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When is the Best time to Buy a USED Vehicle?

When is the best time to buy a USED vehicle?

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Now wih CARFAX you can check the title history and how many owners a car has had. That has tilted the business in the buyers favor, if you know how to interpret the information.

Car dealers are not inherently evil.

As someone that sells these things.... Carfax sucks. There are MANY things they dont catch. Maybe if they were $5 per report they would be worth it. But as it stands, they arent accurate (because of some mistakes) and they just dont have enough events the effect vehicles reported to them.
 
Now wih CARFAX you can check the title history and how many owners a car has had. That has tilted the business in the buyers favor, if you know how to interpret the information.

Car dealers are not inherently evil.

Problem I have with Carfax is that, unless one's car was taken to a dealer for repairs, nothing will show up for repairs. (I don'tthink.) In my head, the only thing that would set off a red flag is a short ownership period. Like: Let me get rid of this lemon. And even that may not be true, as some people buy to resell.

I don't think car dealers are inherently evil, either. But I would never ever ever buy a used car from a used car lot. I'll buy one from a dealer. They have their reputation on the line in many more ways than a used car lot. A dealer is highly unlikely to sell a car they know have problems. But they can sure do it by accident. Buyer beware.
 
Problem I have with Carfax is that, unless one's car was taken to a dealer for repairs, nothing will show up for repairs. (I don'tthink.) In my head, the only thing that would set off a red flag is a short ownership period. Like: Let me get rid of this lemon. And even that may not be true, as some people buy to resell.

I don't think car dealers are inherently evil, either. But I would never ever ever buy a used car from a used car lot. I'll buy one from a dealer. They have their reputation on the line in many more ways than a used car lot. A dealer is highly unlikely to sell a car they know have problems. But they can sure do it by accident. Buyer beware.

Carfax is a tool and you can gleen a lot of information from it. Of course it is not perfect but it is better than not having the information.

I was talking about buying a used car from a new car store, as they usually have the newest used cars. Generally speaking a used car store gets auction cars and who knows where they are from.

You should always have a used car checked out by someone who knows cars, if you yourself are not knowledgable, which you should be.

Don't sell short your feelings either. If you get a bad feeling about acertain car, walk away. It is always best.

Carfax only lists title transfers so if somebody bought it to resell, it probably wouldn't show up. If there was a very short time owner, you should get a hold of that person and see why.
 
Now that Ive been doing this car thing for awhile and know when the best time to buy a USED vehicle, I figured I would ask YOU follks to get your opinion. :)

when you don't need one. that way you are free to bargain your way down and find the best deals. I read an account of one guy who was very successful in this regards by pursuing a strategy of scanning the classifieds for "must sell soon" or some kind of hint that the seller was in need of quick cash. then he would take 80% of the worth/asking price in cash in a briefcase with loud locks. if he wanted the car, he would simply say "look, here's my offer; you can have "X" dollars right now, for this car, in 3 minutes it can be yours" and flip open the briefcase. apparently very few people are able to walk away from actual cash staring them in the face.
 
That's why we have good jobs so we can afford things like that.

Meh, even if one gets paid well, it is wise to be thrifty.
 
Meh, even if one gets paid well, it is wise to be thrifty.

It's one thing to be thrifty, another to be cheap. If nobody ever bought new cars, there would quickly stop being used ones.
 
It's one thing to be thrifty, another to be cheap. If nobody ever bought new cars, there would quickly stop being used ones.

No one buys a new car upon that logic. If they DID we should all go over and smack them up side their head. There are a few good reasons to buy a new car but those arent enough for ME to ever get one. Bottom line is stay away from Dodge and Chrysler.
 
After thought I decided the best time to buy a used car is when you need a car. There is never a good time to buy a new car.
 
Buy a car when the dealers are slow and need to move the merchandise. Don't buy when people are heading off to college or when they get their tax refunds and creating a demand. So I would say the middle of the summer or winter.
 
Best time to buy a used vehicle? I would say when hell freezes over... and not the first time but when it has frozen over at least three times previously. ;)

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The best time is 2 days after you visited the dealer. Always...ALWAYS....ALWAYS...walk away from the deal. The dealer will call you the next and make his rock bottom offer.
 
Best time to buy a used vehicle? I would say when hell freezes over... and not the first time but when it has frozen over at least three times previously. ;)

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So youre saying youre a sucker and know nothing about vehicles or economics. Gottcha
 
So youre saying youre a sucker and know nothing about vehicles or economics. Gottcha
So everything is about being thrifty with you, eh? Somehow I doubt that. Are you using a dial-up internet connection?

The only thing I want to know about vehicles is how to operate them. I can pay others to handle the maintenance and if there is a serious problem, I'll just get another one.

Sucker, eh? You do realize that business related travel is a business expense so you are helping pay for my new vehicles. Maybe the economics of my method is not so bad. Thx. :doh

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Honestly thats pretty foolish for a number of reasons. One is depreciation. The other is there is almost always problems..... even large ones.... with a new car. Your father sounds like mine!
Well fellas I never had a issue with a used car, not a major one anyway. The problem with buying a new one is you loose a thousand or more dollars the instant you drive it off the car dealers lot. Both new and used has it perks depending on who you are and what knowledge about cars you have. I prefer used because these damn things are a deficit the minute you purchase one. Vanity, prestige means little to me these days it's all about practicality.

Oh BTW...September thru February I think is the best time.
 
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I remembered this thread from a while ago, just got back with the wife, having just bought a brand new car (13 miles on the odometer), in a couple of years you'll be able to fight over it at the used car lot. Some of us have to keep buying new, otherwise there will be no used for the rest.

Cheers.
 
A friend of mine said buy new houses and used cars.

In fact, I'd go the other way. New houses, at least around here, are tiny affairs, stuffed into 1/4 acre plots, crammed up against the neighbors so the builders can make as much money on as little investment as possible. My house, built in 1926, sits on 10 acres and is much larger than anything new they've built in the area in years.

Houses can be improved, new fixtures, new mechanicals, etc. can be installed. No matter how old the house, with a little maintenance, you can continue to keep it up to date. Cars, on the other hand, are what they are, you cannot significantly improve them over time. You can't add on a new back seat if you run out of space, can't build new trunk space, can't make it significantly faster, etc.

Buy used houses and new cars. It makes a lot more sense.
 
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