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One of my passions over the years has been the art of automotive science.  Over my lifetime I have researched, studied, kept up on the latest automotive technology with a vengeance.  My buddies and I used to play the “name that car make and model game” as we drove down the various roads all over the USA.  It was a competitive game between us to see who could correctly identify the make/model of a car that was approaching us before the other guy, all for bragging rights.  This game may seem trivial to some folks but to any of you auto buffs it makes perfect sense.  So I thought I’d write a quick post and share a few tips about what I’ve learned over the years of buying and selling a number of cars.

So you have made the decision to trade in that old clunker that’s served you and your family so well.  With so many choices in today’s automotive world where does one start?  Unfortunately from my personal experience there are more than a few car dealerships that still play the high pressure games.  Although with the advent of the internet most well armed buyers have more than enough resources to level the playing field between them and the car dealership.

Hopefully by the time it comes to look for your new ride you have some idea of what type/make/model of car you are looking for.  If you need assistance with this there are some great websites you can utilize.  Edmunds.com is a great resource to help you research different makes and models and also has a consumer ratings/feedback section where you can read other car owners reviews of that particular vehicle.

Once you have narrowed it down to the particular make and model, I would recommend using a top online auto classified site like Autotrader.com, Autotrader is one of the best websites out there from my personal experience, although there are certainly other good sites I would start with them as they seem to have the broadest inventory of new and used vehicles of any site I’ve researched. One word of caution, unless you have a burning desire to be the first butt to warm the leather…save yourself a lot of money and but slightly used!  Automobiles are NOT a good investment and they depreciate up to 50% with in a few years of ownership.  I would recommend purchasing a pre-owned automobile that is two to three years old and has under 30,000 miles on the odometer.

You may ask why two to three years old and under 30k miles?  Good question, most manufacturers have a bumper to bumper warranty that covers any defects or problems for four years or 50k miles whatever comes first.  By purchasing your car with 30k or less miles and two to three years old, you still have enough of a cushion to drive your new ride and still be protected.  If you purchase your new car from a new car dealer they may even certify that particular car for up to a 100k mile warranty but that does add to the retail price of the car.

Now that you have found a car you really like and are willing to drive for the foreseeable future its time to negotiate a price.  With the advent of the internet one can search nationwide to find the car of your dreams.  I have personally purchased cars all over the country and had them shipped to my residence with great success.  Shipping to most parts of the country costs between $500 to $1000 depending on the distance.

Car pricing can vary greatly from one section of the country to the other and whether the car is being offered through a dealer or a private party.  I would recommend using a site like Kelly Blue Book or KBB.com, you can look up the exact pricing for your car based on the year, make, and particular model.  KBB will then give you a estimated price range based on three pricing levels wholesale or trade-in, private party, and retail dealer pricing.

If you decide to purchase from a dealer, I would stay away from the “our best price″ model some dealers employ.  Usually with a little negotiating you can find that same car for quite a bit less some where else.  I always negotiate the price I wish to pay using the KBB wholesale pricing.  Its a good way to always low ball the dealer/private party and who knows, maybe they are motivated enough to sell you the car at a wholesale price.

Another very important aspect to buying a pre-owned automobile, get a research report on the vehicle before committing!  Carfax.com and Autocheck.com are two of the top car history reporting services.  They will run you a report that details its entire history so you will have peace of mind concerning any accidents, title discrepancies, flood/hail damage, salvage title, service history on that particular automobile.

Below is a summary to a smart automobile purchasing experience:

I hope you find value in this article and from my personal experiences purchasing and selling a number of cars over the past twenty plus years.  If you did enjoy this article please feel free to re-tweet it and leave a comment below, I really appreciate your comments.

