high beam headlights DRL turn signal lights reverse brake lights and the like ..

10, doors, windows, locks

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