I'm going to take a closer look at three sources where you are most likely to find the lowest used car prices. You have to do a little legwork upfront, but compared to what you'll save by following this strategy, it is well worth it. The best sources are your local newspaper's classified ad section, quality car buying gudes and car auctions.
Here follows a more detailed view of these three sources for low used auto prices.
Newspapers
Go to your local newspaper and look up the classified ads section. In almost every case you'll find lower prices here than the car retail prices. This is also a great alternative way for auto sellers compared to taking their cars to dealers for trade ins. They will get more for their car, and you will pay less than the retailer prices. You can save hundreds of dollars and maybe thousands depending of which car you deal with, and the seller will do the same. The only person that wouldn't benefit from this is the dealer.
Car Buying Guides
A guide like this is a list of cars for sale in a certain area. A real quality online guide has a list of every car in a chosen area, and also enables you to sort the list by dozens of features. It normally keeps track of every search you made and includes capacities that inform you later if something you searched for without success should turn up later. These guides will also normally give you a vehicle history report on each car listed. The right online guide for the lowest automobile prices can make your vehicle searcing process a game.
There are a few quality car price guides available online. Instead of surfing the internet for hours, and getting overwhelmed by thousands of pages of information, it's very convenient to have an easy accessible system, that find what you are looking for with a few clicks of the mouse . First and foremost I will recommend the following:
Vehicle Auctions