Comments on: Inspecting A Used Car http://www.buy-and-sell-cars-for-profit.com/blog/inspecting-a-used-car/ Most People Are Too Busy Earning A Living To Make Any Real Money Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:17:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://www.buy-and-sell-cars-for-profit.com/blog/inspecting-a-used-car/comment-page-1/#comment-1005 admin Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:41:44 +0000 http://buy-and-sell-cars-for-profit.com/blog/?p=31#comment-1005 Yup. Any noise coming out of the lower part of an engine is something that I will walk away from because it means a major re-build. I learned that the hard way too and discuss that in The Lazy Way To Buy And Sell Cars For Profit. However, if you can fix those things yourself...and you bought the car for almost nothing (which is the only way you should buy cars that need major repairs), then you can make a lot of money buying and selling cars that require major repairs. You could hook yourself up with local auto repair shops and have them refer you to their customers whenever something comes into the shop where it will be too expensive for the owner to repair. Better you pay them something for their car than to have it go to a junkyard, right? Right. For example, a car that might sell for $4000.00 but requires a $2000.00 transmission repair (or whatever the EXPENSIVE repair is). Well, you might buy it for $500.00. Put $400.00 into it plus your labor...and shazam! You just made a profit of $3100.00 from a car that was minutes away from being towed to the junkyard. And that is a totally do-able plan for buying and selling cars if you have mechanical skills. :-) Steve Steve Yup. Any noise coming out of the lower part of an engine is something that I will walk away from because it means a major re-build. I learned that the hard way too and discuss that in The Lazy Way To Buy And Sell Cars For Profit. However, if you can fix those things yourself…and you bought the car for almost nothing (which is the only way you should buy cars that need major repairs), then you can make a lot of money buying and selling cars that require major repairs.

You could hook yourself up with local auto repair shops and have them refer you to their customers whenever something comes into the shop where it will be too expensive for the owner to repair. Better you pay them something for their car than to have it go to a junkyard, right? Right. For example, a car that might sell for $4000.00 but requires a $2000.00 transmission repair (or whatever the EXPENSIVE repair is). Well, you might buy it for $500.00. Put $400.00 into it plus your labor…and shazam! You just made a profit of $3100.00 from a car that was minutes away from being towed to the junkyard.

And that is a totally do-able plan for buying and selling cars if you have mechanical skills. :-)

Steve

Steve

]]> By: Yev http://www.buy-and-sell-cars-for-profit.com/blog/inspecting-a-used-car/comment-page-1/#comment-989 Yev Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:21:50 +0000 http://buy-and-sell-cars-for-profit.com/blog/?p=31#comment-989 Rod knock in the engine is something you have to hear if you never heard it. It sounds so "innocent" and looks like "tune up will fix it"... Yeah, right... For those of you who don't know what a bad rod sounds like, it's not loud and it "ticks" in the lower part of engine. It also "ticks" on acceleration. But car might drive just perfect. Rod knock in the engine is something you have to hear if you never heard it. It sounds so “innocent” and looks like “tune up will fix it”… Yeah, right… For those of you who don’t know what a bad rod sounds like, it’s not loud and it “ticks” in the lower part of engine. It also “ticks” on acceleration. But car might drive just perfect.

]]> By: John http://www.buy-and-sell-cars-for-profit.com/blog/inspecting-a-used-car/comment-page-1/#comment-94 John Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:57:03 +0000 http://buy-and-sell-cars-for-profit.com/blog/?p=31#comment-94 Hey Steve, I know about those expensive noises you're talking about. Ouch! Too bad I didn't have your 'Lazy Way' book sooner because i had to learn my lesson the hard way! John Hey Steve,

I know about those expensive noises you’re talking about. Ouch! Too bad I didn’t have your ‘Lazy Way’ book sooner because i had to learn my lesson the hard way!

John

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