Vehicle Buying Tips and Hints

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Vehicle Buying Tips and Hints by Satnam Singh Sidhu BC

Buyers and Salespersons Relation:

1. Some car buyers are smarter than car salespersons and make it frustrative for salespersons
2. Some car buyers are at par with car salespersons and make it frustrative for new salespersons
3. Some car buyers pick sales person's brain to get knowledge and frustrates average salespersons
4. Some car buyers mistakenly trusts salespersons and it is like silver spoon in salespersons mouth
5. Some car buyers are very defensive and salespersons need to dance on their tunes to build trust
6. Some car buyers take a gazillion years to decide and remain salesperson's nightmare until they buy
7. Some car buyers bring troops of advisers with them and salespersons bounces like ping pong ball

Your possibilities at Car Dealerships:

         Salesperson            Sales Manager         Finance Manager         Service Advisor      

1. Good                        Good                         Good                             Good                   
2. Yo-Yo                         Yo-Yo                       Yo-Yo                           Yo-Yo              
3. Sucker                      Sucker                       Sucker                           Sucker              

1. Good:              Who help buyer to buy best value product according to buyer's needs   
2. Yo-Yo:            Who know little about cars and sell wrong product to buyer unknowingly
3. Sucker:            Who sucks every single penny from customer's pocket for bigger pay cheque

Tip for buyers: 

1. Compare at least 2 or 3 products or services before buying possibly at different dealerships
2. Ask Salesperson about his/her experience and testimonies if possible
3. Make a list of important questions before shopping 
4. Keep in mind majority salespeople may not lie to you, but they may not tell you important facts about vehicle if you don't ask

Make sure salesperson is at same page as you for following:

1. understands your needs
2. understands your minimum features requirement
3. understands your budget
4. presents vehicle suitable to your budget, needs, features and quality
5. discloses everything about vehicle

  Once you like a product that suits to your needs and budget, now make sure:

1. price is right...compare by shopping around
2. talk to same salesperson if revisiting, preferably call ahead of time
3. before proceeding to price negotiation, make sure you check their promotional price on internet or newspapers that may be lower than sticker price
4. make sure listing price includes documentation fee, freight and delivery fee and any other fees or charges
5. interest rate for financing and leasing and different terms
6. for best rates your credit score must be above 650
7. be careful if you like a particular model then you must make a written notes that specify different feature options and prices
8. Now proceed to Sales Manager for price negotiations and initial only on negotiated price with clear knowledge of what's included in price.

Important Initials and Signatures:

If price is right, proceed to finance manager and MAKE SURE YOU DON'T SIGN OR INITIAL anywhere until you read and understand and ask if it is not clear ask for help. Important initials are:

1. Declaration of vehicle history of accidents and where it came from (which province or country)
2. If it has any major accident or rebuilt status refrain from buying that vehicle.
3. Don't sign blindly because salesperson told you verbally.
4. At this point once you initial or sign without reading and understanding, it would be too late
5. Later, if you find out that vehicle had major accident or rust because it came from heavy snow or moisture area or flood affected area, after signing documents then it becomes headache for you to renegotiate or return the vehicle without litigation or arbitration 

 Make sure you know the terms and conditions of loan or lease before signing documents: 

1.  Term of loan or lease
2.  interest rate
3.  monthly payment or bi-weekly payment
4.  any additional finance charges or registration fees
5.  if interest is fix or variable
6. any penalty for early loan paid-off

Lease terms and conditions are normally tricky and need additional care to understand it:

1. Most important is cost of buyout at the end of term 
2. Any additional or hidden charges for yearly mileage cap, vehicle wear and tear and damages
3. Leased vehicle means that it is similar to a rental vehicle but for longer period under contract that includes full responsibility of you to maintain and look after the vehicle and return at the end of the contract or buy out as negotiated in the contract.

Generally Lease have following advantages:

1. Lower monthly payment than financed payment
2. Business expense write off may be more flexible 
3. If you like to change vehicle after lease expiry
4. If financing trouble

Please note: These are few hints and that gives you some tools to negotiate carefully. This article does not bear any responsibility for any claims arising out of this advice. Please never sign a document without full knowledge of its terms and conditions. If in doubt please take expert advice or legal advice before signing any document or contract.

In nutshell, more you know about vehicle buying process and exercise care and caution during negotiations and signing any document, more beneficial to you and frustrating for most salesperson who are not fully professional and empathetic to buyer's needs and budget.
                                                                   

                       

What make a Car, A Quality car!

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Sonnax invented the original high capacity Powerglide 10-Clutch Drum more than a decade ago. Over the years, we have designed and manufactured a variety of innovative 10-clutch kits which make up our current product selection. Today we are excited to announce that we've made some phenomenal improvements and additions to expand this selection, providing racers with the absolute best in value and performance. The most significant improvement is an additional .060" in piston travel to allow for greater clutch clearance and minimal wear, while also eliminating concerns of the piston seal coming out of the bore. View the table below to find the product that's right for you.

The above parts shown may not make any sense to you or you may bother to know. These parts are similar to your car parts. Your car also have similar parts in it. It may sound confusing but any automatic car have similar type of parts for shifting gears and when your car stops moving in D or R, it means the transmission parts have worn out, broken or faulty in side the transmission.

