| There are as many places to find Honolulu used car | | | | the library or bookstore reading what Consumer |
| prices as there are places selling used cars here: the | | | | Reports magazine has to say about the car you're |
| classifieds in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser or the Bulletin, | | | | interested in. (You have to pay for this information |
| the Thrifty-Nickel or car magazines like that (which are | | | | online.) If you're not sure where to start with this, ask a |
| available free by the front door at gas stations and | | | | librarian for help. We've never gotten bit by a librarian |
| convenience stores). You can also car dealers in town | | | | yet, and who knows? She might just be selling the car |
| (it's best to call several and stay on the line as long as | | | | you want, at a great price and will even throw her |
| you can, pumping whoever you're talking to for | | | | phone number into the deal. Stranger things have |
| information about the cars you're interested in). You | | | | happened! |
| can also get this same kind of pricing information online | | | | offers a similar quality of information as Consumer |
| at Edmunds dot com, kbb dot com and ebaymotors | | | | Reports, but it's available for free, online. Real people |
| dot com. Kelly and Edmunds are publish books with | | | | write in their comments about almost every car on the |
| complete pricing information. | | | | road. This is the best online information we've found. |
| We hope that this is helpful, but you probably need to | | | | Or how about getting financing for your car if you |
| know more than this. Knowing how much the car | | | | have bad credit? |
| you're interested in will cost is great, but what | | | | Only get a car loan through the place you're buying |
| about:buying a car from someone who's selling their old | | | | your car as a last resort-you'll almost never pay more |
| car from their home? | | | | for a car loan anywhere than you will here. But if it's all |
| This might be your best option. You'll never get a great | | | | you can get, and you can't wait to buy a new car |
| deal on a car from a car dealership because buying | | | | (new to you, that is), try to pay all your bills on time. Cut |
| and selling cars is their business. Even if you do this for | | | | your spending as much as possible. Tighten your belt. |
| a living, full time, you're probably still not going to be able | | | | (We know it hurts; we're doing the same thing |
| to school them. But people who are selling their old car | | | | ourselves right now.) Then in a year or two, see if you |
| are a whole other story. They've probably never sold | | | | can find someone who will refinance the loan. It won't |
| a car before, and have probably only bought three or | | | | cost you anything to look, and it might save you a |
| four in their whole lifetime. See where we're going with | | | | good chunk of cash every month. |
| this? You can negotiate much more effectively with a | | | | Of course, this is just the tip of the iceburg where |
| lot of these people-get the car you want at a much | | | | Honolulu used car prices are concerned. If you decide |
| better price than you'd get it from a pro. The key | | | | to buy your next car from a dealer, do you know the |
| here-do not scrimp on this-is to go over the car | | | | top 25 scams car dealers use every day? Shrewd |
| carefully yourself (we can tell you what to look for and | | | | business people get taken in by these every minute of |
| what to do-and what not to do), then pay a mechanic | | | | the day. Do you know how to negotiate with the seller |
| to give it the once over. We hate to spend money as | | | | to get the lowest-possible price? Do you know what |
| much as the next person, but this is money well spent. | | | | kind of insurance you can't drive without, what kind of |
| And what about researching the car you're interested | | | | insurance you shouldn't drive without and what kind of |
| in, maybe even before you know how much it's going | | | | insurance you should avoid like the plague? And where |
| to cost? | | | | can you get the best financing rate, even if your |
| Don't buy a car without spending a couple of hours in | | | | credit's not the best?(Don't stop reading! |