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These tips will help reduce the risk of disputes with your mechanic when repairing your car. In all cases use the comparison to find a good car garage.

Here are some common problems encountered by motorists:

1. Personal travel mechanic: note the actual number of miles that have your vehicle before leaving the garage. Normally, the mechanic noted the miles on the order of repair. But there have been some unscrupulous garages use the vehicle once repaired for personal trips, 10 100km!

2. Deterioration of the vehicle: check the condition inside / outside your vehicle, take pictures, have the condition by the mechanic before the work. This will avoid problems if the garage will damage the body (eg scratches) for repairs. Thus he cannot deny its responsibility.

3. For major repairs, it is better to make several estimates from several different car garage (approved garage, detached garage, central specialized type). You can also order a repair estimate to determine the average price for parts and labor for repairs to be performed.

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Evaluation of used cars examines some particular elements of the car and based on such review may have firm guarantees about the goodness of your purchase.

External components

Bodywork

For being immediately visible, is the first yardstick of used cars, but looks can be misleading, so do not rely too much not to receive unpleasant surprises. In any case, we consider some particular aspects:

* Visible damage
Check the presence of scratches, bruises and other signs: often the seller does not agree to repair them because of the cost is often high and often reduced the effectiveness of interventions on the body.
* Color
The color is a bit discolored for a used car does not give cause for concern: a good polish or a complete repainting solutions are optimal in terms of cost and ensure satisfactory results.

Aesthetics

Check the overall condition of the body, evaluated  used car from the aesthetic point of view to see if, overall, is to your liking, and if that is what suits you.
From the aesthetic point of view, the changes can be of various types, the size of tire use of unconventional colors. Something that you would never normally do not please you can end up in its final realization, but consider that the car is a commodity of which you should never daily stews, or you find yourself wanting to buy a different model in a few months!

* Miscellaneous changes

Changes that may be made to the original are of various types and depend on the imagination of the owner. Tires larger, different mirrors, stickers, air intakes and so on more spectacular than you can customize your car, but, as new owners, when they want to return to “normal” of the replacements will be fully your responsibility. For this reason the evaluation of used cars tend to suffer from adverse changes in aesthetics. You must also consider that, whatever the nature of changes, not all are required by law (as in the case of the tinted windows), some have to be declared on the vehicle registration document, which will be checked at the examination of documents car.

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