1. Money: Make sure you know what is your budget. Never exceed the amount you can afford. For instance if your income is 50,000$ USD, you shouldn’t spend more than 25,000$ on the car because the car will may become a finical problem to you.

2. Personal need: Ask yourself what is the purpose of the car. Decide whether you want a 4 door sedan or a 6 people van. Look into what class and what kind car you want. If the purpose of the car is just purposely transportation, then don’t look into luxurious cars such as Benz or BMW. Or whether the car is for family purpose or personal love of car then you can decide whether you want a SUV or Sports Car.

3. Difference Brand: Once you decide what type of car you want. Look at different brands that has similar cars. For instance, if you are looking into the Lexus IS, also look into the Nissan G35, BMW 3 series, Acura TL, Cadillac CTS. You get the point. The reason why is because the price range from the same class can range from 30,000 to 45,000 which is a lot of money. Therefore, you should go test drive and find out exactly which car you want.

4. Buying it New or Used. After you decide what car you want. Start researching online on how much does the new car and the used car cost. Make you sure researching on many dealerships as well. You can save up to 1,000$ USD. Personally, I would like to buy a new car over a used car, but if there’s a good deal on used car, then you should reconsider and decide yourself.

5. Finance. Try to reduce the finance rate as low as possible to benefit you more. Try to look for the best plan for you and communicate with the dealer.

6. Communication with the Seller. Now this is the tricky part. Dealers usually jacked up the price of the individual car because they can make more money if they make sales. Therefore, to prevent spending extra money, you should do your homework by reaching how much your car is really worth and make offers to the dealers instead of them making offer to you.

7. Mileage. There no doubt that the price of gas will continue to go up. Therefore, it might be a good idea to consider how much you are willing to spend on gas. You want to find a good car with good mileage.

8. Insurance Cost. Different car also have different insurance rate even when they are in the same class. The insurance cost should definitely be a factor to consider when you are comparing with other cars.

9. Maintenance Cost. Maintenance Cost for cars also varies for different car. For instance Benz will charge over 100$ just for an oil change while Toyota may charge 25$.

10. Warranty. This should be the last thing you look at when you buy a car. Look at what the warranty covers and compare with it other car companies.

auto trader for vans. They have usually been out to work all day every day, rather than sitting on someone’s drive while they are at work. Once they have been cleaned up and painted it is sometimes difficult to tell a 100,000 mile example from a 10,000 miler.

If you are starting up a new business or need to replace your old van the first place to start is on-line. Sure there are magazines like the auto trader and specialist van magazines like Van Finder Weekly – but a quick whiz around the internet should give you results straight away.

There are a number of new websites that have started up to compete with What Van? Previously employed by the What Van Stable, ex-Editor Neil McIntee and others have started a new site called vansA2Z.com. Where this new site differs is in their use of video to review vehicles. Let’s face it there is no change of mainstream TV showing a review of a van – the BBC don’t even do it with cars any more. Top Gear cannot count, as they don’t really review cars any more! Websites like these are invaluable to people in the early stages of looking into which type and size of van to buy.

Once you have narrowed down the make and model, simply enter this into a classified advertising site like auto trader, eBay or vanlocator and you will be given a list of vans to choose from. They usually list both used and new vans and you can not only find the vans that are closest to you, but also sort the results by the cheapest weekly price, monthly price or outright purchase price.

Pay attention to the number of owners the vehicle has had and find out what type of work it has previously been used for. A van that has been used for courier work with many drivers will not have been looked after in the same way that an engineer may care for ‘his’ van that he is the only one permitted to drive. Many of the sites will have multiple photos of the vans to help you.

Make sure that when you have found the right van for you, then make the proper checks. Take the registration number and run it through a service such as HPI to make sure that the van is no longer on finance or hasn’t been subject to a theft and subsequently recovered or if it has been involved in an accident.

Once this has come through as clear, you simply need to sort out payment. If it is over £10,000 then you may not pay cash – this is thanks to money laundering legislation. Many buyers will not take a banker’s draft on trust any more and you may not want to wire the money in advance. The best way is if you both belong to the same bank and can transfer the money immediately in branch.

To help you, the most popular manufacturers in the UK are in order Ford, (Transit, Connect, Ranger, Fiesta), Vauxhall, (Movano, Vivaro, Combo, Astravan, Corsavan), Mercedes-Benz, (Sprinter, Vito), Citroen, (Relay, Dispatch, Partner, Partner First, Nemo), Renault, (Master, Trafic, Kangoo, Clio), Peugeot, (Boxer, Expert, Partner, Bipper, 206), Nissan (Interstar, Primastar, Kubistar, Cabstar, Navara, NP200 Pick up), Fiat, (Ducato, Doblo, Fiorino), Toyota, (Hiace, Hilux), Mitsubishi, (L200), Iveco, (Daily, Massiv), LDV (Maxus), Isuzu (Rodeo), Isuzu Truck (NPR), Mazda (BT-50).

Go for the larger manufacturers to ensure a ready supply of spare parts and easy access to servicing. Ford have led the market with vans for the last 45 years. Nex biggest in the UK is, as you would expect, Vauxhall with VW chasing them hard from third position with their Caddy, Transporter, Crafter and newly launched Amarok double cab pick up. The van manufacturer that has increased their sales the most in the last 12 months is Renault – Europe’s largest vanmaker – so one to watch out for!

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