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General
BUYER'S   HELP
  • Cartalk
  • Edmund's Automobile Buyer's Guides
  • CarBuyingTips.com Top 4 ways to prevent used car scams
    • CARS.COM*
  • this is the "most complete care sales mega site and should be the first
       stop..."
  • Find a Car allows to search used cars...
  • Prices and Research can get retail & trade-in values from the Black Book
       guide
  • other tabs are Financing & Insurance and Car Repair
    • KELLEY BLUE BOOK*
  • can determine the value of your car either for trade-in of for private sale
  • there is a Spanish option
  • reviews
  • financing
  • has lemon checks!
    • CAR AND DRIVER*
  • features links to new cars (specs, pricing, and avilability)
  • used cars (find out your car's worth)
  • Reviews, and Free Price Quotes (no-haggle quotes from a local dealer)
  • New Car Links!!! includes Spy Shots, photos of cars still in development
    • Alternate Sites*
  • Autotrader.com
       provides categories and options almost identical to those availabe in
       cars.com BUT with special focus on used cars
  • Carinfo.com
       includes sections on car buying secrets, money-saving tips, pros and cons
       of auto leasing, and what owners think of their vehicles!
  • CarSurvey.org
       published in the UK, collects surveys from around the world
       remarks are limited to "What things have gone wrong with the car?"
       and "General Comments"
    •   INSURANCE  


    TRAFFIC SAFETY*
  • Insurance of Highway Safety - Highway Loss Data Institute
       supported by car insurance agencies and not car manufacturers
       provides a color PDF chart of injury, collision, and theft losses
  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - on the first page are links
       to popular topics such as child deat & air bags
       Vehicle and Equipment Information (problems & issues, testing results,
       regulations and standards, research and development
       searches can be performed by make, model, and year
    • CAR DESIGN *
  • Car Design News
       slick, sophisticated, and futuristic
       an international site for care designers
       click on Portfolio to look at the work of up-and-coming car designers
       plenty of photos
    • Automotive Museum *
  • Petersen Automotive Museum
       dedicated to the interpretative study of the automobile and its influence
       on our culture and lives provides:
          online exhibits
          Million Dollar Cars
          Kustoms with a "K"
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    * Source:
    selected: LJ / January 2003, p 32-36
      Updated:
    September 18, 2006

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