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I'm going out with my daughter to look at a car for her. She's an adult, she's buying it, I'm just along mostly for moral support. Doing the dad thing. However, it's out of my wheelhouse, and I want to make sure we don't miss anything.

What sort of things to you look for or check when shopping for a used car?

Do you have any suggestions?

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[-] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago

If you don't know anything about cars its probably worth the money for a pre purchase inspection by an independent mechanic

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

I got a mechanic friend of a friend to do this as a "nixer" before (cash in hand, he came to the buy). Worth every penny.

[-] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

It is definitely worthwhile to do this, at my shop we would run a pre-purchase inspection for $50 and it would catch all sorts of shit that you wouldn't think to look for on the parking lot.

Anyone who wants to sell you a car but won't let you get it inspected first on your own dime is not selling a car that you want to buy.

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