When is the right time to change your old car?
Buying a new car can be an exciting experience, most of us love to show it off on the road and drive with the new car smell in it. But there comes a time when you might want to consider selling your car or trading it for something new. After all, buying and owning a car can be quite expensive, so the old saying Buy quality; buy once makes sense.
If you’re having trouble coming up with enough money to buy a new car, or if you don’t want to take an unnecessary loan to pay for one, you may be wondering when it makes sense to sell your old car and start driving around in a newer model. If you’re going to trade your old ride, the best time to do so and which dealers to select will be the matter of question. This is a list of four reasons why you should consider Heinz Motors while changing your old car will give you some insights to think about as you make this decision.
- Safety
- Depreciation
- Pre-Purchase Inspection
- Maintenance issue
- Cost effective analysis
If your car is 10 or more years old or has covered more than 100,000 miles, it’s time to think about replacing it with Heinz Motors. As you do with many other aspects of life, you can’t guarantee how safe it is to let things deteriorate over time. When a car reaches a certain age, many of its components stop functioning much quicker than they would if they were replaced earlier. It’s up to you if you want to take those risks, but if someone else runs into you because of it or worse, consider yourself warned. Additionally, a car with an old design may not have been built to deal with modern road conditions as well as its successors are able to do.
Cars aren’t like homes. They depreciate as soon as you drive them off a car lot, which means that you won’t be able to sell it at a profit later on. There are a number of taxes and fees associated with selling your vehicle so it’s often worth it to hold onto your old vehicle for a while longer before trading it. It doesn't make financial sense to keep an older vehicle for extended periods of time because maintenance tends to get more expensive as cars age and repairing an older car is just not cost-effective.
Everyone knows that pre-purchase inspections are a smart idea, especially when buying used cars. If you buy from Heinz Motors and perform an inspection prior to making an offer, we’ll guarantee to lower our price by 10%. Not only will you know what kind of shape it’s really in, but you’ll also save some serious cash if everything checks out. You might even find that there was nothing wrong with it in the first place. You never know unless you take a look under that hood!
It might be the time to trade in your old car if you notice it requires frequent maintenance. Even Though it’s normal for certain items to need repairs,if you have to take your car for repair more than once every few months, then it’s likely beyond its retirement age. Not only does a vehicle that needs lots of repairs and tune-ups cost money; it can also be dangerous because many auto parts won’t function properly when they are worn out. Cars are safer and better for fuel efficiency when new parts are installed. This means that if you keep an older car because you want to spend less on gas, then it might make sense financially (and safety-wise) to trade up sooner rather than later.
If you’re worried about being left in a lurch by your old car, a cost-benefit analysis will help you estimate what it might cost you to keep driving an ageing vehicle. Don’t have a bunch of free time on your hands? Heinz Motors will do all that number crunching for you, including calculating your potential cost savings based on how much of your income you spend on gas each month. Again, it won’t give you exact figures or predict what will happen down to that penny, but it can help point out areas where there might be money to be saved.