| Buying a used car? Is it a good or bad idea? Some | | | | service charges what was lost to the enterprise in |
| people will tell you that purchasing a pre-owned | | | | "doing the deal" and meeting the competition. On top of |
| automobile you are purchasing some one else's | | | | that, new car owners seem to abysmally sensitive and |
| problem. A lemon perhaps. On the other hand - or | | | | overly careful when driving their precious toys... They |
| other side of the highway and byway - many careful | | | | are always on the alert for what might well become |
| and thorough shoppers will point at that no matter | | | | the first little dent or scratch. Used cars and used car |
| what research you do - that the minute you drive your | | | | owners do not seem to be so obsessed with |
| new car , truck or S.U.V. off the auto dealers lot you | | | | overdoing the care for their vehicle - be it body, paint |
| are now the owner of a "used car " or "pre-owned | | | | or mechanical maintenance and care. That first dent |
| auto". Every one it seem , that is who is a vehicle | | | | on the that fender or first couple stretches from nicks |
| owner or enthusiast , is after all driving "used" or | | | | which occur generally when other car owner's |
| "pre-owned" automotive products. | | | | recklessly open their car's doors in parking lots , are |
| What many if not most purchasers of new vehicles | | | | already in place. Buying a used car often means |
| often do not take into account is that the very | | | | service levels as recommended in the van or truck's |
| moment that car, is plated , insured and hits pavement | | | | owner or factory service manual or handbook. On top |
| outside of the seller , broker or trader's lot that new | | | | of that servicing can usually be done at less expensive |
| vehicle depreciates in the range of 30 %. Of its total | | | | third party service centers, often at sale prices. |
| initial value that the customer paid - whether it be cash, | | | | Lastly a word of assurance that by purchasing a used |
| credit or auto financing. After all simply put someone | | | | or pre-owned vehicle that you are unlikely to get a |
| has to pay for that beautiful showroom, dealership | | | | "lemon". Lemons are poor cars, which from the |
| costs and overhead of the automobile franchise , | | | | moment have left the factory are nothing but trouble. It |
| salaries of salesperson's and staff in addition to a | | | | seems that such vehicles are in the shop and garage |
| myriad of other costs down to clearing the snow off | | | | more than on the road. If the vehicle has more than a |
| the lot in the cold Manitoba winter. | | | | smattering of miles - say 20,000 to 30, 000 miles then |
| Another point to ponder in the purchase of a new car | | | | that item is war and road proven. It's stood the test of |
| is the extra care and doting to perfection that new car | | | | time so far. If it drove that far on the road any test |
| buyers lavish on their vehicles to the point of babying | | | | drive of the car will demonstrate the car as it is, how it |
| their cars. New car owners are often at the mental | | | | drives and how it handles. You should not have any |
| mercy of their actual dealership - who in many cases it | | | | major surprises with that vehicle. |
| seems is attempting to make up in extra service and | | | | |