The Biggest Mistake Car Buyers Make
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Date: 2019-05-28
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Pars S
Old car is great for people who dont drive or want to fix their cars. If your the type of driver thats going to stress every little component on that car to the max, be very careful when buying used. They usually are not maintained properly for real driving or not even broken in for hard use, even though they got years of driving on em. That new metal in the engine is nice and soft on and it molds to your driving style, if you have to brake in an old engine to conform with your insane rev happy foot, its like teach a old dog new tricks. Personally, Ive always bought new, put over 200k on beating before retiring em. And once retired, those engine were always fastest, strongest more responsive then its counterpart. Why? cause it was broken in for speed (by my lead foot) and maintained for the extreme driving.
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Old car is great for people who dont drive or want to fix their cars. If your the type of driver thats going to stress every little component on that car to the max, be very careful when buying used. They usually are not maintained properly for real driving or not even broken in for hard use, even though they got years of driving on em. That new metal in the engine is nice and soft on and it molds to your driving style, if you have to brake in an old engine to conform with your insane rev happy foot, its like teach a old dog new tricks. Personally, Ive always bought new, put over 200k on beating before retiring em. And once retired, those engine were always fastest, strongest more responsive then its counterpart. Why? cause it was broken in for speed (by my lead foot) and maintained for the extreme driving.
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A Team
ahhh the old S-10 speedo cables and removing the cluster just to change a burned out turn signal bulb, you had to have very thin hands to reach up over the top and then with the very tip of your finger push on the spring to release the speedo cable to remove it just to get to the burned out bulb, and had to do it by touch, as you could not get your eye balls back there, and then you had to hit the hole just right to put it back in. and now try doing it out in the cold or really hot day. ooh yeah baby, that. 50 cent light bulb was just not my favorite thing on them old things, or if you got one you had to unscrew the cable end with 2 fingers if you could just pull the cluster out 1 more inch to get your fat hand back there to get to it.
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ahhh the old S-10 speedo cables and removing the cluster just to change a burned out turn signal bulb, you had to have very thin hands to reach up over the top and then with the very tip of your finger push on the spring to release the speedo cable to remove it just to get to the burned out bulb, and had to do it by touch, as you could not get your eye balls back there, and then you had to hit the hole just right to put it back in. and now try doing it out in the cold or really hot day. ooh yeah baby, that. 50 cent light bulb was just not my favorite thing on them old things, or if you got one you had to unscrew the cable end with 2 fingers if you could just pull the cluster out 1 more inch to get your fat hand back there to get to it.
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Austin Wendler
Scotty, I recently purchased a newer GDI equipped vehicle. A 2016 Chevy Malibu 2. 0 Turbo to be specific. It has 30k miles on it now. I am aware of the common problem GDI engines have when it comes to carbon building up on the back of the intake valves over time and was wondering what your opinion is on certain aerosol products that CRC, Royal Purple, and Seafoam companies make that claim, when sprayed into the throttle body while engine is running, will clean the carbon off of the back of the intake valves. Do they work? have you ever tried them? would you recommend them, or is it a bad idea? Also what about this new Valvoline Modern Engine oil that also claims to reduce carbon build up on GDI turbo engines?
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Scotty, I recently purchased a newer GDI equipped vehicle. A 2016 Chevy Malibu 2. 0 Turbo to be specific. It has 30k miles on it now. I am aware of the common problem GDI engines have when it comes to carbon building up on the back of the intake valves over time and was wondering what your opinion is on certain aerosol products that CRC, Royal Purple, and Seafoam companies make that claim, when sprayed into the throttle body while engine is running, will clean the carbon off of the back of the intake valves. Do they work? have you ever tried them? would you recommend them, or is it a bad idea? Also what about this new Valvoline Modern Engine oil that also claims to reduce carbon build up on GDI turbo engines?
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Knuckle Head
While I agree that paying cash for a used car is the best way to go, the 0% financing can be a good deal. Always, always, negotiate your best deal before you talk about financing, trade ins, or whatever. Then it is entirely possible to get a good deal with 0% financing. I bought a new car for my wife about 10 years ago (shes still driving it) and I was ready to pay cash. Only after finding the best deal locally negotiating a cash price, I noticed the 0% financing. I was able to reinvest the cash and make some money on the loan that I was paying no interest on. So not only did I get a good deal on the car, I made money on the financing.
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While I agree that paying cash for a used car is the best way to go, the 0% financing can be a good deal. Always, always, negotiate your best deal before you talk about financing, trade ins, or whatever. Then it is entirely possible to get a good deal with 0% financing. I bought a new car for my wife about 10 years ago (shes still driving it) and I was ready to pay cash. Only after finding the best deal locally negotiating a cash price, I noticed the 0% financing. I was able to reinvest the cash and make some money on the loan that I was paying no interest on. So not only did I get a good deal on the car, I made money on the financing.
