In Step One, we talked about what the need is, why we need the car, and narrowed down the type of car we are looking for.
In Step Two, we decided how much we can afford to pay for this car.
In Step Three, we looked at some places to find a good used car.
Now that we have found the car that looks like it meets our requirements, we need to do a bit of research to make sure it is really a good deal. This is step four.
Do you use rechargeable batteries? As you know by now, I like to save money, and rechargeable batteries is a way to that. I have digital cameras, flashlights, xbox360 controllers, well, just a ton of things that need AA batteries. This company called Allbatts looks like a good source for batteries. They have batteries of all types, from laptop batteries and cellphones, to the big batteries that go into a UPS.
How much money will this car cost? That’s a question only you can determine. I can give some ideas about it, from my perspective. Car prices vary from state to state and area to area. Generally, I am talking about a used car you can afford. What can you afford? How much money do you have? That should tell you what price range to look in.
Borrowing money for a car can be a real bad decision, and I know that most people do it, but cars are not investments! Look at this example.
I just did a search online in my area for a 2007 Ford Explorer XLT and found one that had 18,000 miles and was $20,000 at dealer. (this would be less if I could find it from a private sale).
I came across this contest tonight and thought I would spread the word. I think Iphones are cool. I am married to Verizon though , so I haven’t had too much to do with Iphones. Anyway, you can run over to Lara Saad’s Blog and see what it is all about. As always, my policy on these things is as follows: I will share 50/50 whatever I win with the lucky random person that I pick from the comments on this page to this particular post ( If I win of course). So just leave me a comment and significantly increase your odds of winning. If you also put a link on your site to mine, I will put you in for 10 entries instead of one in my 50/50% spin-off contest. So there, Get an Iphone free. ( or share one with me, don’t worry, we’ll figure out how to cut it down the middle) ;).
What are your needs? Why is this car needed? This question needs to be answered before you can start looking for a used car. This can be a very difficult problem as we all have many ideas of what we would ‘like’ in a car. If we are honest, we have this little thing called pride, so we want a car that helps to reflect our own value. ( Bad idea). We also want to get something that will be at least as good as the neighbors, so they’ll know we make good money, right? Wrong! These are not good ways to look at this. 
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