{"id":6643,"date":"2015-12-15T13:54:26","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T17:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=6643"},"modified":"2015-12-16T22:40:23","modified_gmt":"2015-12-17T02:40:23","slug":"top-17-tips-in-how-to-buy-a-used-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/top-17-tips-in-how-to-buy-a-used-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 17 Tips in &#8220;How to Buy a Used Car&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Larry Chiang motivates CS majors to glean MBA knowledge before accepting the &#8220;2+2&#8221; MBA. It is where you work 2 years and then choose 2 years at HBS or GSB. <a href=\"https:\/\/gigaom.com\/2008\/01\/17\/9-things-stanford-b-school-wont-teach-you\/\" target=\"_blank\">Months-and-months<\/a> of pre launch promotions paid off on 09-09-09. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-Teach-Stanford-Business-School\/dp\/0615301487\/\" target=\"_blank\">What They Don&#8217;t Teach You At Stanford Business School<\/a> hit as a sequel to, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-Teach-Harvard-Business-School\/dp\/0553345834\" target=\"_blank\">What They Don\u2019t Teach You at Harvard Business School<\/a>&#8220;. Stanford Engineering liked it so much, he was brought in as EIR at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ENGR145?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\">#ENGR145<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 155px;\" width=\"156\" cellpadding=\"10\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QXIaNZi3mHQ?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" width=\"260\" height=\"183\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><br \/>\nNew York Fashion Week will be Sept 9-19, 2016.<br \/>\n&#8212; Larry Chiang<br \/>\nCEO, Duck9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>By Larry Chiang<br \/>\nThe gateway to horrible credit score, credit starts with making a BAD decision on a MAJOR purchase.<\/p>\n<p>Its your car loan stupid. Don&#8217;t make first time buyer, first time virgin mistakes. Do not screw up your car loan.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/613751289587957760\/ZN0VKUOa_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<td><b>Larry Chiang (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/676814312439193601?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">12\/15\/15, 9:21 AM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>90+% of the success in buying a used car is avoiding dealers, pseudo dealers aka curb stoners <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23cs183creditScore&amp;src=hash\">#cs183creditScore<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23FICO748pt8&amp;src=hash\">#FICO748pt8<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23cs183usedCar&amp;src=hash\">#cs183usedCar<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/download?ref_src=MailTweet-iOS\">Download<\/a> the Twitter app and read\u00a0<span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); color: #000000;\"><a style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23cs183usedCar&amp;src=hash\">#cs183usedCar<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); color: #000000;\">Here are the questions to ask&#8230; {Google their number to see if it&#8217;s advocated to multiple listings}<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">\u2022\u00a0 why are you selling your car?\u00a0{Goal is a solo owner, one owner car just looking to liquidate the car because the relative they were going to give it to had a better free offer}<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">\u2022\u00a0 how did you drive it?\u00a0{ideally, highway miles to and from work where work is 20-30 miles away} Nightmare = 1.5 mile trips.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 how long have you owned it?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">[goal: you&#8217;re looking for one owner. One owner who bought it new and already has its replacement. The car that they&#8217;re selling is in the driveway as a daily reminder to sell.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 if you got a $1000 that you HAD to spend on your car, where would you spend it?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 do you have maintenance records?\u00a0[the CarFax will only show so much]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 is it paid off?\u00a0{People that still owe equate what they owe with what the car is worth. Plot spoiler: they owe one to four thousand dollars more than it&#8217;s worth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0 are you ok with sharing the cost of a carfax report?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Your best car deal is from a good owner. You&#8217;re buying the owner\u00a0<strong><em>first\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>and the car\u00a0<strong><em>second<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"9714B7DF-6C98-46A8-BE07-D5C2C591F0AA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image18.jpg\" alt=\"image1.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Palo Alto Tesla at Stanford Mall<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Chiang motivates CS majors to glean MBA knowledge before accepting the &#8220;2+2&#8221; MBA. It is where you work 2 years and then choose 2 years at HBS or GSB. 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