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It is no secret that British drivers like a bargain.\u00a0 And that is always very good news used cars online market.\u00a0 We canny motorists buy over seven million second hand cars every year.\u00a0 That compares to just over two and a half million new cars. Buying <\/span>new means that we know the car has not been clocked or cloned or crashed but it is a different story where the second hand car is concerned. Being a woman driver entering the lion\u2019s den of the second hand car seller might be quite challenging. <\/span><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n The unscrupulous second hand car seller can have many ways to trip up the unwary.\u00a0 Green Flag have come up with some great ideas that can help prevent you ending up a victim.\u00a0 So just how do you spot a dud? These are a few of the less obvious things that you should look out for when you are buying second hand wheels.<\/span><\/p>\n It is easy to be seduced by the idea that everything German is going to be wonderfully engineered and everything Japanese will go on forever.\u00a0 Head for the Reliability Index when you are considering a car, where you can enter you car\u2019s model and see what warranty claims have been made to Warranty Direct for the model you are thinking of buying.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Zooming ahead:<\/strong> Peugeot, Citroen, Renault<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Lagging behind:<\/strong> BMW, Audi, Porsche, Volkswagen, Mercedes<\/span><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Used car websites are full of them – sharp operators latching on to any car that is listed cheaply. Next, they duplicate all the aspects of the advert without the knowledge of the genuine vendor and list it at a higher price. Once the sharp operator has found a buyer at a higher price he will buy up the original car at the lower price and then sell it to his buyer.<\/span><\/p>\n This way he has none of the risks of buying a car for stock but will also probably neglect any safety or other checks on the vehicle. But this practice can be taken a step further with ads for cars at very cheap prices posted with explanations for the cheap price being due to the fact that the seller is moving abroad and is selling in a hurry.\u00a0 The sting comes when the dishonest seller asks for a deposit or even the full amount before the car is seen, and if they are plausible it can be easy to get sucked in. If you do cough up, chances are you will never even see the car or your money again.<\/span><\/p>\nLots of tricks up their sleeves.<\/h2>\n
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The unscrupulous second hand\u00a0car seller<\/span>,
\ncan have many ways to trip up the\u00a0unwary<\/span>.<\/h3>\nIf it seems too good to be true\u2026<\/h2>\n