The Kelley Blue Book and Carfax Can Save You Money On a Used Car

Saving Money By Buying a Used Car

     Practically everyone knows that you can save untold thousands of dollars by simply foregoing the new car smell and buying a used car. But, people always wonder about used cars, am I getting a good deal or has this car been in an accident before? Those are pretty serious things to think about when buying a used car.

Kelley Blue Book

The Kelley Blue Book is synonymous with car buying and selling and yes it is actually a blue book. But know these are modern times and if you want you can go online and there is a Kelley Blue Book online as well as several apps for smart phones like the iPhone 4s or the Droid Razr. So you are able to look at you model year and mileage and the shape the vehicle is in and get the blue book price. This can save you money by you knowing the actual value of the vehicle you won't be overpaying and you can also use it in negotiations by saying hey you want this much but the blue book value is a thousand dollars less let's come to an agreement somewhere in the middle.
Carfax
     Carfax is an online service that tells you information about a used vehicle you are buying before you buy it. It let's you know important things like did the owner keep up with maintenance was the car ever in a flood or a fire. Simple things like have the airbags ever deployed these things can make you think twice about purchasing a specific vehicle or consider the price you are willing to pay. So you can use this service to avoid specific cars or to just get a better deal. How Carfax works is you put the VIN number, you know that little number on the far left corner of the dash board into the website and register and it will give you all the information about the specific vehicle.
     Kelley Blue Book and Carfax can help save money on a used car and at the same time give you piece of mind that your purchase is a sound one. Because buying used can save literally thousands over buying new so anything that takes that sense of not knowing anything about the vehicle will make you more informed in your purchase. Other ways that buying used saves you money besides just the outright price is through the car tax. The car tax is the yearly license which is much cheaper on a used vehicle than a new one. This car tax can be a few hundred dollars on a new car and size ably less on a used vehicle a couple years old. Another way to save money is that the original owner already paid for all those extra costs such as undercoating, what is that anyway and the tow package and other high cost items that you might want. But when your purchasing used that's all part of the deal it's not another $700.00 tacked onto the cost of the car for the two package and the nice stereo.
      So, go out there with these tools Kelley Blue Book and Carfax and find you next used car with a little piece of mind and save some money.