check the tyre has tread by the wear tread indicator. small bump in the grove of the tyre. when level with that the tyre is at 1.6mm time to change tyre.
What about rust checks, the rubber seals on the joints in the wheel arches, whether the brake discs are starting to go, oil leaks, mmisaligned body panels (accident) vin stickers, clutch check etc This seems like a guide that may leave you buying a car after these checks have been made only to get home, and realizing you need to replace quite a few things, that indeed do cost hundreds of pounds. The boot seal isn't 100s of pounds nor is the alloy key
I'm not sure if smoking in a car really effects anything, if there is no damage, and it's cleaned and smells deodorised. I'm a smoker and here's how to tell usually, check just above the driver window.... there will be at least one time where you touched the fabric and left a little burn trying to flick out the window when driving along. Again though I don't know why this matters - nicotine on the window cleans off.
excellent video! ... dealers sell the same vehicles the retail public overpays for by thousands at Dealer Only Auctions with the factory warranty and detailed condition reports, a clean title, inspected for frame damage... i buy luxury cars for my clients all the time ... best way to save thousands on a luxury vehicle
Question when I picked my car up from the dealership I didnt bother to check it until 3 months later due to recent overheating issues on short trips and noticed the oil was about 1 US quart or a 1 liter to much I remember they said they serviced the car and filled it up before they gave it to me the day I bought it. So ultimately trusted them as they are a very reputable dealer my brother and father are mechanics and they said the car was sold before I bought it. It was a 2013 chevy spark LS and had about 38k miles on it and I got it for around 6000 before taxes which was 3k below market value once I had it serviced again and got new tires about 9 months into having it I had no problems and it was solid. Note: when I noticed the excess oil I quickly removed about 2 quarts aka liters and put some delco syintetic 5w20 in until I hit the recomend mark on the dip stick and it over heated once more but it was due to low coolant the car dash said so I added more even tho the reserve was over the recommended mark. Update: So all in all did I get scammed or a good deal? I love the car a lot and it has a few cosmetic blemishes but it gets me where I need to go it has some noticible noises in the cold mornings but later in they say its very smooth.
I live in the U.S. and I have to say that I really miss Renault. We haven't had their cars for 30 years and it's a crying shame. Anyway, great tips for shopping for a used auto. Thanks.
Did he check for any accident damage ? Any panel gaps, any paint over spray, the inner wings when he lifted the bonnet etc ? I thought these were the first things to look for not some cosmetic scratch !!! A pretty poor guide to buying a second hand car
what about the chassis tho? i tried to sell my toyota that has been crashed before. and the interested buyers seems to check them all the time, that has it been damaged before? hows the body condition? and so on...
Buy from reputable garages and dealerships only, never buy in the car park of a pub or shop...do your research before looking at a car. How reliable is the brand etc. Look up owners reviews online...
£100's of pounds if you buy a car with no locking key for the alloys , goto dealer and order one if original pretty cheap as they are letter coded for each locking key.
if it's under min oil ..'walk away' is stupid advice.....the engine could easily be in excellent condition......only thing it suggests is long interval between oil service
So what advice do you give someone who wants to buy a car online from beforward & trade car view (Japan) I would like to export used cars & sale them in my country but am not sure how i can confirm if the cars are really good...Is there anyone on this channel who has witnessed cars from those 2 websites? please reply, your comments mean the world to me...
every second hand dealer ive been to has been a scum bag, one guy sold me a KA that needed 700 pounds worth of welding needing doing, another sold me a peugeot 207 with oil leaking from the head gasket and the next one sold me a Honda civic with a crack on the timing case cover and oil seeping through....go to a main dealer and just buy an approved car
Mark surely a ka needing 700 quid worth of welding wouldve been obvious? Did you look underneath, on the sills, inner arches etc? Theyre notorious for rusting badly unfortunately
Antony Evans first ever car i bought so i was naive.... and tbh with you under the bonnet means little to me i just know the basics like checking the oil level and checking the coolant and that...ive familiarise myself with under the bonnet and etc alot more these daya but back then i got ripped off with shit cars for fun...im just trying to warn others to be very very careful were buying a car is concerned because people can and happily will rip you off
Mark thats fair enough, your honesty is admirable mate. I guess thats why they say if you dont know what youre looking at, take someone with you who does. Hopefully someone can learn from your mksfortune
Antony Evans suppose so...oryt for now though the cracked case cover got fixed by the honda main dealer for 111 pound they used liquid metal or something taken 2 days to dry 😑 an inconvenience but atleast it wasnt the most expensive of repairs....the oil leak from the head gasket was a hard pill to swallow though....
On the peugeot 207 i mean...so i had to sell that to we want any car...for next to nothing....suppose on the positive nobody eles got ripped off with it
Selly Automotive crm is probably the worst choice for a car dealer due to it's lack of Lead Automation capabilities. ADF/XML feed that this CRM is relying on requires a 3rd party integration. In this day and age when 90% of car dealers using Facebook advertising in their customer acquisition strategy, no way this CRM is useful, because every Lead has to be entered manually and processed by the sales team manually, without ANY automation whatsoever. Selly CRM is good for Sales Teams used to manual labour and lots of hard work, trying to locate when and where the lead has come from.Technical support is pretty much absent and non-responsive. Toll free number is not working.For the amount of money this CRM is asking to pay small car dealers, a lot more can be done to simplify Lead Generation process.
LOL. If the oil level is low walk away, but don't worry about checking the consistency of the oil as long as it's high, and what about checking for consistent vin stickers on the door panels. That is a dead give away if the car has been in an accident. Bahahah what a joke.
It's not easy putting everything people should look for in a video that's less than 10 minutes long. The best thing is to take someone who knows what they're doing with you, or get an independant inspection done by the AA or someone.
So you basically have to be something of a detective, looking for clues to support what is said about the car and whether or not they match the evidence on the vehicle itself? Neat, can't wait to get investigating.
senor250 Well, obviously, you won't reject a car simply because it has some scratches or a little deformation as it does not influence the driving. The reason to look for these is that you can negotiate the price down. ;)
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When I got my first car I used confidentcarbuyer course given to me by my dad, so was lucky. There are many videos out there though, but this was just compact and free too
What a load of crap! Why waste all that time checking things outside when you can get in and fire it up to check that the engine is good? If the engine has a serious fault, the rest is irrelevant.
