Advantages: Some very cheap bargains. Disadvantages: Problems cars sold with no warranty unless stated
...to, have a budget and car type in mind which you need to stick to 100 percent. The times Ive followed by heart instead of my wallet are the ones that have ended me in trouble.
Remember the cars in auctions are there for a reason. They are normally company cars with one owner and FSH (Full Service History) and these tend to be the best if they have been well looked after and driven. Dont touch it if they have parking dents, scuffy interiors etc ...
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Advantages: Massive savings to be had. Disadvantages: Buyer beware on condition.
...your time with back street car auctions - go for the big boys like BCA and NCA. British Car Auctions (formerly ADT) is the biggest car auction chain in the country, and National Car Auctions is next in line. I've bought cars at both of these, as well as back street auctions, and have gained from the experience. Let's run through a few points.
Back Street Auctions:
These are the places where you find very few modern cars, they're mainly bangers ...
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Advantages: Nice cars for less money Disadvantages: Easier to buy a bad car than a good one
...talking about going to a car auction.
I went to my first car auction in 1976, with my husband-to-be. We took an S-type Jaguar to sell and it sold for what seemed like an incredible amount of money. It got an unreliable, old heap off our hands and we were hooked on car auctions from then on.
Nearly thirty years later we're still using the same auction, mainly to sell cars, but we have bought a few bargains. We've also made one or two very bad choices, ...
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Advantages: good value, good fun, loads of cars in one place Disadvantages: easy to get carried away!
...hall is, why is this car here? There can be a number of reasons.
1) A lot of cars come direct from leasing companies who generally only keep cars for 3 to 5 years. These can be great buys because a registered dealer will have serviced them on the dot, and the car will have been maintained regardless of cost. The only things to look out for here are worn interiors and poor paintwork/accident damage.
2) Quite a lot of part exchange cars are put ...
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Advantages: Some very cheap, very nice cars. Disadvantages: Some very cheap dreadfull cars, in very bad condition.
...the auctions to buy a car was when I was 14 and I was looking for a project to work on, I bought a Citroen AX, it was an MOT failure but still had six months tax. I paid £60 for the car, drove it home, spent a month or so tidying it up, got it through an MOT, with the help of my dad, and sold it, taxed and MOT'd for £450. I made a good profit on that car because I went early to the auction and spent a couple of hours looking through the cars with ...
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Advantages: can pick up a bargain Disadvantages: could buy a wreck
Ive been useing my local car auctions for several years,and would like to share my knowledge with you.Firstly dont buy on your first visit,take a look around you see what everyone else is doing.Dont panic buy,if a car you fancy goes above what you,ve decided its worth,dont bid any higher.Take a mechanic with you if you can,if not be very wary of the car that everyone crowds around,these people are in the know and could be spouting wrong info.You can ...
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Advantages: can get good cars cheap Disadvantages: lots of rubbish as well
I've never actually bought a car at auction, but I've been to loads, and will one day. My top tip would be to go there early on the day of the sale, when the car drives into the ring, you will only have a few minutes at the most to assess it. If you go early you can view the cars at leisure, and get an idea what you are interested in. Daylight is also more likely to reveal dodgy bodywork poor spraying etc. Often it is little things that you can use ...
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Advantages: Cheaper than local dealers. Disadvantages: Beware = take a mechanic or someone who knows cars
...They are the top Police Car auction in the country and have sales twice a week - Tuesday and Thursday evenings. They are helpful and polite and you can view what's in whenever you like.
They also have companies they sell for, and the range of vehicles is great - a recent sale had lots of Toyotas and they sell at very reasonable prices.
Take a mechanic or someone who knows about the soft spots on particular cars, get there early to check the ...
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Advantages: BARGAINS TO BE HAD Disadvantages: NO TEST DRIVE
...auctions to buy a second car runaround, been 3 times now just to view and get some ideas of price and quality!
nearly made my first purchase today, BUT and here's a top tip!!
look through all the paper work on older cars, i managed to find the previous owners mobile No, so i rang him whilst viewing the car to get an idea of why the car was in auction, luckily for me he was available and told me in that i should walk away from his ex car as it was ...
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Advantages: Cheap cheap like the budgie Disadvantages: Plenty of lemons around
...but you can buy a car for as little as a fiver at the end of the day if you buy a car of a for cort where do you think it came from you might as well pocket the savings yourself and ditch the middle man.
THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR
Is there a bidders fee.
Does the car have tax and mot
How much petrol does it have.(ive been caught out with this 4 times)
Is it sold as seen. ...
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05.01.2005
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