By: Robert Arthur
Step #1 : What Kind of Vehicle Do You Need?
Answer the following questions to help decide which kind of vehicle is right for you:
How many people will you be transporting?
How long is your commute?
What kind of gas mileage do you expect?
What conditions will you be driving in?
Which safety features do you want?
What size of vehicle do you want?
Do you want an automatic or manual transmission?
Step #2 : How Much Can You Afford to Spend?
In order to distinguish the range of vehicles, you must decide how much you can afford to spend. Remember to take into consideration additional costs such as title, tax, registration, insurance, and additional costs. In most cases when you are going to finance the vehicle, it is best to get preapproved so that you will know how much you can spend. Other questions to ask yourself are:
How much can you put down as a down payment?
How much can you afford to pay in monthly payments?
Step #3 : Will You Buy the Vehicle or Lease It?
Deciding on whether to buy or lease your vehicle is an important decision. If you plan on keeping the vehicle once it is paid off, then you will want to buy the vehicle. On the other hand, if you just wish to drive the vehicle and not obtain ownership, then you may want to just lease the vehicle. Normally the price for leasing a vehicle is considerably less than purchasing the vehicle, since you are just leasing the right to drive it.
Step #4 : Decide on Which Vehicles You Wish to Consider
This is the time when you want to pick out the makes and models of the vehicles you are considering. By answering the questions listed in step #1, you should have some idea of which vehicles you wish to consider.
Step #5 : Find the Vehicles
Visit http://www.autopixal.com/buy/ and find the vehicles you are interested in. Be sure to select the correct distance, price, and year of the vehicles you are interested in.
Step #6 : Research the Vehicles
Compare the prices of similar vehicles. Use our website to find other vehicles that may not be within the distance you selected, but have the same options you selected. Use the articles under the research section to find additional information to help assist you in your decision.
Step #7 : Find the Market Value of the Vehicles
Use the market value tools at http://www.autopixal.com/research/vehiclevalue/ to find the market value of the vehicles you are considering. By finding the market value, you can use that to your advantage in negotiating the price.
Step #8 : Schedule a Test Drive
Contact the seller and schedule a test drive. When taking the vehicle for a test drive, be sure to take the vehicle into different driving conditions. The Interstate or Downtown are two places in which you may want to drive the vehicle. Also be sure to listen for vibrations or noises caused by the vehicle while driving.
Step #9 : Negotiate the Price
Inspect the vehicle to see if you can find any additional elements that you can use in your negotiations. Small problems can serve to your advantage when they are presented. Take into consideration any problems you may have found while driving or inspecting the vehicle, and the market value of the vehicle when deciding on a price. Don't jump the gun with your offer. Give the seller time to consider the fact that you may not be too interested in the vehicle and the seller may lower the price in hopes of closing the deal.
Step #10 : Close the Deal
Find out any information you may need to know about the vehicle from the seller. Contact your insurance provider, or use the Insurance section of our website, along with the Vin# from the vehicle in order to obtain insurance for your vehicle. Then transfer the title and register the vehicle in your name. Depending on your state's laws, the requirements for buying a vehicle may vary. Contact your local DMV for additional information.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Body Shops Go Mobile
(NewsUSA) - A minor accident in a parking lot, a too-close encounter with another car's door.
Small dents and scratches hurt cars' resale value, but few owners make repairs.
When damages cost less than their deductible, many drivers would rather pay out-of-pocket than see an increase in their insurance rates.
Other car owners simply feel too busy to take their vehicle to a collision repair shop, where they might be expected to leave their car for several days.
The average driver keeps their car for nine years. Minor accidents are on the rise, and yet, dent and scratch repair work remains stagnant.
Many people simply cannot pay increased insurance premiums or take precious time from their busy schedules. So, minor dings, dents and scratches remain eyesores on people's cars.
But new companies have perceived a need and taken steps to fill it. One company, "Collision on Wheels, We Come to You!," started out as a traditional body shop. Since becoming a mobile body shop on wheels, the company has become a national franchise.
The company sends qualified technicians to people's homes, where they provide same-day paint, scratch, dent and minor collision repairs. Their technicians use the same equipment found in any indoor body shops and use protective covers when it rains or snows.
Collision on Wheels uses high-quality, environmentally safe paints. Technicians can repair most minor dents, scratches or abrasions within half a day.
The company does support insurance claims. Although many repairs cost less than deductibles, car owners often choose to skip the paperwork, adjustments and other hassles for the sake of a dent-free car.
