The pros of buying a used car

Buying a used car is very attractive for its extremely affordable price. Nowadays this fact gives an opportunity to almost anyone who wants to become the owner of his or her own car. Moreover, the used car market is so rich and diverse that it is always possible to find a car on your taste. 

What other advantages do you have when buying a used car?

The main advantage is a huge saving on everything. The car is not only cheap itself, but its maintenance is also much cheaper, plus there are no associated payments necessary when buying a new car.

There is a great variety of assortment - the used car market is quite developed, it is possible to find variants of different marks, models, years of release, and among them there are even almost new ones that were exploited for less than a year.

Also, there is no need to spend money on the additional equipment of the car. After all, the used vehicles already have such necessary things as salon rugs, the alarm system, winter tires and a lot of other useful accessories.

The new cars rapidly lose value. Just after leaving the car salon, your car immediately fell in price by 15-20%. Any car loses its value in the first years after its release. Therefore, having bought a new car in the salon, in just 5 years it will be possible to gain for it only half of its cost.

Moreover, do not consider buying a new car as a profitable investment of your money. The cost of a new car is rapidly decreasing, so if you want to somehow save your money and want to invest it correctly, buying a new car from the salon will not be the best choice.

The used cars lose their value not so quickly. Accordingly, having bought a car at one price, in three to four years you can sell the car, losing not more than 20-30% in its cost.

It is also a quite important fact that buying a new car we often get into debt and loans. Many of us have the limited amount of money when buying a car. And if we still decide to purchase a new car in the salon, then, with a high probability, we will get into debt or just take a loan from the bank.

Nevertheless, buying a used car you should be attentive.

What needs to be clarified even before the car is viewed live

There are some questions that need to be clarified even before you go to inspect the car, so as not to waste your time. It looks like this:

•    The number of owners of the car.

•    Month and year of the car production.

•    The state of the car and the area of usage (often it was used to go on long trips, to the mountains, to the countryside).

•    The mileage of the car.

•    Cases of getting into an accident.

What to pay attention to when looking at the car

What is worth exploring in the car in detail?

Engine features:

•    compression and operation of the cylinders;

•    the purity of the exhaust zone;

•    stability of work with and without load;

•    presence of the characteristic sounds with the engine running (in the cold and warm state).

Body condition:

•    visual geometry for all sorts of distortions and dents in the roof area, wings, and rear sides;

•    the smoothness of the doors;

•    the state of the hood and trunk retainers;

•    uniformity of gaps in the closed state of doors and hood;

•    floor;

•    body in the battery zone;

•    cups in the area of the shock absorber.

Running condition:

•    pay attention to the presence of characteristic knocks at bearings, steering and other parts of the car;

•    you need to check whether the car is moving straight if you let off the steering wheel;

•    pay attention to whether the car is moving straight, braking or accelerating;

•    check whether the rubber is worn evenly on each of the wheels;

•    look at the presence of vibrations in the steering wheel and brake pedal area.

Nevertheless, there are some risks of buying a used car. The most important risk is that a vehicle you buy is just outwardly put in order, but in fact is in a rather deplorable technical condition. Therefore it is necessary to insist on a thorough examination of the vehicle. And the last but not the least – trust only the reliable sellers.