When you plan to buy cheap used car, you should take care some important steps before making final decision of buying.
First of all you have to calculate your budget for buying used car. Most of the people make a mistake that they first choose the auto company and model, and then they search for price that suits their budget. But that concept is wrong. You have to calculate your budget first, and then according to your budget choose Auto Company and model. It has been seen that, at the time of buying a buyer mostly decide on the looks of the used car. Many times gorgeous looks of a auto motivate then to go beyond his budget and requirement, so principally always set your budget for buying used car is the primary activity of a used car buyer.
Second step is you should list your requirement as per your need. Suppose if your family size is 2 and if you planning to buy auto which is 8 seated, you are going to take a wrong decision because most of the time your investment will be unutilized and wasted. Alternatively if your family size is not small and you're going to take a small car that will also not justify your decision. Think individually about each member and who will use or need that auto and then decide accordingly .So bigger is better only if you have use for bigger used car.
After deciding your used car budget and your requirement, the next very important step is checking used car condition with a help of trusted car mechanic. A thorough checking is required on the selected used car, so that he can decide and guide you about the actual condition of the car. Generally most of the time used car buyer decide according to the outer body condition of that used car and many time this leads to very much frustrating and costly wrong decision. So before making any final decision you should check that used vehicle with a trusted car mechanic so that after buying you don't have invested again to make that car in working condition.
Another most important step that most of the used car buyers forgot or ignores to check the past history record of that car. Check used car history from relevant authority; ask for all legal documents to make buyers free from all after sales legal harassment if the car is stolen one.