where to look to buy used

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Thu 28 Apr 2005 18:28
where to look to buy used - VTiredeyes
any more idea's?
autotrader
exchange & Mart
findit

please add more, lets build up a record for others to search too.
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Thu 28 Apr 2005 18:36
where to look to buy used - Phil I
Card in the local ASDA has worked for me on a few occasions over the years with sales within 48hrs of display. Glance at the boards occasionly and there always seems to be a reasonable assortment on show. No costs involved at all.

Happy Bangereconomics Phil I
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Thu 28 Apr 2005 18:51
where to look to buy used - El Hacko
with so much choice in the 'used' market, it looks difficult to sell a vehicle privately these days and a lot of people are driving around/ parking, with "for sale" notices in-car; and there's always HJ's Classified Section.
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Thu 28 Apr 2005 20:38
where to look to buy used - chris_w
www.cargiant.co.uk - massive place in White City (London). Pretty cheap, but customer service isn't high on their agenda... selling hundreds of cars a week is. Some decent bargains to be had though.
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Fri 29 Apr 2005 00:56
where to look to buy used - keo-the-dog
dont bother with e-bay, scrap fetches big money on there. my mate has sold a few on there very honest with his description of just how bad they are, the worse they are the more they fetch its quite amazing...cheers...keo.
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Fri 29 Apr 2005 01:11
where to look to buy used - v8man
How about LOOT?
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Fri 29 Apr 2005 09:31
where to look to buy used - VTiredeyes
LOOT?
do i have to wear a black and white stripy boiler suit with a large bag over my shoulder? and keep saying "cor blimey gov, i fink them on to us!"
is this a magazine? never heard of it. where do i get it?

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Fri 29 Apr 2005 12:26
where to look to buy used - Orson {P}
It's only London based and perhaps Manchester or Liverpool. Can't get it here. Autotrader is the best by far for me.
If you're after looking at cars to get an idea which one you'd like, I've found wandering around Carcraft is good, simply because there are a lot of different makes there, and frankly, most of them aren't very well presented. I've found that this means that when you do find a car in good nick elsewhere, you recognise it as such. I wouldn't buy a car from Carcraft as I don't think the prices are anything like competitive.

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Fri 29 Apr 2005 13:24
where to look to buy used - Pezzer
VT'eyes drive ? Judging by the way you get through motors ...:-)
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Fri 29 Apr 2005 19:04
where to look to buy used - bewildered
It seems to me that an obvious idea would be to have a car "car boot sale" so that private sellers could come and park their vehicles in a field one Sunday for punters to wander around. Surely this must happen somewhere? In Northampton the spot for folk to park their bangers is on Wellingborough Road, opposite the filling station- but wouldn't it be good to nose around loads of em at once?

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