Collision on Wheels provides a great option for busy Americans who have little time to visit a traditional body shop. Repair of small dents and dings before selling or turning in a lease can also increase resale value.
Small accidents happen. The good news is that a scratch or dent that happens in two seconds doesn't mean having to leave your car in a body shop for days anymore. With services like Collision on Wheels, drivers can get body repair and paint service from their home or office.
For more information, visit www.collisiononwheels.com.
Small dents and scratches hurt cars' resale value, but few owners make repairs.
When damages cost less than their deductible, many drivers would rather pay out-of-pocket than see an increase in their insurance rates.
Other car owners simply feel too busy to take their vehicle to a collision repair shop, where they might be expected to leave their car for several days.
The average driver keeps their car for nine years. Minor accidents are on the rise, and yet, dent and scratch repair work remains stagnant.
Many people simply cannot pay increased insurance premiums or take precious time from their busy schedules. So, minor dings, dents and scratches remain eyesores on people's cars.
But new companies have perceived a need and taken steps to fill it. One company, "Collision on Wheels, We Come to You!," started out as a traditional body shop. Since becoming a mobile body shop on wheels, the company has become a national franchise.
The company sends qualified technicians to people's homes, where they provide same-day paint, scratch, dent and minor collision repairs. Their technicians use the same equipment found in any indoor body shops and use protective covers when it rains or snows.
Collision on Wheels uses high-quality, environmentally safe paints. Technicians can repair most minor dents, scratches or abrasions within half a day.
The company does support insurance claims. Although many repairs cost less than deductibles, car owners often choose to skip the paperwork, adjustments and other hassles for the sake of a dent-free car.
Collision on Wheels provides a great option for busy Americans who have little time to visit a traditional body shop. Repair of small dents and dings before selling or turning in a lease can also increase resale value.
Small accidents happen. The good news is that a scratch or dent that happens in two seconds doesn't mean having to leave your car in a body shop for days anymore. With services like Collision on Wheels, drivers can get body repair and paint service from their home or office.
For more information, visit www.collisiononwheels.com.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Auto Salvage
With this many cars and trucks on the roads today, the salvage/repairable vehicle market has been booming, wrecked cars and trucks, insurance salvaged autos, and abandoned or repossessed vehicles are becoming big business. The parts and supplies off of a salvaged vehicle are in high demand and yet, can be difficult to find. Automotix offers an auto salvage/repairable marketplace for you to sell, buy and locate damaged cars or trucks for your needs. Whether you have a salvage car to part out or sell as a whole repairable vehicle, or own a car/truck salvage business, the market place for salvaged/rebuild able vehicles here at Automotix is a great clearinghouse for salvaged vehicles, salvage parts and supplies, or to locate that hard-to-find repairable vehicle or engine repair part.
Tips for Buying Car Parts By Jeff Lakie
Car repair and refinishing can be an expensive hobby. Whether you fix the cars of family and friends, or have a clunker that you want to turn into a head-turning show car, you have to put out a fair amount of money to buy car parts. What follows, though, is a step by step method of finding inexpensive car parts to help keep your hobby in budget.
1. Put an advertisement in the classifieds of a local newspaper or local penny-saver paper that you are looking for fellow car enthusiasts to team up with to find inexpensive car parts. Give your name and number and tell them you're looking to form a club.
2. When the car enthusiasts respond your advertisement, tell them your idea: that you form a discount car parts club so that you call can save money by filling the minimum purchase order on bulk car part purchases. Get a list from them of the parts they need to fix their cars, and add it to the list of parts you need.
3. Go online to an inexpensive or wholesale car parts site by typing "cheap car parts" or "wholesale car parts" into the search line of your browser. Many of these places have a minimum order of only a couple hundred dollars (or sometimes even less!) So you shouldn't have any problem filling the order. Sometimes, these minimum order quantities mean you also get free shipping and warranties on the parts!
4. When the parts arrive, call the car enthusiasts in your discount car parts club and have them pick up the order and drop off the payment payment. They'll be surprised at how much they saved and you may be able to get another order from them.
If a venture like this is very successful, it could lead to an enjoyable money making hobby where you act as a parts-ordering middleman for local car part enthusiasts.
If the only thing stopping you is whether or not you can trust the people who respond to your ad, simply get something from them in writing to say that they will reimburse you when the part arrives.
Car part buying can be an expensive part of a fun hobby. But if you can find a few people to help buy parts in bulk, you can reduce your costs… and that will increase your fun!
| Jeff Lakie is the founder of Car Parts Information a website providing information on Car Parts |
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