BUYER TIPS FOR SECOND HAND CARS,Part3  

Good advice, make yourself a buying car checklist or print Vehicle checklist for your next pre purchase inspection, note everything important and take some pictures of the used car.

TEST DRIVE A CAR TO GET A GENERAL IMPRESSION

The test run of a second hand car is essential with an inspection. Before starting the car, check the car engine, it has to be cold and not warmed up already, to cover up eventually problems of the engine.

One should make sure that all switches and buttons work, when the engine is started. Look out for lighting up warning lamps in the instrument panel. So far, if everything is problem-free, one must make certain that the car radio is switched off and all windows are closed, to avoid all unnecessary sources of noise, now check about unusual noises.

Next take your attention to the brakes and check the 2nd hand cars for there condition. Do they work properly, are there strange noises, when stepping the brakes, or is the brake pedal play too large.

Likewise the gear change should function perfectly and without resistance, and the steering should not have to much play.

Further the behavior of the car at higher speed must be tested, a trip on the highway belongs to a car test run. Since some used cars reveal their weaknesses only here, in which they begin to swim, because the chassis and the absorbers are in need of an exchange or econditioning.