| When looking to buy a new car, the first thing you | | | | does not. It will tell you almost everything about used |
| should do is to look in the Kelly blue book. Using Kelly`s | | | | cars. It will show you expected life, the expenses of |
| blue book will help you determine how much you | | | | maintaining them, and point by point, which systems of |
| should pay for a used car. The automotive blue book | | | | the car are likely to need to be repaired or replaced, |
| covers everything there is about used cars and pricing. | | | | and which are not. There is really no more valuable |
| It tells you by make, model, year and condition, exactly | | | | source in the world for trying to figure out which car to |
| what you should pay for just about any vehicle that | | | | get as your next one than the consumer reports guide. |
| you could possibly even run across! It is a veritable | | | | It is almost without parallel, if you are to ask me. |
| goldmine of pricing information. There are, however, a | | | | Of course, neither the consumer reports guide nor the |
| few things that the Kelly automotive blue book is not | | | | automotive blue book really are enough. The |
| really any good for. It is lousy, or even worthless for | | | | automotive blue book will tell you how much to pay, |
| finding point by point reports of how well cars keep | | | | and the consumer reports guide will tell you about |
| their utility. Sure, you can get some idea of what car | | | | what you should look for, but there is no substitute for |
| might be worth buying by seeing which keeps its | | | | getting the car checked out by a qualified mechanic. If |
| worth, and which does not do that at all, but that does | | | | you choose not to take this important step and check |
| not really tell the whole story. | | | | the car you are at risk of being get ripped off instead |
| This is why I am such a big fan of the consumer | | | | of getting a car that will last you for as long as you |
| reports guide to cars. Although it is not as good a | | | | need it to. Getting ripped off stinks so do yourself a |
| guide to how much to pay as is the automotive blue | | | | favor and get the car checked out. |
| book, it does have a lot of advantages that the latter | | | | |