Do you really need to know. It depends! Some like it and some don't. Just like inside our body there are blood vessels, blood itself, muscles, bones, ligaments, brain, heart etc, cars have inside parts that work hard to get you going. 

Just like for us to move, we use our legs predominantly but we are least interested to know how and what inside body parts make us move. Similarly we have least interest in the interior car parts functionality and quality. Why Toyota has emerged as a successful brand in car industry because people believe in Toyota quality. Why, because these cars have good performance, least maintenance yet very reliable and affordable. What makes you believe in Toyota is above said reason and in nut shell your good experience with these cars. Similarly other brands have good cars which people have good experience with. 

But certainly what Toyota really rely on to maintain there reputation and remain in forefront of the industry. Certainly the management, the quality control, the research work, production quality and efficiency, quality parts, quality assembly and quality parts design department. Even though everything is crucial to push out quality cars for Toyota but our point of interest is Quality Parts Design Department.

The car is a combination of assembly of various parts together. These part's material quality and parts production quality produces a Quality part. But just like a piece of paper is so flimsy and without much strength but if same piece of paper is folded in certain pattern together it can produce great strength. So how to design the part is most crucial.

As you can see in highlighted text, Sonnax is talking about increasing the piston travel by .06", big deal!

Yes it is for design engineers because this little extra travel can give them more choices to increase the power handling of the part and better functionality which could relate to better shift quality for smooth shifting of gears and better fuel efficiency and may be more power.

Where as a driver we look at comfort, performance, safety, reliability, fuel economy and more power in our car, the design engineers make it happen by choosing the combination of quality materials, state of art design of parts and state of art machines that produce parts. We talk about how fast our car can run, they talk about fractions of mm or inches to accomplish that extra edge of more power and speed in any given car.

Maintenance of your vehicle is the best favor you can do to your car for keeping it in factory condition for longest possible time with least repair. For that read your vehicle maintenance booklet which advise you about various maintenance requirements of different parts after driving it for X amount of kilometers. Like some Honda and other brands need to change timing belt at certain mileage, without it there are good chances that belt may break which in turn may break your vehicle engine parts. Similarly easiest but most crucial is changing engine oil in time and flushing radiator coolant at certain point. There are lot more involved in any car for maintenance and one must refer to maintenance chart or table to keep track of it. Happy driving.

Auto Repair & Maintenance Tips: Good Brakes and Safe Braking Tipshttp://surrey-auto-mall.blogspot.com/

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Good Brakes and Safe Braking Tips:

Brake fail of a moving vehicle is a nightmare but it has less chances but Poor braking is quite a possibility and a major contributor to accidents.

What is involved in safe braking:

1   Good Tires
2   Good Brakes
3   Good Wheel Alignment

I like cover Good Brakes in detail: Components involved in Safe/Good Brakes:

1   Good Brake Pads/Shoes
2   Good Rotors/ Drums
3   Good Calipers/ Wheel Cylinders
4   Good Brake Booster without Vacuum Leak
5   Good Brake Master Cylinder
6   Good Brake Lines & proportionate valve
7   Good Brake Pedal without excessive play
8   Good ABS pump/motor assembly
9   Workable Breather Valves
10 Proper level of Brake Fluid of good quality
11 Proper release of air from brake master cylinder/caliper pistons/wheel cylinders and brake lines
12 Any amount of air bubbles in brake lines reduce braking capacity
13 A run out in rotors or drums also reduce braking capacity
14 If vehicle equipped with rear brake drums: Periodic cleaning and brake adjustment is necessary to                maintain good braking power
15  Proper lubrication of caliper pins and free of rust is utmost important for good braking (Very important         for front brakes)
16  Quality of Brake Pads material also makes big difference for proper braking and long-lasting brakes.

17   All vacuum lines, hydraulic lines, electrical wiring and devices and sensors, mechanical wires for hand brakes and all mechanical components involved must be in good working condition without any wear tear and rust etc.

These are most crucial factors involved in braking and proper functioning of ABS system is very important as well. If ABS warning light is ON, it means anti-lock brake system is non-functional and unsafe.

Regardless of Good Brakes and Good Tires, never under-estimate the Power of Safe Driving that includes safe speed and safe distance from front vehicles.

Note: This article is for general knowledge and not a proper procedure for repair and maintenance of braking system. For replacing any component please follow factory manual or third party service manuals. It is always advisable to utilize services of a Repair Shop.

Joke of the day: 3 in 1 Used Cars Dealership Surrey BC

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Joke of the day: 3 in 1 Used Cars Dealership Surrey BC

Ram asked Sham that I am looking for a car to buy.

Sham said," Ram don't worry, I know a used car dealership on Fraser hwy in Surrey!"

Ram said, " Sham do you know them."

Sham said, "Yes! Yes! I will get you a good deal."

Ram said," But Sham I am really scared of used cars."

Sham said, " Ram don't be scared! They have dealership, repair shop and body shop! If you ever have any problem they will take care of you."

Ram said, " In that case I don't want to buy from them."

Sham said, "But why! Where else you will get all three services under one roof!"

Ram said, " That is the reason! How would I ensure that car I am buying from them have original engine in it and did not have body damage."

Sham said, "Hmmmmm!" I never thought about it!