1 Used Car Rule That Will Save You Time Energy And Money When Buying A Used Car

I’ve come to realization that not a lot of people know how to buy a used car. To begin with they barely know the lemon law for used cars They allow tire kickers to waste their time, and convince them to continue looking at a car for sale that isn’t worth their time to begin with.

In my used car search whether it be a used car dealership near me, or buying a used car from a private seller, this is my One used car rule that I follow each and every time to sift and sort through tire kickers and that want to sell junk used cars . If you follow this used car rule,  you will know which used cars to avoid like the plague.

This rule is so simple, but so powerful. So simple that most people shopping for a used car don’t take it into consideration when car shopping.

Trust me this works you will not waste your time any longer. Unless you are anything like I am who likes a good challenge sometimes like buying a car that’s a 3 out of 10 and putting a little elbow grease in it to make that car look and perform better.

Alright so enough with the fluff, lets get to it.

My secret little used car shopping rule

What does the inside, and outside of that car look like? That’s not a trick question. If you can ask yourself that question every time your about to buy a used car you’ll notice in minutes that the car is a waste of your time.

time your about to buy a used car it will save you tremendous amount of time, and hassle. If a car is clean and well maintained on the inside its a plus. If the owner of the car takes good care of the interior of their car, more than likely under the hood is just as clean. This is not the case for every car, but the majority

Here is why. If a someone is selling a used car and they didn’t even take the time to prep the car before putting it up for sale, why consider buying it.

That little bit of information is just  pre qualifying and letting you know that you can spend some more time there. Some of you may ask and say how are you absolutely sure that is a rule that is even concrete to follow.

Out of the 12 plus years I’ve been in the auto repair services, I have compile more than enough data to see that the  trend among people who do not maintain the interior of the car will not even bother to repair their car. The only way that their car is going to get fixed is when it stops driving. Its true, some people do really ride it till the wheels fall off.

Car maintenance checklist of a poorly maintained interior

1. Juice stains on seats and roof
2. Dingy smelly interior
3. More than 3 broken interior and exterior pieces
4. Dusty interior with thick dirt film
5. Tape on window

This is just a short list of things I could go on, and on. How about the cars that you have to enter on the passenger side. They weren’t annoyed enough to get it fixed they just continue to enter from the other side. Might I add none of the windows work and to add insult to injury, the car air conditioning doesn’t work either.

When I worked at repair shops in the pas, when a customer would show up to get an oil change as a part of their vehicle maintenance schedule. The first thing that  all ways see when an auto repair shop give’s the customer recommended maintenance list, the majority of the time the customer that has a badly maintained car interior and exterior says no to all of the recommendations on the vehicle maintenance checklist.

Conclusion

Spend 5 minutes total look at the interior and exterior.