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Before you make any committing to buy any used cars, a comprehensive inspection is must. Your potential car needs a thorough inspection by an experienced mechanic even if you have properly inspected the vehicle yourself. If not the mechanic, you can take the help of automobile inspection services. They charge nominal fees for their services.

Whatever you choose, the seller must not have any problem in getting the inspection of used car done. However, if the seller is reluctant and not allowing you to do the inspection; then you should consider it as an indication of some problem with the vehicle. In that situation, the best option you have is to stop the current dealing and leave the place for another car deal.

When you go for used car inspection process, try to remember certain effective things in your mind. Try to check all the fluids of the vehicle thoroughly. The fluids must be in a golden or slightly brown color, while the antifreeze should be fluorescent green, orange or red, but should not be rusty. It is often seen that a geyser of hot antifreeze drenches the engine. Check it by removing the radiator cap. You need to remain careful while checking fluids. Look under the oil cap, if it has a milky color, the problem is in head gasket of the engine but if the automatic transmission fluid is red or pink, then there is no problem. Make sure that the fluid is not giving burning smell. These vital fluids are very important to notice and if there is anything suspicious about them, it is better that you do not make the deal.

Often the transmission fluid is used as a trick in the oil to reduce valve noise. Oil in the radiator if visible, it can be a sign of a blown head gasket. Sometimes the burnt ATF can also be visible. Try to avoid these bad signs as it can dump your car later. Sometimes the fresh and clean oil is seen, this is again a suspicious point. To clear your doubt, check the oil after a test drive to see the change, if other checking points are over. Park the car on a clean floor after the test drive and put some newspaper under it in order to check the leakage of engine if any.

When all the checking is over; start the car and listen the sound of engine carefully for sometime. At this stage, if the car does not start easily and does not idle smoothly, then you should take a test drive.

While taking a test drive of the car make sure, that the test drive is lengthy and more than 30 minutes. During driving, check the steering and the brakes.

Therefore, it is essential that you take each and every aspect of the used car into consideration, before you reach at your final decision about buying a vehicle.

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It is very essential to wash your car at regular intervals of time. It helps improve car functioning, operation, and also adds life to your car. Most of the people take good care of their cars when it is new but then as the car becomes old, car maintenance and washing becomes insignificant. Infact, the biggest fact is that old cars need more frequent washing than the new cars.

Car wash can be defined as an activity to remove dirt and grime from the car body and give a new look to the car exterior. Taking the term to a wider extent, it also includes cleaning and maintaining the car interiors. This activity is very important for all car owners because if dirt gets deposit on the exterior structure of the body, it loses car’s appeal and may also cause rust.

Here are some of the most satisfying car washing tips:

1. Park your car in the shade because if it is parked under sunlight it may result in premature drying of the car.
2. Don’t use dish soap for washing your car. Also make sure that the soap is diluted with water before using for car wash.
3. Wash the car using a sponge starting from the top end of the car. Use the principle of gravity according to which the soap that you apply on the car roof will flow down. So, clean the roof first, then the sides, doors and windows. Clean the underside of the car and the tyres at the end, as they are the most dirties portion of the car and requires thorough cleaning.
4. Clean the bumpers and fenders more thoroughly as bugs accumulate in that section of the car and are toughest to remove.
5. Keep on rinsing every section of the car using a hose immediately after you are done with washing that section. This will prevent water droplets from drying on the car paint.
6. After cleaning the car dry it with a clean cloth preferably a microfiber towel. These towels are considered to be best for drying car exteriors.
7. Use glass cleaners to clean car windows as they add better shine to the windows.
8. Once the exterior is cleaned, vacuum clean the interiors. Remove all the rugs, mats and carpets from the car to remove al the dirt.
9. For cleaning dashboard and other car electronics in the car interior, you can use specialized cleansers
10. Ensure to park your car in a driveway or grassy surface so that water flowing down during the wash does not block any path.

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What is the cheapest car you can think of that has good gas mileage? A friend of mine just got a brand new car for $13,000 (Doesnt look like a cheap car, its an ’06, and gets 30 some odd miles to the gallon). What are cars that are fairly cheap w/ good gas mileage, or cars that just have great gas mileage.

Thanks

Honda Civic might fit you, look it up.

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