- October 14, 2020
- Advice, Safety
- Posted by Dave Woolf
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A great safety net for car buyers!
(and it's FREE)- July 24, 2019
- Advice, Buyers Guides, General
- Posted by Dave Woolf
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For me, one of the best measures the Government has taken to help protect car buyers is their “Check the MOT history of a vehicle” website…
All you need is the Registration number of the vehicle you are thinking of buying – go to the site – press Start Now – enter the number – press Continue – this page will give you basic details of the car – then press MOT history – and there you have it. Virtually a complete history of the results of all the tests carried out. Not only does it include whether it was a Pass or a Fail – it lists the Failure and Advisory items.
This is incredibly useful – here is an example.
Checking out one of the Closed Auction sites I came across a 2005 Chevrolet Matiz SE+ – surprisingly these are very popular as a very cheap run-around. This one had all the
- April 30, 2019
- Advice, Buyers Guides, Case Studies, Great Deals, More Categories...
- Posted by Dave Woolf
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It would seem that the days of Diesel and indeed Petrol cars are numbered. As a parent and grandparent, I cannot help but applaud this. However it was not that long ago that we were all being encouraged to buy Diesel cars and as a result, there are a great number on the road. To scrap them all overnight is neither economically or environmentally viable. I would expect they will be with us for some years to come with a gradual decline in numbers as they are not replenished by new diesel cars.
So where does this leave us? Over recent months I have seen an increase in Diesel cars coming onto the second-hand market at much lower prices than would have been the case a couple of years back. Many of these are good reliable cars with useful life left in them.
Here is a case in point:
I have just sourced the following
- December 10, 2018
- Advice, Buyers Guides, General
- Posted by Dave Woolf
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Reviewing things before you buy is now a way of life for many consumers – now, I am not exactly sure what an “App” is but my wife tells me you can “upload” lots of them some will tell you all about the best products and prices and where to find them.
Good job these things didn’t exist 44 years ago when I asked her to marry me!
If buyers check on the price of an item costing a few pounds – well you would imagine the same research goes into high cost items – like cars.
Fact is, I am not sure this is always as useful as it appears. Here’s a little exercise I carried out…
I took a popular car which would be in plentiful supply – that would provide me with a number of different sellers I could then take
- November 22, 2018
- Advice, Buyers Guides, General
- Posted by Dave Woolf
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- June 14, 2018
- Advice, Buyers Guides, General
- Posted by Dave Woolf
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- April 5, 2017
- Advice, General, Industry News
- Posted by Dave Woolf
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The Little Belters Guide to buying your First Car
Welcome to the Car Jungle!- February 11, 2016
- Advice, Buyers Guides, General
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Buying and Running a car can be an expensive business, especially if you’re a new or young driver.
It can also be a little daunting picking your 1st car, there’s so many variables to think about it can be a stressful experience if you’re in un-familiar territory. There’ll be no shortage of input from the family either!
One common thing I’ve heard is ‘You’re best off buying a new car so you know where it’s come from and you’re covered if anything goes wrong!’ that’s sound advice, but new cars aren’t exactly cheap for the budget conscious driver are they? There’s also the large matter of the depreciating value.
Did you know that a ‘new’ car loses 40% of it’s value within the 1st year? That’s astounding when you think about it. To buy a new car actually works out as a massive extra ‘cost’. It’s easy to see why many people will often choose