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Buying A Used Car
Late-model used cars may be the best automotive value, a fact that propelled used-car sales well ahead of new-car sales last year. The reason: Someone else pays for the heaviest depreciation. When you buy a used car, reliability should be the main ...
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Buying Or Leasing A Car
Shopping for a new car can be intimidating. Probably one big reason why Saturn has consistently turned up near the top of our dealer-satisfaction surveys is its no-haggle policy. Saturns, however, have a high markup, at least $1,000 above what you mi ...
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Have I Got A Car For You
Last month Patti Tiver was on the hunt for a 1971 Roadrunner. The classifieds were full of used Plymouths, but not the right model. "I knew what I wanted," says the 31-year-old receptionist and car collector from Medford, N.J. But when she logged ont ...
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Some Dos And Donts For Buying A New Car
Things to Do: - Make a point of naming such features as the engine size, its horsepower, whether it has standard anti-lock brakes--that kind of thing. Your knowledge of the car will impress the salesman and dampen any intent of his to try the shuck ...
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Used Car Shopping By Telephone Part 1
How many times have you fallen in love with that dream car advertised in the newspaper, only to discover later that it's a pile of junk? According to Andre Idzikowski, Road Test Coordinator for Car and Driver magazine, it's only worth your while to g ...
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Used Car Shopping By Telephone Part 2
If the car has been serviced regularly, records should be available to confirm this. However, car owners who keep receipts of all work on their vehicles are a rare commodity--scrupulous records are often kept only by the most scrupulous drivers. 5) ...
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Used Car Shopping By Telephone Part 3
On the other hand, says Howe, "When you get sudden changes in weather--say, from a cool morning to a hot, wet afternoon, the car sweats inside your garage and that's not good for it either." Fortunately, most of the newer cars (no more than ten years ...
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Used Cars With Dubious Histories
Car Buying Most people assume that utterly wrecked cars--the kind that insurance companies declare a total loss--are sold to junkyards for scrap. Unfortunately, that's not always true: About a million such automobiles are rebuilt each year and resol ...
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Want A Great Deal On A Used Car
Chip Ganassi jokes of affixing one of his Nextel Cup team's Dodge Chargers as an anchor on the yacht of partner Felix Sabates. Ray Evernham says he has enough soon-to-be obsolete cars (about 50) to start a media-only circuit. Richard Childress hopes ...
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