Is It A Good Deal? Carfax, Carmax And Car Advice

Tina A. from Texas shared her story with us earlier today: I just recently had an awful experience at Carmax in Austin, Texas (North location). I first contacted them via the internet and a sales consultant emailed me right away: Kris Santoscoy. I knew the exact car I wanted and there was no other like it in the state. I went to the lot during lunchtime and test drove it….

There are two major players in the car VIN history report business Carfax and Autocheck.  Carfax is the market share leader, but Autocheck reports may be a better value.  Their stated missions is to make their car history reports as easy to read and understand as possible.   According to company sources, the main element they are pushing to accomplish this goal is the “AutoCheck Score.” What is it? The…

Nine times out of ten if you sell your car yourself, you’ll get more money than trading it in. It might take a little work and a little time, but in the end you’ll be ahead hundreds if not thousands of dollars. Most people think they can just go to Kelley Blue Book(www.kbb.com), look up their car, go to trade in value and thats what their local car dealer is…

Been browsing ads on Autotrader.com or Cars.com? Looking through auction listings on Ebay.com? Looked locally in craigslist.org ? Buying cars online can be easy and worry free if you know what you’re doing and know what to look out for. Whenever you’re browsing cars online and see a price that just sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Some of those cars might have salvage/rebuilt titles, some may…

Are you thinking about selling your car? If so then there are a number of things that you need to consider. How much will you sell the car for? Where will you advertise? What form of payment should you accept? You also have to be aware of the possibility that your car could be stolen by thieves who pose as potential buyers. Selling a car is definitely not always as…