Skylude52
Jul 19, 2011, 02:13 PM
When shopping for a used car, what criteria are most important? I am wondering how much weight I should put on the mileage, number of previous owners, carfax reports, and/or maintenance records. From my experience carfax reports don't really tell you all that much. I know the lower the miles the better, but just because a car has low miles doesn't mean it is a good buy. In addition taking each car I look at to the mechanic could get expensive. Also if I do take them to a mechanic what exactly do I have him check? Compression, smog check, and what else? In addition I'm in a new area and don't know any mechanics so how can I find a good mechanic to assist with this process? I'm in the LA area if that helps.