Archive for February, 2009

By Ali Koomen, who spent over a dozen years in the car dealership busines, provides her expert insights Once you’ve made the decision to sell your current vehicle, the first thing to do is to completely empty the vehicle of all personal belongings. Be sure to check under the seats, inside the doors, glovebox and [...]

By Ali Koomen, who spent over a dozen years in the car dealership busines, provides her expert insights Where do resale lots obtain inventory? Both the corner used car lot guy and the big resale lot attached to a new car dealership get vehicles via trade-ins, fleet/lease returns, auto auctions and individual sales. The trades [...]

By Ali Koomen, who spent over a dozen years in the car dealership busines, provides her expert insights Nothing is more mysterious than the actual true market value of any vehicle. Many points, both tangible (automatic or manual, 2 door or 4 door, etc) and intangible (mileage, color, demographics and other ) play a part [...]

By Ali Koomen, who spent over a dozen years in the car dealership busines, provides her expert insights A CPO vehicle is not brand new, but it is in such immaculate condition that it is really a misnomer to call it used. While there are many different guidelines as to what qualifications a used vehicle [...]

By Ali Koomen, who spent over a dozen years in the car dealership business provides her inside perspective on the car buying process Asterisks and fine print: If the advertised price seems too good to be true, check the asterisks and fine print. Read closely– the price is good only after rebates (such as owner [...]

iSeeCars.com, the leading Web 2.0 car search engine providing the best unbiased experience for consumers to search pre-owned cars for sale quickly, easily and smartly, reports the top used car searches for 2008. iSeeCars.com currently enables users to search over 2 million cars for sale across more than 10,000 different car websites. The top 10 searched used cars [...]

By: Sarah E. Sanuth, an insider in the automotive industry  with many years of experience in the car dealership and repair business Used car dealerships are very different than many of your new car dealerships; therefore they make most of their money a different way. They seek their inventory from very different avenues. Your traditional [...]

By Ali Koomen, who spent over a dozen years in the car business Buying a used vehicle just got a little safer, thanks to a new federal law known as the National Motor Vehicle Title Management System, or NMVTIS. It has been a long time in the making, but within the year it should be [...]

By Ali Koomen, who spent over a dozen years in the car business The price on any new vehicle is subjective. The make/model/trim level/units available/possible rebates/trade-in value and even the mood of the sales manager can affect the price. While there’s no way to guess if the manager is happy or cranky at any one [...]

By: Sarah E. Sanuth, an insider in the automotive industry  with many years of experience in the car dealership and repair business When searching for a used vehicle, we are all on the alert for those that have been in major accidents, have had flood damage, or are branded “salvage.” We automatically assume the worst [...]