Used Car Buying Guide – Step Seven

And the last step is maintenance.  This isn’t really a part of buying a used car, but I think this seven step guide wouldn’t be complete without it. ( Plus it would be a six step guide, and I said this was a seven step guide.) 

Routine maintenance is not that hard to do.  [...]

Used Car Buying Guide – Step Six

This is the final part, really, of getting the car on the road. We covered need, affordability, search, research, negotiation(and actual buying), and now licensing the car.

Before we get into this, I need to go back a little to where we actually bought the car in step five. I really should have mentioned that [...]

Used Car Buying Guide – Step Five

In Step One, we talked about what kind of car we need.

In Step Two, we decided how much we can afford.

In Step Three, we looked at some places to find a good used car.

Step Four concerned some research to make sure this car is a good deal.

Now we are at step five – negotiating the [...]

Used Car Buying Guide – Step Three

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.

Now we need to find a car that fits our need and is within the price [...]

Used Car Buying Guide – Step One

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 [...]