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Old 3 Mar 2008, 15:37 (Ref:2143340)   #1
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Car buying time....

Right, I've got my practical test in about 6 weeks (yay ), so I figure its time to start making some arrangements for getting me a car.

I've been checking out the Scot-Ads (which will mean nothing to those south of the border I don't think!), but havent found anything that looks particularlly brilliant.

I had a look on Auto Trader and saw a '97 Fiat Punto 55 S here

I checked on Parkers and they seem to have valued it a bit high, but I dont know how reliable Parkers valuations are, so I don't really know. I'm going to pester the father tonight and see if we can go check it out at the weekend - he has some mechanical knowledge so he sould be able to tell me if it'll last a year or two without falling to bits (I dont imagine it would, its not *that* old!) - then I've just gotta pay for the insurance etc on it....

Any other tips for finding/checking out a used car?

Cheers,
David
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