Sincerely,

Jeff Wisuri

So you have thought of selling your car and buy yourself a new one. There may be a number of reasons for selling the car. One of this reason is that may be you are no longer interested in its bodywork or design and would like to own a newer model with more attractive looks and so you have decided to  sell your car .If you are planning to sell your used car then you should follow these guidelines that will help you to get the best deal possible:You should make sure that your car is in good overall shape and appearance. If you really want to get a good deal from selling your car, it is very important to improve the overall appearance as much as you possibly can. 1.Inside of the car should be vacuum-cleaned.2.Burnt lights, fuses, or other damaged accessories should be replaced or repaired. 3.The battery of the car should be in good overall general condition.4.Make sure all of the tires are properly inflated and glossed up.5.Have an auto reconditioning done if you think your vehicle is in real need of it. Your vehicle service record, showing the details of all servicing done on your used car, such as oil changes and battery check-ups etc, is the most significant selling tool. Organize all the service reports you have in the car file. A well-maintained record is bound to impress your customers.Most potential buyers are more concerned about the mileage of the used car you’re selling. Therefore, you should make sure you keep the Auto Check Vehicle Report of your vehicle ready before inviting customers. Provide a copy of this report to your potential buyers to show them that your used car has never been wrecked and that its mileage has never been tampered with or adjusted. Instead of just advertising in newspaper adverts that are limited only to a local population, you should advertise in popular online used car websites to get a massive exposure and a larger number of responses. You should not quote a very high asking price. Also, do not under-price because if you do so, buyers will definitely suspect the quality of your used vehicle. Thus, a proper market research, organized car-maintenance records, an auto check vehicle report, good advertising, and awesome negotiating skills can help you sell your car at the best price.

We Americans like to buy a car at the dealership in one afternoon, and the dealerships try very hard to make us think that is possible and even smart. But it’s not. Realize how big a purchase a car is. And it is complicated.Buying a car is the second-largest purchase most people make after buying a home. When you buy a home, think about all the help you have: you have a broker to help you find the best home for you, and a mortgage broker to help you find the best financing. And an inspector to make sure the house is safe. Sometimes you also have an attorney to make sure the contract is fair, and a title company makes sure the title is clear before you pay for the home. But when you buy a car, there is not one person there to help you. And the dealers want you to THINK you can waltz in to the dealership and buy a car from start to finish in an afternoon… and sure, you can, but you will pay much much more if you do it that way. Here are four tips to give you an advantage: 1. Make at least one trip to the dealership JUST to look around and drive the cars. Promise yourself you will not buy that first time, no matter what. Why? So that you can go home and look up information on the internet, including dealer cost, safety ratings, option prices, and any manufacturer to dealer incentives that the dealer has certainly not told you about! 2. Know what you can afford before you visit the dealership to buy! This means talk to your personal banker or credit union officer before going to the dealership. Why? Some dealerships might actually WANT you to sign on for a more expensive car than you can afford so that you will then default on your loan and they will repossess the car. 3. Whenever the finance manager calculates something, insist that he show you the calculation. Why? The easiest place for dealerships to take more money from you is in the monthly payment. It is VERY common for dealers to increase monthly payments by just a few dollars, even $20 per month, over about a five year period is like giving the dealership $500 extra on the spot. E.G. If you tell the salesman you can afford a payment of $500 per month, he might find a deal for you in which the payment works out to $460 per month. But instead of telling you that, he might tell you that he has “great news″!! – - that your payment is down to $480. What happens to the $20 difference between the lender” $460 per month and the $480 the dealer is charging you? It goes right into the dealer’s pocket, and you will never know it unless you Len how to run the calculation yourself, or at least run it by your banker. How much would a dealership make, taking in an extra $20 per month for five years, on a loan with an interest rate of 3.9%? About $500. It is next to impossible to figure this kind of thing out without a financial calculator, or a friend with a financial calculator. But it’s worth the trouble! 4. Write down everything you learn about the car, from the internet, magazines, and especially from the salesman. Why? Doing this keeps everybody honest, and literally “on the same page”-YOUR page! Your salesman will see that you are writing down everything he says, and he will be less inclined to lie, or to try to change information on you later on. This tip is all about staying in control.

Your BMW deserves greater care and protection. One of the highly admired automotive brands is elegant and versatile. There are varieties of car covers available in markets. However, when it comes to safeguard your hot machine in an effective manner, it’s necessary that the car covers you get must be effective and reliable. Custom auto covers by Coverking are one of the most effective BMW car covers. There are varieties of hazards and abuses that cause damage to your BMW exteriors. Your car suffers lot of abuses and exploitation. While it has to deal with several weather extremities and are exposed to varieties of paint destroying elements such as pollutants, chemicals, and other abuses. These elements take a heavy toll on your car paint and cause severe color fading and dents. For elegant car exteriors, you need to prevent such paint-destroying elements. However, getting any car cover may not provide desired protection and performance. For optimum protection against hazards, the car cover you get must be tailored keeping the specifics of your BMW car make and model in mind. Coverking BMW car covers are specially prepared auto accessories. The custom auto covers provide complete covering as these fit right. When it comes to get optimum protection to your car paint and finish, complete covering is the single most important quality. Apart from snug fit, the custom BMW car cover comes with huge range of features that make car covers effective and long lasting. Usually, car owners store their vehicles outside under extreme weather conditions such as intense sun, storms, rain etc. Extreme sun and UV rays cause maximum color damage to your car exteriors. Particularly in the Sunbelt states such as Arizona, the intense sun wreaks havoc on your car paint stealing the appeal of your BMW car. Made of UV resistant materials, the Coverking BMW car covers protect your vehicle against color fading and other hazardous elements.There are varieties of custom BMW car covers available to choose from. Some of the BMW car covers include Silverguard car cover, Triguard car covers, Coverbond-4 car covers, Autobody Armor car covers, and Mosom Plus car covers among others.

