Listen to Pat Goss’ Advice Now To Avoid Paying More Later

Everyone knows there is a higher level of risk involved in buying a used car in comparison to buying a brand new car. That is why it is imperative to make sure your used car is protected.

Check out Pat Goss’ recommendations for buyers contemplating a used car purchase in this week’s Goss’ Car Buying Tips video.

If you plan on purchasing a used car, follow the advice of America’s Trusted Mechanic and make sure to get an extended auto warranty for your vehicle. When the car needs costly repairs you’ll have peace of mind knowing you’re protected.

When you are buying a used car I think an extended warranty, like you would get from Carchex, is a vital part of it. Actually, when you are figuring out your budget for purchasing the used car, part of what you should be doing is figuring in the cost of the extended warranty.
The other thing you should do is before you sign on the dotted line, you should be calling CARCHEX, getting a quote on the warranty for the car that you’re considering so that you don’t make a mistake.

Pat Goss Lets You In on His Trade-in Secrets for Your Car

In this week’s Goss’ Car Buying Tips video, Goss instructs you on how to get the best value out of the car you want to trade-in. When taking a car to be traded in, it is important to make sure it looks clean and presentable inside and out. However, as Goss notes in his video, it is a common misconception to think making repairs and replacing parts on your vehicle will ensure a better deal on a trade-in.

To find out the do’s and don’ts regarding prepping your car for a trade-in, watch Goss’s video.

After you purchase your vehicle, don’t forget to protect your car with an extended auto warranty from CARCHEX. Stay tuned for more videos in this series!

How to Get the Best Value from a Trade-In

To get the best value on your trade-in, number one, it has to look good, so you want to spend your effort, your time, on your used car making it look good. Don’t take it in full of fast food wrappers and all filthy and dirty and so on. That is automatically going to push the price down, sometimes significantly. So make sure that it looks good.

Don’t spend a lot of money on repairs that aren’t absolutely necessary. A lot of people get the notion that if they rebuild their used car, and then take it and trade it, that the dealer is going to give them a lot more money for it because it has new breaks as opposed to serviceable breaks, or that it has new belts and hoses as opposed to serviceable belts and hoses. It doesn’t work that way. You might if you are going to sell it get more money that way, but you are not going to get any more on a trade-in.

So the key thing: appearance, appearance, appearance.

Pat Goss Warns About Processing Fees Which May be Hidden in Your New Car Contract

In Pat Goss’ latest Car Buying Tips video, America’s Trusted Mechanic advises you to look for hidden processing fees that may be embedded in your contract when buying a car. In his professional experiences, Goss has come across contracts soliciting hundreds of dollars in processing fees. While dealerships are entitled to charge for the labor of managing paperwork and tasks of that nature, some fee prices are too high and illegitimate.
To learn more about contracts and find out what Goss recommends you do if you find hidden fees in your paperwork, be sure to watch this video.

After you purchase your new vehicle, don’t forget to protect your car with an extended auto warranty from CARCHEX.

The Contract
Things to watch out for in a contract are hidden fees for various processes and so on.

Most dealerships are going to charge you a processing fee and that processing fee, oh 100 to 150 dollars, that’s for handling the paperwork and things like that, and certainly they are entitled to be paid for. I’ve seen contracts where there is 1,500 dollars in processing fees, or even 6, 7, 8 hundred dollars. These are not legitimate because there is no way they could spend that much time and effort in handling the paperwork.

So watch out for hidden fees. If you find a hidden fee in the paperwork say ‘No, I’m not going to pay that and if they refuse and tell you that its mandated by law or that they have to do this or whatever their excuse might be, it’s time to walk.

The common theme is always, always be ready to politely get up and walk out of the dealership.

Chuck Joins Our Growing Group of Satisfied Customers in the CARCHEX Video Testimonial Program.

Chuck Andrews from Minooka, IL, explains why he purchased an extended auto warranty from CARCHEX for not one, but two of his vehicles. Chuck had a warranty on his 2000 Ford Explorer and was so satisfied that he purchased a warranty for his 2003 Cadillac Coupe de Ville, too. Watch his testimonial to hear why Chuck has been a CARCHEX customer since 2007 and how CARCHEX provides him with peace of mind.

Hi, this is Chuck from Minooka, Illinois. I bought my extended vehicle warranty through Carchex. They are real good. They stand behind their warranty and this is my second warranty with them. I have one on a 2000 Ford Explorer; about six months after I got it my transmission went out. They stood behind me and took care of the warranty and all. So it’s a real good peace of mind to have a warranty and I’m just in the process of purchasing my second warranty for my 2003 Cadillac Coupe de Ville. It’s a good company and there are a lot of different warranty companies out there and a lot of them are under already, they’re not even in business no more. And I’ve been dealing with them since 2007, they’re a good company and they got the best prices on their warranties. So if you’re out looking for a warranty on the Internet go to Carchex you can’t go wrong.