There is one class of that come to you straight from the user on as-it-is basis. There is another class of used vehicles that reach you via a refurbisher's garage. What a refurbisher does is a quite an exercise in itself.

A smart refurbisher is always in the look out for a knocked-down machine. To him what matters most is the condition of its engine. Even if the vehicle of his interest is stripped of the body and even platform on which rests a chassis, his profits go by how the engine sounds once it comes to life.

To understand the business of refurbishing you need to spend a day in a refurbisher's mart of your city if it has one. All cities and townships have one though. The most exciting and worth your time could be one in Mumbai or Delhi. They are the paradise of used, better still, knocked-down cars.

Getting a vehicle made from a knocked-down one is Herculean and replete with all the attendant risks of an old vehicle. Unless you are an automobile expert, by experience or by degree, chances are that you would land up in a wrong deal. If you are lucky then the performance of your refurbished vehicle can vie with that of a new one. But do not expect it to last long, trouble-free. Why would people spend money on new vehicles otherwise?

Buying is an enriching experience too. Those in the business of should send their children even their unskilled manpower to a refurbisher's car mart to get the hang of the trade and learn some tips which come handy.

Thus how to turn a stripped down rusting engine into a trendy, flashy car, you can watch at refurbishers.