Buyer’s Guides

Straightforward advice on choosing, inspecting, financing and insuring a used car.

A step-by-step inspection you can do yourself, from paperwork to panel gaps.

Third-party and comprehensive cover, IDV, no-claim bonus and what changes when you buy a used car.

Down payment, tenure, interest and the documents lenders ask for.

Start with how you drive, not with the brochure.

Depreciation, warranty, features and running costs compared honestly.

The forms, NOCs and checks that make the car legally yours.

Which fuel suits how much and where you drive.

Twenty minutes, the right roads and what to listen for.

How to tell a well-kept car from a well-polished one.

Prepare the car and the papers, and know what affects the offer.