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Default Re: Best selection is a "program" car - 04-05-2007 , 02:04 PM






If by "program" you mean a lease return, then I could not agree more!

This is EXACTLY what we did when replacing out totalled 1994 GC.

We actually took the car for a 4 day "test drive". We drove down to
the USA, and out the valley. The dealer was cool with it - after all
it had been on thier lot for almost 8 momths and had over 90,000 kms
on it. We found some issues, ALL of which were promptly addressed. We
even low-balled the guy, and he gave us a super price on it!

As a precaution against a Chrysler product with that kind of mileage
on it, we purchased the GM "Total Plus" warranty for 24 months /
40,000 kms. Best $2000 we ever spent - especially when they have paid
for over $5000 woth of work to be done in the last 7 or so months!

And the van drives like a dream! We drove a LOT of these vans, and
NONE of them floats along like this one!

On Tue, 3 Apr 2007 22:33:48 +0200 (CEST), George Orwell
<nobody (AT) mixmaster (DOT) it> wrote:

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Your best bet is a low mileage used car, particularly a so-called program
car.

Make your selection and take it for a short road test, as the dealer
expects any prospect to do. If you like the car, then proceed:

Since its a used car, the dealer will not object to your taking it for an
extended road test. Offer to pay the gas in all fairness and tell him you
want to drive it a couple of HOURS or even a DAY. You need to put on about
100 miles to really know the car enough to lay down your cash and buy it.

The advantage of a long test run is to really check out the car. You will
learn if it consumes oil, overheats, loses coolant, has any vibrations at
high speed & check its handling, braking, steering, shifting when warm,
behavior on hills, etc., etc.

Think back. You don't know what you have until you've owned it a while.
An extended drive will wring out any problems that you will otherwise
unpleasantly find out if you don't. The dealer should not object, since
what's a hundred miles more on a car that already has maybe 15,000 miles?
If you offer to pay gas and he refuses you, go somewhere else where the
dealer has nothing to fear from potential defects being revealed.


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