Sunday, January 24th, 2010
I want to repaint my 02 nissan maxima se, love the car but its been driven alot on boston area highways meaning, the front end is chipped, almost like it was sandblasted, the doors have a few minor dings on them not a problem, and just a few other scratches.. I didnt mind it much till today someone ran into the side of my car in a parking lot and dragged their bumper along the entire length of the car, I buffed most of it out and luckily there is no dent.. just the surface looks worn, this finally got me thinking that its a good idea to repaint the entire car, keeping in mind there are minor rust patches (im talking 1-2MM’s in diameter) in the front end chips, would these be a problem? I just want the cars surface to be like new again.. some basic service to restore its original beauty. I heard Maaco can do this for me.. any other suggestions for a reasonable price?
id check with a few good body shops before i went to Macao ,they do alright ,if your planning on getting rid of it,but some of their work doesn’t hold up to well,they are cheap though about the cheapest ones around to paint the whole car,to give you a good idea of what a good job would cost for it,starting price on a good job should be around 800-1000 bucks for it,and that’s using real good paint,a good job cost a lot,cheap ones look good for while and then dull out,think it over,and decide,good luck hope this helps.
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Friday, January 22nd, 2010
I just bought a new car. I still didnt receive the registration number plate for it. Whereas my old car totally died yesterday and I was wondering whether it is possible to get my old cars number plate transferred to new car without getting a new number for the new car? what is the procedure?
I am assuming you are talking about license plates. Unless you have vanity/personalized plates you do not transfer regular plates from one car to another, since the DMV of your state will assign you the plate number. Even if you have vanity plates you will still need to contact the DMV stating you want to switch over your plates to your new car.
When you bought the new car, the dealer or private party seller should have notified the DMV of the sale, and you should have done the same(for private party used car sales). If you did this, the DMV or dealer would have given you temporary tags until your plates arrive in the mail.
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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
I’m thinking about getting a job selling cars and want to know the best place to start as a beginner? Used cars, new cars? A large dealership or a small? I’m thinking new car sales due to needing to know my product and I’m also thinking a large dealership would be better due to all their exposure ie, advertising? Like I said this is just what I think and would appreciate your input as an experienced sales consultant.
I am not really a car salesman but I buy and sell cars on ebay and I also thought about becoming a salesman for a dealership so I will offer you my thoughts based on that.
Used car salespeople are among the most hated professionals. Mostly because people are not reasonable about their expectations of a used car but also because there have been and still are quite a few used car salespeople who don’t really care about screwing their customers.
And you also have to know a lot more about cars to start with since you will have to sell a lot more varied selection of brands and models.
As far as signing on with a dealership to sell new cars, make sure you believe in the brand you will sell. Sales (cars and anything else) are made through relationships that you develop with your customers and it is a lot easier to develop those if you don’t change brand on a regular basis.
Next you need to check out what deal they offer you to start with. Will they pay you a salary when you start or will you be on straight commission right off the bat? If there is a salary, how long will it last? Check out benefits too just as with any other job you would consider.
Last but not least, make sure you understand cars in relation to the area you live in. For example, if there was a Mercedes Benz dealership in your country town of 20,000 souls, even if those cars are great, you couldn’t expect to sell too many of them.
I have heard and read that women do pretty good in that business even though I can’t say have seen that many of them in dealerships… Who knows?
Hope that helps and good luck.
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Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
Are engines cheaper than a new car itself?
If you buy a car and it eventually dies after tons of miles why do people buy new cars instead of a new engine?
If engines cost the same as a new car then I would understand.
Well, you see there are many parts of a car that get damaged and worn out. Not just the engine!
If all you had to do was replace your engine and the car would keep working, then we’d all have a lot more cash in out pocket!
Haha. I wish it were that easy…
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Monday, November 30th, 2009
People who own cars that have high c02 emissions are going to be taxed more under the guise of a ‘green tax to encourage green behaviour’.
The only logic here is that the government want people to scrap their old cars and buy new lower emission ones.
How green is it to scrap a perfectly good car and replace it with a new one?
Where would there be figures/data for this?
No idea if there are any figures for this, but recycling of cars is down to a pretty good fine art these days, with something like 80-95% of material reclaimed.
Of course, reclaiming the materials and building the new car also takes masses of energy, so it all depends on how much you use the car and how close you were to the tax brackets.
In the short term this effect of people scrapping ‘good’ cars for new cars is obviously harmful, but 10 years down the line it will have almost certainly been a net saving measure.
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Saturday, November 14th, 2009
The "new car smell" air fresheners don’t really smell like the real thing, but rental cars always do, no matter how old they are. What do they use?
I don’t smoke, and I don’t allow smoking in my car, so that does help. My car doesn’t really smell like anything, though, and I want it to smell like I just bought it.
Maybe they spray them with formaldehyde which is used in the manufacture of many of the carpet and upholstery materials used in new cars. It’s also what undertakers use to preserve dead people and it can cause breathing problems. It is the source of the "new" car smell. Some people are seriously allergic to it.
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
When I traveled in Japan,I saw many used cars on sale.
Almost these cars are new and fashion looks like not an old car.
Does Japanese buy a new car and use it just few years like 3 three years then sold it and buy another new one?
There are several reasons.
Japanese like new one.
The price of cars are probably cheapest in the Asia (cos no need to worry importing tax. and other car related taxes are also cheap. Even imported car, like Mercedes and BMW are cheaper than Taiwan and Singapore).
And another reason is there is special loan system.
It is difficult to explain, but something like this.
If the price of a new car is US$40,000, people in the world usually have to pay US$40,000+tax+ other expenses.
But some car dealers in Japan deduct "resale price" first.
eg. You may be able to sell the car with US$20,000 price in 2 or 3 years later.
The dealer deduct this price first, then you can purchase the new car with US$20,000+tax+ expenses only.
If you brought the car to the same dealer 2 years later, you can buy new model with 50% price again (real contract is more complex. There are also some risks. But outline is like this).
The loan disappear within the years (2 or 3 years).
That is why young people can ride new car every a few years..
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
If there’s a new car coming out, what’s the average number of cars that are produced in the first year?
The biggest producer on the market is Škoda Auto, with almost 355,000 cars, followed by Toyota Peugeot Citroën Automobile Czech (TPCA) with almost 174,000 cars.
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