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ashley alt
Scotty, I have a 2012 Camry that is an accident magnet. People keep hitting my car. In the time that Ive owned it, Ive been in 7 collisions that were not my fault. Am I crazy for getting rid of the car? I have PTSD resulting from these collisions and I cant take it anymore. The day I got the car somebody backed into it, and its just been a nonstop accident magnet since. Somebody knocked my bumper off while I was on vacation last year. Prior to getting this car I had not been in an accident in 20 years of driving. Last night I was rear-ended again and Ive had enough. Is it worth getting rid of this car for the potential peace of mind?
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Scotty, I have a 2012 Camry that is an accident magnet. People keep hitting my car. In the time that Ive owned it, Ive been in 7 collisions that were not my fault. Am I crazy for getting rid of the car? I have PTSD resulting from these collisions and I cant take it anymore. The day I got the car somebody backed into it, and its just been a nonstop accident magnet since. Somebody knocked my bumper off while I was on vacation last year. Prior to getting this car I had not been in an accident in 20 years of driving. Last night I was rear-ended again and Ive had enough. Is it worth getting rid of this car for the potential peace of mind?
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GEAUX FRUGAL
If you dont do a lot of big city driving then why not use your GPS speedometer that way you put your speedometer where you want you can keep track of miles driven too for oil changes. We could get very basic cars lacking almost all guages and use an active scan tool with a cell phone and get more information about the engine than the factory dummy lights give you. Some wiseass is going to do this before long they will vastly reduce prices of their car by making all this stuff a thing of the past and people will just use 3 aftermarket devices to know more about their car than the rich guys buying cars made for dummies.
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If you dont do a lot of big city driving then why not use your GPS speedometer that way you put your speedometer where you want you can keep track of miles driven too for oil changes. We could get very basic cars lacking almost all guages and use an active scan tool with a cell phone and get more information about the engine than the factory dummy lights give you. Some wiseass is going to do this before long they will vastly reduce prices of their car by making all this stuff a thing of the past and people will just use 3 aftermarket devices to know more about their car than the rich guys buying cars made for dummies.
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WC
Hi Scotty, I like your comments about buying used cars for maybe 8 or 10 years old, if its a Toyota (or Lexus) say its got 70-80K miles, it can still have 80% of lifespan. That said, for a lot of us who dont want to buy used cars, is that (1) we might not be able to find a really reliable and honest mechanic who can thoroughly evaluate the used car that we want to buy, and (2) we really have little idea about how the previous owner are maintaining their cars (and sometimes, the car might have a accident that is NOT going on a record, etc. How would you manage such risk? Thanks
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Hi Scotty, I like your comments about buying used cars for maybe 8 or 10 years old, if its a Toyota (or Lexus) say its got 70-80K miles, it can still have 80% of lifespan. That said, for a lot of us who dont want to buy used cars, is that (1) we might not be able to find a really reliable and honest mechanic who can thoroughly evaluate the used car that we want to buy, and (2) we really have little idea about how the previous owner are maintaining their cars (and sometimes, the car might have a accident that is NOT going on a record, etc. How would you manage such risk? Thanks
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a mountain's a mammal
Buying a used car has ALWAYS been a crap shoot for me, personally. Especially buying older American vehicles, which were mostly money pits. The most reliable used vehicle I ever owned was an 88 Nissan pickup truck, but the interior was too cramped and it had no A/C. I finally sold it and put money down on a 2015 Ford Escape titanium and so far, no regrets. I suppose what Im getting at is that finding a good used car for under 5k is not easy, and youre more likely to win the lotto than find something that doesnt need as much in maintenance and upgrades.
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Buying a used car has ALWAYS been a crap shoot for me, personally. Especially buying older American vehicles, which were mostly money pits. The most reliable used vehicle I ever owned was an 88 Nissan pickup truck, but the interior was too cramped and it had no A/C. I finally sold it and put money down on a 2015 Ford Escape titanium and so far, no regrets. I suppose what Im getting at is that finding a good used car for under 5k is not easy, and youre more likely to win the lotto than find something that doesnt need as much in maintenance and upgrades.
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Tsunami Shijo
I drive a 1997 lincoln. Ive had it for 7 years now and the only major thing I didnt want to do myself was rebuild the transmission. Glad I didnt because I would have just kept burning up second gear. That case had a crack in it I never would have found. Other than that its the easiest car uve ever worked on. Did have an issue with it dying once and awhile an I checked everything. My friend that has all the expensive electronic tool couldnt find out what was wrong with it. I changed the gas from 87 to 93 and it stopped dying.
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I drive a 1997 lincoln. Ive had it for 7 years now and the only major thing I didnt want to do myself was rebuild the transmission. Glad I didnt because I would have just kept burning up second gear. That case had a crack in it I never would have found. Other than that its the easiest car uve ever worked on. Did have an issue with it dying once and awhile an I checked everything. My friend that has all the expensive electronic tool couldnt find out what was wrong with it. I changed the gas from 87 to 93 and it stopped dying.
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