Buying the First Car: How to Start?
To make your 1st car choice easy-going, first define the model you are interested in.
Forget for a second about that black hammer you saw last week and be realistic, start from thinking over the following:
1. What is the car lifespan? For how many years roughly you are buying it? 2. Are you planning mostly city driving? Or mostly in suburbs? 3. What about care and maintenance? Think over costs for each option. 4. Where is the service station? Is it easily reachable? Where the car parts can be found if necessary? 5. Decide of whether you need the big or the small car. 6. Is the price affordable for you?
If not too much aware of all that overwhelming technical information provided from dealers, please review the list of technical parameters you probably need to think of first before buying your first car (if you have no idea what to start from), besides the price and safety: production (year), luggage boot, engine size, fuel consumption and engine power. Most of the technical information can be taken from auto-catalogues or on-line resources. Start rather from the look and price not from technical parameters.
1. Do not go for the cheapest and the most expensive options. There are a lot of European, American, Japanese or Korean that cars posted on dashboards. 2. Think over the type of fuel you are comfortable with. (Gas powered cars will have higher costs for gasoline but obviously less for service maintenance). 3. Restyled car vs standard model: think a second which one is the best one for you. 4. When buying used car, try to check it on the service station (on the stand): very rarely it happens that dealers trying to sell cars that were damaged from the flood waters. Try to find out where is the car originally from (if not American), why it was sold, and how much is the mileage. 5. Check the look (external interior) for the rust. 6. For used cars: we would suggest you to open the capote and check the state of electric wires (look for the signs of leaks and rust). 7. After that ask dealer to start up the ignition and if the sound is soft, that means that it's 90% everything is ok with your car. Check if every button is working at dashboard, if there is any strange sound when driving.
Ford Focus vs Chevy Aveo 3D vs. Honda Civic 5D
Imagine that you are planning to choose between 3 hatchback models: Ford Focus, Chevy Aveo 3D and Honda Civic 5D. All of them available at local dealership but you still thinking what option to choose. To tell you the truth I am not trying to sell you any of that models, this is just some steps to go through I would like to suggest you. While having almost the same dimensions (Ford Focus: the 4337 mm long, 1839 mm tall, 1497 mm high, Chevy Aveo 3D: the 3920 mm long, 1680 mm tall, 1505 mm high, and Honda Civic 5D: the 4256 mm long, 1765 mm tall, 1460 mm high) the biggest luggage capacity you have with Honda Civic 5D.
Honda Civic has the biggest engine volume (1799 cc), and Chevy Aveo 3D has the smallest one (1498 cc). You find the following for the engine power parameters: 86 php for Chevy, 100 php for Ford Focus and 140 php for Honda. Honda Civic 5D is the best choice in terms of engine power.
Why I am speaking about the engine power? It's the main factor for the top speed available for your car.
According to the open data, Ford Focus has the lowest fuel consumption for all regimens.
Comparing Honda Civic and Ford Focus, the last one is more competitive in terms of saving costs for gas.
Tips and Tricks for Buying Used Cars
Avoid showing your interest or praising particular model ahead, I would better suggest you to talk with the dealer concerning minor defects you have noticed. Always let the dealer know that you may change your mind any time. Try to ask for lower price based on the drawbacks found. And the main rule: if you have not caught the sight of some car from the first glance, I would suggest to pass by and not to buy car under pressure.
What to Check in Used Cars
* Check the engine, the body condition as well as the hanger condition. The easiest way to find the rust is checking the boot floor. If, on some reasons you were not allowed to check the body floor, take care and look over your shoulder. Please note, sometimes polishes hide rust. * Try to avoid buying cars damaged in accident. The payoff here is that your car can be infirm thus requiring new wheels more often. To get rid of the situation to buy that car, check the car body for gapping spacers on the doors, windows and other irregularities. Check it by sampling the diagonals (should be equal). If you find the car with original (factory) painting, that would be perfect, because in this case you see all the defects of the body.
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