Car Buying Tips Guide 1

Take many good quality pictures of your car, get its CARFAX andAutocheck reports, make electronic copies of any work you’ve had done (^)
and put it together in an email you can send to the used car managers atthe dealers you’ve selected. That way you don’t waste time except to visit (^)
the top two to three bidders.
Print out both the Kelly and NADA Blue Book values and what people areasking locally online, so you’ll be armed. You can also use resources such (^)
as TrueCar.com to get an idea what people are actually paying locally. Butremember that these figures are—just like Blue Book values—only guides
to valuations. The Blue Book companies don’t buy or sell cars; they onlyestimate what transaction prices are going to be.
make as your car.TIP: Start with bids from new car dealers who sell the same
Big dealership groups such as AutoNation have found that the highest usedprices on Toyotas are paid at new Toyota dealers (it’s the same for other
makes), so they move their used inventory around between stores tomaximize what they sell it for. Even if you don’t plan to buy the same brand (^)
of car as your trade-in, written bids will put you in a very strong position tomaximize what you get from the dealer you end up purchasing from.