I wouldn't know how to buy a car or where to go to buy a car. Recently my little sister bought a Toyota Prius after my dad told her to buy a car that he will pay for (he was willing to pay anything under $40,000). We settled on the Prius because it is a hybrid and the gas mileage was really enticing. But I got worried that my mom did not test drive the car, and my little sister only test-drove the car once before deciding to buy, and it was a short test at that. Later on, after buying it, my mom found she really, really hated the back of it. It's a hatchback, but the back rises up far more than other cars, and it obstructs the view from the driver side a bit. But my mom was really uncomfortable with it. So that's the situation now.
I don't really drive. I depend on other people to drive me, but if I had to buy a car tomorrow, I think the first place I would look is Craig's List, so I will definitely look at autotrader.com first now.
I *love* the idea of hybrids, but with my track record with vehicles, I didn't want to pay that much. If I'd been in the market for a new car, I would have definitely thought about it, but I would worry about the life of the battery verses the life of the car, although with newer hybrids that seems to be less of a problem.
I wouldn't know how to buy a car or where to go to buy a car.
Yeah, I found the whole process very overwhelming and nerve-wracking, although I can't say enough good things about the dealership where I finally did buy a car. I don't know what people did before carfax.
Yeah, theoretically, you report odometer fraud to the state attorney general's office. However, everything I'm finding online makes it sound like you have to be the victim of such fraud to file a complaint--e.g., whatever poor schmuck does buy the offending car would have a case, but not me. I can't find how someone who just observed odometer clocking would notify authorities. I suppose I should call the attorney general's office and ask.
I should say, that I don't know for certain that it was the dealer monkeying with the mileage. I strongly suspect it was, due to the timing on the carfax and autotrader reports, but it could have been whoever sold them the car.
It was a digital odometer, too!
I noticed on your other post that the mileage was really low for a 7 year old car. Nice! Good find.I'm sure it's like this--or worse--in LA, but it's *hard* to find a used car that doesn't have high mileage in Atlanta, because people drive so much here. A car could be two years old and have a hundred thousand miles already, which wasn'
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I don't really drive. I depend on other people to drive me, but if I had to buy a car tomorrow, I think the first place I would look is Craig's List, so I will definitely look at autotrader.com first now.
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although with newer hybrids that seems to be less of a problem.
I wouldn't know how to buy a car or where to go to buy a car.
Yeah, I found the whole process very overwhelming and nerve-wracking, although I can't say enough good things about the dealership where I finally did buy a car. I don't know what people did before carfax.
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Nice job getting to Carfax and busting those guys on that odometer! Is there some way to report them? How sketchy!
I noticed on your other post that the mileage was really low for a 7 year old car. Nice! Good find.
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I should say, that I don't know for certain that it was the dealer monkeying with the mileage. I strongly suspect it was, due to the timing on the carfax and autotrader reports, but it could have been whoever sold them the car.
It was a digital odometer, too!
I noticed on your other post that the mileage was really low for a 7 year old car. Nice! Good find.I'm sure it's like this--or worse--in LA, but it's *hard* to find a used car that doesn't have high mileage in Atlanta, because people drive so much here. A car could be two years old and have a hundred thousand miles already, which wasn' ( ... )
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