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Save Money when buying a used car - OOG

Saving Money When buying a used car
Out of Gas Newsletter - Issue 37 April 25, 2009

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Saving Money The Nitty Gritty - Buying A Used Car

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Here are some tips when buying a Used Car.

One important thing to remember. Used car inventories at car lots have declined, when that happens you can expect to pay more for a used car if you go to the lot than you did last year.

1. Decide what car that you want - we gave you some guidance on that in our issue on Buying A New Car
2. Ask around to your friends, family and neighbors and ask them if they have heard of someone selling a car.
3. Make sure you check the blue book values on the car and make sure to check out carfax. Reports are around $30.
4. Test drive the car and take it to a mechanic. Even if you go to a car lot and they say it’s went thru a million checks, take it to your mechanic.
5. Make sure to check out the used car lots in your area. Once you have some general prices make sure to check out…

Ebay - http://www.motors.ebay.com/
Auto Trader - http://www.autotrader.com/
Cars.com - http://www.cars.com/go/index.jsp

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