Knowing a second hand car’s value is important to someone who wish to sell or trade-in his or her car. With the numerous used cars for sale available today, pricing your car at its worth is important. In order for you to know the right value of your car, let us know the factors that will affect your used car’s value.

The most important thing that will definitely affect most with the value of your car is its mileage. Normally, a user uses his or her car at 12,000 miles each year. From this figure, one can immediately determine the actual age of the car if one claims that his or her car is about 2 years old but has a mileage of 48,000 miles, then mechanically, his or her car is at its four years old value.

It is important to know that, the higher miles the used car has, the lower its value will be and this is the reason why those used car with lower mileage are priced higher than the average price.

Aside from the mileage, other factors that affect the value of a used car include the car’s interior damage, exterior damage like scratches, dents, and nicks, history of mechanical problems, and upgrades done by the owner or dealer.

Those owners or dealers who were able to show receipts of regular maintenance and upgrade can expect to have a higher value of his or her used car.

After you have the factors that affect your car’s value, let us now know the trade-in value and the retail value of your car.

When talking about retail value, we are talking about the car’s actual worth and the expected value to be paid when purchased from the owner or dealer. The used car’s trade-in value on the other hand refers to the amount of money the owner is willing to pay to his or her buyer if the used car will be traded to a dealership as an exchange to cash down payment. One must note that the car’s trade-in value is always lower than its retail value.

The car’s trade-in value can also be affected by the car’s supply and demand. The owner or dealer can relatively sell his or her car at a higher price if he or she knows the high demand and the low of supply for his or her car model.

Considering the above factors, you surely will not end up buying a lemon or selling your high worth used car to a lowballer.

A website launched specifically to help dealers sell their cars online – www.UnoCarDealers.com – offers subscriptions to dealers at surprisingly low prices. These prices are a tenth to a 30th of the prices charged by similar websites, for the same service. The site enjoys high traffic, and high recall rates among car buyers. Many users are repeat visitors to the site – meaning that they find lots of cars that meet their needs. Sellers get many queries from visitors, about the cars they have listed for sale.

Dealers can log onto the site, and start posting cars for sale online within minutes (there is no sales person from the site going to contact / negotiate with you). Here are the basic offerings of the site to car dealers (depending on the plan chosen by the dealer):

The site accepts payments from paypal. There is also a one week trial period available with any of the plans that dealers may choose – basic, silver or gold – before which their credit card / paypal account will not be charged.

The value offered for dealers by this site is enormous. A gold subscription (the highest that there is) costs $49.95 per month as of the time of this writing (the basic plan costs just $19.95 per month, and the silver plan costs $34.95 per month). By subscribing to the gold plan the dealer needs to make just one additional sale per YEAR, to more than make up for the amount they would pay in that year. Any sale they make over and above that one sale would be a complete bonus.

So, if you are a car dealer, what are you doing here? You should be at www.UnoCarDealers.com now.

The cost of a car club depends on what the benefits are going to be when you join. Most of organizations like this do not offer much at all and others offer a garage to work with your cars in. there are many factors that go in to determining the cost for a monthly or annual fee of a car club. Most of the time it will cost anywhere from 5 dollars a month to 50 dollars a year to belong to a decent group. That is really good considering how many people are going to be in the car club and how many are already in it. If you want to be in an organization that is free then you should just make up your own. Nothing is free in the day that we live in not even water.
If you are in a club that is just about tuners then you probably won’t have to pay anything or at the most like 5 dollars. With a high end car club, for example if you are in a Supra club, it can get to be expensive but you are also driving a 100,000 dollar car. If you are in a high end car club then you should not be worried about the cost of the group I would be more worried about my car. A lot of high end clubs also just meet in parking lots to talk and chat they are not even really groups, just get-togethers.
A lot of organizations are made and formed to host car shows or even racing. There will be a drag strip and a track at these types of organizations and you will see why the track and drag strip is there. You will see cars from twin turbo Supras to little trucks that just have air bag suspension under them. There are many things to be witnessed at a car show that is being hosted by an organization.
If you are paying for your membership to be in a car club then you should be getting a shirt and some kind of newsletter or something. You might have a sticker on your windshield instead of a shirt because your car might be your shirt and the sticker is your pass. There are many things to consider when you are joining a group.
You will most of the time get free stuff when you join a car club like shirts, stickers, and just stuff that makes you rep the car club. If you want to be in the group you need to represent them in some way that is why they give you a shirt and a sticker to put on your windshield usually. If you don’t like the car club that you are in now then you should go find one that you like. The kind of car club that you should be in should be the one where people are nice and want to talk and meet with you.

