After
a home, buying a car is the biggest purchase most of us will make in our lifetimes.
It may seem like an intimidating and risky process, but actually
buying a used car is easy. If you know what checks to make and how to look a car
over, you're very likely to get a safe reliable car you can enjoy for years to
come.
This KwikGuide aims to give you the basics to help
you avoid a costly mistake. Some advice might seem obvious at first, but it's
surprising how easily things can be overlooked.
To start as we mean to go on, our first top tip for the best deal is: Timing. There are two main buying times for new cars in Britain - March and September - and this results in dealers having piles of cars they've taken in part exchange come April and October. Whether they put them on their own forecourts or knock them out to other dealers, this is when the good used car deals are there for the taking.
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