My son, a college student, recently purchased a 1996 Nissan Maxima. Knowing that we had owned Nissans in the past, he felt his purchase was a good one (unfortunately, he purchased the car before we had a chance to look at it). On the outside, the car looked good. Black car with black leather interior, [...]
Anyone in the market for a used car understands the importance of finding out as much about the vehicle’s history to ensure the purchase of a reliable car. Many car buyers understand the importance of obtaining a CARFAX history report (learn how to get a CARFAX report for free) on a vehicle prior to purchase, [...]
This question comes up every once in a while, especially from newly licensed drivers, and the simple answer as to whether or not you need to justify a car is…it depends. New Car vs. Old Car If you’re buying a used or older car that only costs $500 or $1,000 and you have the money [...]
A much untapped market is the Chinese auto buying public. Unlike US car buyers were 85% of car purchases are financed or India where 65% of car purchases are financed, China pays cash for cars. Only 10% of the Chinese car buying public finances their automobiles according to Bloomberg’s Businessweek. The Other Way Around The [...]
The internet has made it virtually easy to buy a used car. With tools like CARFAX reports, Kelly Blue Book values, Edmunds reliability ratings, Government sites that list vehicle fuel economy and more consumers can caught up in information overload and forget about the old fashioned basics. The old fashioned practice of “kicking the tire” [...]
While Toyota is working on its issues with sticky accelerator pedals and floor mat entrapment, Honda has its own headaches. They have recently announced that they will recall an additional 379,758 US vehicles to fix the driver side airbag. Apparently there is a problem with the airbag inflator which may cause it to deploy using [...]
This may sound elementary to you, and if it does, please bear with me. I’ve decided to that the used car purchase process step by step. Starting with the five W’s and H of buying a used car (you journalism folks know what I’m talking about). Who are you buying the car for? What is [...]