Buying a new car has been regarded as a major investment. Owning a new car of your choice not only brings you pride but also enables you to own a car coupled with features that exactly you were looking for. Less maintenance, good resale value, extensive warranty coverage, availability of insurance, law protection, and roadside assistance, are just few among many of the benefits of owning a new car. Further, auto financing loans at low interest rates are even now available for buying a new car. In short, benefits derived from buying a new car are truly endless.
Benefits are even higher when you opt to buy such leading edge cars produced by companies such as Mercedes Benz. Owning a Mercedes Benz car allows you to enjoy benefits such as driving safety, excellent design, driving dynamics, passenger protection, environment friendliness, luxurious as well as most sophisticated features, and styling options.
No matter you are looking for a typical car or one with leading edge facilities as well as features, buying a new car is quite a daunting process. In fact, careful planning is necessary to choose and buy a new car. But, a new car could be owned wisely, provided if you are ready to do some leg work.
First of all, it is important to ask yourself certain questions such as which car would best go with your lifestyle, what is your budget, EMI rate if you opt to take car loans, cars available in this segment, whether your choice is sedan, SUVs (sports utility vehicles), or compact car, features that should be included in your car, and insurance options available with your vehicles. After having asked a series of questions yourself, the next step is to identify the car you would like to own. Once you have done this, calculate the total amount including tax you will have to pay for your new vehicle. Then read reviews written by real users on the car you have chosen. After this, take steps to locate the dealers.
When you search for a dealer, take time to go in for the best deal. It is always advisable to go for a vehicle attached with attractive incentives as well as rebates. Further, you should be cautious of hidden incentives. Similarly, in case, if you are going to take loan in order to finance for your new car, then calculate the amount as well as interest you will have to pay. No matter you choose to buy which type of car, it is important to check the features available within the car as well as optional fitting available. Also, take into consideration factors such as safety, service network, and mileage.
In addition, prior to buying your dream car, it would be better to read reviews written by real users as well as experts in the industry. It would be even better if you could make a study in order to compare the vehicle you have chosen with other cars in order to check its added benefits. It is also important to analyze such key aspects of a vehicle as its seating capacity, engine power, and technical specifications.
When comes to financing, special care must be taken, especially if you are going to take loan in order to finance your new car. It would be better to take a loan with the lowest interest rates. Likewise, ask for incentives that the manufacturer or company offers. Further, it is vital to undertake an investigation with regard to its service contract as well as extended warranty. Since auto insurance is inevitable, it is advisable to review insurance policies from different insurance companies in order to take right decision. Also, compare the insurance rates.
Above all, don’t miss to take a test drive, in order to ensure whether the vehicle you have chosen has all the characteristics as well as comforts that you are looking for. Additionally, closely check its interiors and exteriors, apart from checking its noise, drive comfort, braking, and power acceleration.

There are certain cases that might occur in your life that won’t allow you to walk around them. Such cases are medical emergencies and other major reasons that might need quick money. In such cases, you want money and you want money fast.

That is where online overnight payday loans come in. these are loans that are given to you and are supposed to be paid back when you get your salary. The best place to find these kinds of loans is the internet.

There are many advantages to using these kinds of online overnight payday loans. One of them is the fact that it is pretty easy to find a good lender when using the internet and you get the chance to compare interest rates. You may also apply for the loans online which saves you time you could have used walking up and down in offices looking for the one that best suits your situation.

Just like the name suggests, quick loans are pretty fast and you will get many lenders out there who are more than willing to work with you. There are some things you should consider before you take a loan and this article will discuss a few of the important ones.

The first thing you want to find out from the lender is their interest rates. This will help you save money as you pay the debt. You also want to know how long their processing time is. After all, the quick loan is for an emergency and you want it in the shortest time possible.

A quick loans term is another thing that you really need to find out. This will help you avoid complications while repaying the debt. Different lenders have different terms and you can always find out the one that best suits your situation enabling you to get the money faster and have an easier time paying it.