Should I buy this truck?

Question

I see a man, selling an old Ford Bronco-I don't know what year it is. It has a new engine & a new alternator, & it's $3,200 that he's selling it for. He's selling it personally off the street. Does this sound like a good deal? Do you think I might get scammed, since it's being sold off the street from the owner himself? I'm scared because of a bad scam experience I had.

I need a vehicle, though, & I need something with a lot of room, like this truck so I can travel with. I've been moving around a lot because of certain extenuating circumstances. Or am I better off going to a used car dealership? Hell! I was scammed by a regular car dealership with buying my 1st car that was BRAND new. I was threatened into financing a car that I wanted to pay out, & now I don't have a car anymore.

Answer 1

Depends on the year of Bronco, if you mean one from 1985-86, I vote no, and go shop some more. If you mean one from the sixties, up to 1971, I would buy it. Ask to see the title, make sure it's in his name, ask to see his ID, if you have any doubts. If there is a lienholder, you cannot get title in your name, without the release of interest from them. If all looks good on the title, and you test drove it, and runs great, buy it, and cruise on. Good luck.

Answer 2

save it tuned up, sparkling sparkling oil and air filter out, use chevron great unleaded, and flow away the inventory length tires, you upload 33 and you will lose a pair miles a gallon undemanding, and not even the gasoline injected autos get 20mpg gasoline injection and an exceedingly gentle foot and inventory tires maybe, 350 is And continually has been a artwork horse and especially in a heavy truck that's what you have its 14 to sixteen down hill with a tail wind. None of that chilly air injection crap works or perhaps power chips are valueless, so save your money, delight on your truck for what it became into made for in 1980 which became right into a solid solid working truck.

Answer 3

It sounds like a great deal.

Here's the catch: It's a used car.

You have to factor in the basic idea that you're buying it AS IS, that you have no idea of its history, etc. etc.

There is no such thing as "good deals" on used cars. There's just getting lucky. Anything with moving parts can break at any time. You just have to decide whether or not that risk is going to work for you.

You can lessen that risk by maybe having a personal mechanic check it out. But you have to understand that the car is not new and even mechanics can't predict the future.

Answer 4

Find out what year it is. Get all the pertinent information on it and then go on line to a site like Edmonds and find the fair market value on the vehicle. You do usually get a better deal when people sell a vehicle themselves. The dealers mark them up way too much.

Answer 5

Ask for proof it has a new engine. He should have some receipts.

Ask why he's selling it after spending money on a new engine.

If it IS a new engine and it will pass emissions test, go for it.

Answer 6

If in doubt Dont. I have had good deals from Budget Rental cars

Answer 7

If you really want to buy it, take it to your mechanic first, and see what he/she says! If you can't take it to your mecanic, you can always bring your mecanic to the car!!