Used Car Buying Tips

Deciding on a new preowned vehicle can be difficult. Here are some great tips to get you well prepared for such an important purchase.
Research: Step one should always be researching the price, reliability, functionality, and features that you want in your vehicle. Make a list of options you can't do without. Also narrow your broad search of vehicles to four. Once that's complete, you should follow up with even more research on these four vehicles and start getting excited about test drives.
	It's all about the Benjamins: Make sure you have enough money to cover the down payment, insurance, and tag and title charges. Trade Ins: Unlike private owner transactions dealers do take trade ins of all types of vehicles, boats, motorcycles, and most anything of value. In addition, any balance owed can be rolled over into your new loan so you do not have to make a significant financial outlay towards a payoff on a prior loan. Dealer Difference: Here's where we come in extra handy by doing a lot of legwork for you. All our used vehicles go through a rigorous inspection inside and out. The vehicle is also test driven to make sure it runs in optimum performance. Make sure to ask for a vehicle history report too just to have that extra piece of mind.
Warranty: One of your biggest fears with a used car purchase might be having to replace vital parts shortly after you spent tons of money in the first place. Here's when another benefit of buying from one of our dealerships comes in. Most of our pre-owned vehicles come with an extended warranty that replaces major components should they go bad. It's called our Piece of Mind Guarantee , and it protects your pre-owned purchase for up to 100,000 miles! Don't you just love that extra piece of mind? Be cautious on direct mail offers for warranties after purchasing a vehicle. Many of these companies have gone out of business leaving the owner without any coverage and no one to talk to. Purchasing a warranty from the dealer you buy from will leave you with a contact if you should ever have any issues.
	Financing: Dealers work with many different lenders and are often able to secure better terms than a single purchaser shopping lenders by themselves. When you go to your lender you are one customer looking for a single loan and you are unable to negotiate terms with the lender. The dealer places millions of dollars of loans every month and can often get an extension to standard terms or obtain some flexibility from the lender to better suit your needs.