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Fees When Buying A Car

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Lets be honest, to most of us, buying a car is not the easiest thing we have ever done. There are so many potential pit falls that most people tend to either play totally safe and go straight for a reputable garage (no bad thing) or focus their minds totally on the price tag at the expense of other potentially key factors.

Yes it is potentially a case of ?buying a cheap car can cost you more in the long run ? unless you really know what you are doing?

Phew that's really quite a mouthful but in all seriousness just how true is it? Y

I guess one of the first targets has to be if you are dealing with ?a dealer? in a local garage is to try and ?get him on your side? if such a thing is possible. The one essential fact that most buyers always forget when dealing with Car Dealers is that they really don't understand where the emphasis of power really lies in all of this.

Perhaps if I were to simplify things somewhat then we might all get a better understanding of who actually calls the shots here. The bottom line as with all sales lead operations is perhaps the most brutal and basically goes like this. If the Car Dealer fails to make any sales at all then he doesn't get paid and by and large if they try and peddle unfit goods back to you then that would be a really short lived approach. So if you are looking cars in this environment then do not forget the fear factor.

Also do not feel obsessively guilty for appearing to drive a bargain when you make your approach to buy. An approach that basically remembers the scene out of Oliver Twist where Oliver has to ask for more and appears to beg won't work and so you have to enter the arena fairly buoyed up if at all possible and aim to give as good as you get.

If you are trading up then be realistic in your own internal valuation of what your existing car is worth and what the dealer may offer by way of part-exchange. Be pessimistic on this one and then be surprised at a later date. The days of massive manufacturer lead discounts is starting to wane with most car types and so expect nothing more than the 10% type of discount. As I said, be pessimistic and then if you get more have your faith in humanity restore.

Perhaps the most vitally important piece of advice anyone can ever give someone and to be honest it is a sad indictment of today's world is the advice ?Trust no one, despite what the vendor says and appears to do, they are the last people that you should consult with?

Always, I repeat, always take most industry lead opinions etc with a grain of salt and with what one would describe as a totally jaundiced viewpoint tell the garage or who ever that you will make up your mind in your own time and not theirs.

Never I repeat, never allow yourself to be bullied into a decision that you don't feel comfortable with. Despite what all brokers and sales people say, there will always be another deal. We have all heard of the situation whereby people get pressurised into buying cars only to have the car develop problems at a later date and they weren't allowed to independently verify the worthiness of their purchase in the first place.

The one golden rule of doing any deal in any business. Don't ever enter into a deal where you are not prepared to walk away from it if need be.

Fees When Buying A Car

Carfax’ history dates back to 1986 when it worked closely with the Missouri Automobile Dealers Association, providing vehicle history reports to the dealer market. By the end of 1993, Carfax obtained title information from nearly all fifty states. When the largest automobile database, the company offered all consumers the same instant access to vehicle history reports that auto dealers, banks and other businesses were already subscribed to.

So what can Carfax provide you?

1. When the car was built

2. When and where the car was first registered

3. When the first annual inspection was done

4. When the second annual inspection was done

5. When the car was registered in a new state

6. When the car was offered for sale

7. Accidents - Not all accidents are reported and not all reported accidents are included, but a substantial number are listed

8. Advisories - Carfax aggregates enough data on most vehicles to infer certain events. When the inference is sufficiently strong Carfax will provide an advisory explaining the inference.

9. Airbag Deployment

10. Auto Auction - Many vehicles are sold at auction and Carfax reports on these sales

11. Certified Pre-Owned Status - Many manufacturers report the cars they certify to Carfax

12. Dates of activity - Most events shown on the report include a date of the event

13. Emission Test Results

14. Frame Damage - In addition to reporting accidents, frequently frame damage is reported

15. Lease / Lien events

16. Location - Most records include some indication of the city and state of origin for the event

17. Maintenance and Service Events - Like accidents, not all are reported, but a significant number are

18. Non-Branded Lemon - The manufacturer bought back the vehicle as a courtesy instead of due to legal requirement

19. Odometer Readings - These may include readings or title designations that the readings are not reliable

20. Odometer Rollbacks - Some rollbacks are certified while other irregular readings are highlighted with suggestion for careful review

21. Open Recalls - Many manufacturers report their open recalls to Carfax

22. Ownership Transfers

23. Repairs - Like accidents, not all are reported, but a significant number are, particularly when paid by an extended warranty company

24. Stolen Vehicles

25. Title Brands - Official state designations found on the title such as Salvage, Flood, Lemon, and Junk

26. Title Numbers

27. Titling Activity - transfers, renewals, etc.

28. Vehicle Use - taxi, fleet, commercial, personal, rental car and other uses are reported

Some information is not available on a report. Personal information such as names, telephone numbers and addresses of owners is neither collected nor reported.

The Downside to Carfax, although small is:

1. Accuracy -While most of the time the Carfax reports are accurate, there can be some instances where Carfax is not accurate. If you look at some of the consumer websites online (Consumer Reports, Consumer Affairs), there are reports that some of the information Carfax provided was incorrect and ended up costing the buyer thousands of dollars.

2. Seller's problems- Picture you're selling your car and you find out that Carfax is listing incorrect information - what do you do? Well according to some of the consumer websites, not much. One site listed one story indicating the seller sent all his car records to Carfax in order for them to update their information. However, Carfax refused. Therefore, it's better to check your car's information sooner rather than later to be sure it will not hurt you in the future when you sell your own car.

While you never can be 100% sure about the accuracy of the Carfax information, it well may be worth $30 to find out what is listed. More information is always better when you are buying a car.

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