Anyone Know of a GOOD Used Car web-site?

[Budarow]

Like many peeps, I'd like to buy a good used car for a good price but it seems like 90%+ of the used car listings on the web are from dealerships. And of course the dealerships pay a low price and mark it up 30%-40% or more before they turn around and re-sell the car.

I neither need nor want "the middleman" to help me out nor am I willing to pay them.

Are used car buyers STUCK with the above system or is there a web-site out there with MOSTLY private party sellers?

Thanks,

Budarow

 

[pulse8]

Autotrader.com

 

[SSP]

Autotrader can filter out dealer listings.

 

[CrackRabbit]

Check your local newspaper's website. Lots of them have their classifieds section online. There is always Craigslist as well.

 

[vi edit]

From my experience, many "private" sellers are worse about overvaluing their crap than dealers.

That being said, your local newspaper site should have a classified section that lets you search by "classifieds" only and keeps out the commercial dealers.

 

[thomsbrain]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
From my experience, many "private" sellers are worse about overvaluing their crap than dealers.

That being said, your local newspaper site should have a classified section that lets you search by "classifieds" only and keeps out the commercial dealers.

plenty of dealers place inconspicuous listings in the classifieds, as well. i actually bought a car from a subaru dealership where the ad was just a basic listing of the car, mileage, condition, and a phone number, in with all the others.

i think a good bet is craigslist. plenty of dealer cars show up there, but you can almost always tell by the format of the posting, the pics (is it in a driveway? or on a lot with "MUST SEE!" written on the window?), and often the ad will simply specify. i think most dealers in the bay area actually subscribe to a service that places their ads on craigslist, because they almost all use an identical format, regardless of make or location.

 

[George P Burdell]

Originally posted by: pulse8
Autotrader.com