Most buyers know what car they want to buy. However, what it important, is what type of model you want to buy of your chosen car. This is dependant on the different model specification (engine).
Your life style could help choose the model spec. For example, you could be buying the car to go to your place of work and back, only doing 15 miles a day; you could get a rather less economical, and more performance model of your chosen car. On the other hand, you could be buying the car to drive up and down UK, doing 200 miles a day; hence you could prefer to go for a more economical car, perhaps a diesel.
You need to know what engine models the car comes in, what trims it has, for example, Mercedes Benz C-Class has trims of “Elegance”, “Classic” and “Avantgarde”. Classic gives you a basic model, with cloth interior, no extra kit, nor alloy wheels. Avantgarde can come with full leather, sports trim, and upgraded alloy wheels.
Searchcarmarket.com strongly recommends researching the model specification of your chosen car. To help, we have provided our online car reviews, where you can read honest feedback and reviews from car owners and users. We also recommend that you read the reviews about your chosen car, which will give you a better insite to choosing your car.
Now that you know what car you want to buy, it is essential to set yourself a budget. This budget should include you purchasing a car at the price it is going for, insurance of the car; it is always a good idea to get an insurance quote before you buy the car, therefore we have introduce our brand new and unrivalled service; “Get Instant Insurance Quote”, search for cars on SearchCarMarket.com, please note; you will need to register prior to using this service.
Keep a budget for road tax, M.O.T if needed and any immediate repairs you want to do if you’re buying a used car. Also any travelling costs, as this could sometime be pricy, especially with the fuel prices nowadays…
Now start searching for a car, search through our database of cars on for sale. Use our advanced search engine to find “the” car you want.
It is very important, that you do a check on the car’s history, especially if you are buying a used one. There are many reasons why this is important:
You can carry out the check by using our car history check, price for car history check is £4.00
When contacting the seller, you first need to find out extra information about the car and also judge the seller to see if he/she is geniune. The following information is a must aquire if you don’t already have it:
When you go to view the car, do make sure you have all the information of the car with you, this includes the Car History check report, the advert itself, and any extra information you gathered about the car in the telephone conversation.
Check the car for : -
When you start the car, make sure it is cold and check for any funny noises or the health of the engine when it starts.
Test drive the car, make sure all gears work in order, and the hand brake as well as the brakes works fine. Do not put the stereo on as this will prevent you from hearing any unusual noises from the shockers, suspension or from the engine itself.
Check the car pick up, does it struggle?
Check the power steering, does it go stiff or make any knocking noises.
Go onto a dual carraige way or a motor way and increase the speed to national speed limit, see if it picks well and drives well.
Try to go on many different road surfaces as this will allow you to judge the car overall.
Check all the paperwork; the V5C document, M.O.T papers and any report sheets, the garage receipts, the service book and specially the mileage, confirm with service history book and M.O.T certificate(s)
Always make sure you have two copies of the reciept, one for you and one for the seller. Do make sure you keep the sellers contact details, it is best to have this on the receipt also.
Make one final check on the car before you drive away; ensure there has been nothing taken out of the car and also check that you have all the paper work.