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What to do before you start shopping! Try Research do as much research about your desired car. Look in trade guides, Read road tests, classified ads and take a trip to the forecourts to get an idea of the costs. Publish this information on the history of your model when it was updated, what was standard equipment and what was an optional extra. Try to find out about any servicing costs required buy your desired car: expensive cambelt change at 60,000 miles, for instance. Most friendly dealers or manufacturer will often give you with this information for free and lastly check that any relevant maintenance work has been carried out before you buy. Look before you leap and check the car visually! Always arrange to view a car during the day and if possible a nice day! Carry A 10 minute check over the body work, engine, wheels, boot, tyres, interior trim, engine bay and suspicious looking areas of the cars paintwork. Paperwork will also help indicate if the car merits a detailed inspection. If so then be as meticulous. If you find something suspect then be vigilant for related matters, if you spot a new bumper, the car may have had an accident, take time to look for look for these signs of damage buckling underneath the car, badly re sprayed panels, crumpled panels in the boot, don't be shy to also ask the owner about it. Print a check list checklist before you go and take it with you when viewing cars. If you have any doubt though, always have the car inspected by a professional organisation. View several examples before you hand over your hard earned cash as you may find some examples of the same year car vary considerably in there condition. What to look for during your test drive! Has the engine been warmed up before you arrive? If so be suspicious about cold running problems. Make sure your test drive is long enough for the engine to warm up properly this should be approximately 20minutes. Try to mix your test drive between urban and dual carriageway driveing. Check the steering for response and play. Do a 3 point turn to gauge the steering on full lock also check reverse gear works ok - check all the other gears as well And while you're at it, select top gear at about 30mph and accelerate gently to see how smoothly the engine pulls. make sure the car does not have a tendency to pull to one side in. Then see if this tendency increases when you brake. Try emergency-style brake, but make sure you do it in safe to do so, Also apply the handbrake when stationary on a hill and see what happens ¬ but be ready with the footbrake just in case!, Make sure that the clutch engages cleanly and how Feel how the car feels over bumps. Time to buy? Try to buy your used vehicle when there's an excess supply of over demand, cars are cheaper then and there's also a greater choice. This happens during the 2 months after the number plate changes on 1st March and 1st September. During this period, sales of new cars rise dramatically, and as a result, there are more part-exchange cars to be had. December is also especially good as demand slackens and prices fall. Values usually remain depressed until the spring. Convertibles are also cheaper in the winter and dearer in the summer again due to consumer demand. You found the car you want and are happy with the checks 1 final thing before we go! Never hand over your cash unless you have the 'New keeper's supplement' section of the V5 document. Even of the nice gentleman offers to send off this section for you, you must insist on it being sighed and arrange to send it to the DVLA yourself then you know it has been done.
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