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Originally Posted by bizaro86
Just curious, why would a car someone bought cheap at auction and fixed up be a bad thing? I bought a (very cheap) car at auction and had it fixed up, and it ran great for a couple of years. (Then it went to kidney car heaven).
That seems a lot like flipping houses to me, but with cars. Obviously if the car was salvage or something that's different, but if it was just a repo I'm not sure I see what the problem would be? You could still request a car proof and get it inspected couldn't you? To me, a seller who doesn't want it inspected would be a bigger red flag than someone who has 3 cars for sale...
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While the car may be fine or may not, which is true of any car, I like to have some idea of its history.
There are also some very cheap tricks to get a car going that you don't want to fall foul of, dropping a heavy weight oil in to stop an oil leak, run the car for 5 or ten minutes before the buyer arrives so it is nice and warm and starts straight away.