Buying A Used Car - What To Pay Attention To. Part #1

By Author: Sandeep Sawhney
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It is known that a used car purchase always involves some kind of risk. Risk involves the possibility of spending money on repairs that are more expensive than the car value. Therefore you should understand that used car purchases will be more effective the more seriously you treat this process. There are many things to consider before buying a used car, so to avoid missing something we divided the article into two parts. This is the first part. In it we will consider visual investigation, based on the exterior and internal appearance.
Before starting there is one important point to remember while buying a used car. Do not do make a rushed purchase. The first impression is not always right, especially if you inspect the car at night or in dim artificial light. Don’t rely on what the seller tells you – their goal is to sell and they probably will not tell you about the shortcomings of the car.
Visual inspection
1 – Try to find possible rust manifestations. View the trunk, wheel arches and sills – those parts are the most vulnerable to rust.
2 – Observe the paintwork. Some sellers are trying ...
... to hide the traces of an accident or replacement of body elements by painting them. You may find it out if you conduct the examination carefully.
3 – The next step is searching for the gaps between the identical elements of the used car; sometimes it could indicate the replacement of one of them.
4 – It is worth paying attention to the wear of tires. If you find uneven wear that may mean there is a balancing violation.
5 – Found new fasteners in the used car? It may be the evidence of lead repair. And it would be better to ask the seller about the level of its seriousness. In any case this fact is a good reason to lower the price and to do a more careful study on the quality repair work.
6 – After you inspect the appearance of the car, immediately draw attention to the ground or the pavement under the vehicle bottom. This is due to the fact that many faulty cars could have different kinds of leakages, such as that of gasoline, oil, water, antifreeze etc. If you find such defects, it is safer to not buy the car.
Engine inspection
1 – First of all the engine should not contain apparent oily spots and stains.
2 – There should be no features of self-repair in the construction units and units under the hood.
3 – Check various the belts. In petrol engines pay attention to the timing belt especially. Fixing the belts yourself is not expensive at all, but problems that are possible in the case of termination would cost much more money. Therefore, if you’ve already made the decision to buy that used car Toronto, change the belts by yourself or ask the car owner to do this before you make the purchase.

At this stage, we complete the first part of the article of what to inspect in used cars before purchasing them. There still are many important things we have to cover regarding this topic. The second part of guide will appear soon. We will try do our best for you to choose the best used cars in Toronto.

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