Should you Really Buy a Car During the Credit Crunch?

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Well the credit crunch is firmly in its place and out of all the sectors that are being hit, I feel as though the car industry is getting the wrath of the impact the most. The sales of new cars have dropped a drastic amount and second hand motors are suffering just the same.

Yes what used to be a garages dream has now turned into a buyers market, when approaching to buy a vehicle you should keep an open mind because there are various ways in which you can drop the price of a vehicle down. The whole world knows that garage salesmen inflate their prices to ridiculous amounts so that they can make a nice little profit, but this can no longer be done.

I for one would not visit the garage to buy a vehicle if I had the funds available to get the vehicle that I wanted I would buy it from a private sale. Private sellers are not in it to make money; most of them have a genuine reason for selling their vehicles such as upgrading or downgrading.

But all this being said is it really worth it to buy a car during the credit crunch? Well the answer for this is yes and no. If you are in the need for a vehicle to use on a daily basis than you can grab yourself some real good bargains by just haggling a little. But if you are looking to buy a vehicle for an investment purpose then it's a bit like drawing a straw out of a hat, because you will never know if the prices are going to increase or decrease.

It is said that as soon as you buy a vehicle it automatically drops itself in price, I have my self had experience of this drop I bought a car for three thousand five hundred and sold it for one thousand five hundred within four months, people were just not willing to pay any more.

For this reason I recommend car leasing as an alternative, because you know how much you will be paying you know the car will be new and safe and you know that you are not purchasing it so you do not need to make your money back. At this moment in time we have to save all the pennies we can get and by buying a car there are various risks to your pocket.

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