Save Thousands With A Second Hand Car

Most families need a personal car, given the condition of roads and public transport system. Buying a first-hand card has a lot of expenses entailing it. You might have to take out a loan to buy the car, then get the car registered, pay taxes for it etc. However, if you buy a second hand car, you can get the car at a cheaper rate. For e.g. a brand new Santro Xing will cost you more than Rs 4.5 lakhs. However, you can get a year old version of the same car for Rs 3.5 lakhs only! Moreover, second hand cars have the taxes cleared for quite a few years, and hence you will save a few thousand rupees on that as well.

Buying secondhand cars can be quite fruitful if you do so carefully. You need to pay attention to quite a few things before signing a deal.

• Number of kilometres the car has travelled- The bigger the number of kilometres travelled by the car, more will be the wear and tear on the engine and the tyres. For every 40,000 kms travelled, tyres need to be replaced. For cars like WagonR and Santro Xing, the cost of getting a single tyre replaced is Rs 3000. Hence, for all four tyres, it comes to Rs 12000! 
• Battery of the car- You need to check the battery of the car because this is one of the parts of a car that can go out of order quite easily. Cars which have not been driven much tend to have faulty batteries. Hence, if you are considering a car which has not been much driven, then you should get the battery tested in case it has gone out of order. 
  
  

  

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• Brake and clutch plates of the car- These are one of the most essential parts of the car. To get a clutch plate replaced by a local mechanic, you might have to shell out more than Rs 2000. Cars which have been driven a lot or which have suffered a lot of rash driving tend to have faulty clutch and brake plates. 
• Air conditioner in the car- Almost all cars come with built in air-conditioners. Older versions of the Maruti 800 did not have air conditioning installed. Therefore, you will incur an additional expense for cars of almost Rs 15000 to Rs 20000 to get an air conditioning system fitted into your car. 

Before buying a car, you should thoroughly inspect it. If you do not have much idea about the functioning of cars, take a car mechanic with you to inspect the condition of a car. It is best to buy a used car from an individual because you can get all the information you need about the car. Dealers tend to fib about the condition of a car to push sales.

You can now locate individual sellers of used cars on classifieds websites online. You can add filters such as the brand of cars you want, the age of the car, the kind of fuel used in the car and the mileage offered etc. The website will show you the appropriate results that fit your conditions.