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Buying guides archive
09/06/09
Advice on staying safe when buying or selling a used car.We know that buying a car can be stressful. It involves huge amounts of money – more than you’d ever spend at once on anything else, except when buying a house. And while most folk are honest, there are the crooked few that will try to sell you a car with a dubious past.
Don’t let them. With motors.co.uk you can trust that we’ve done everything we can to weed out dodgy cars before they reach the site. As members of the Vehicle Safe Trading Advisory Group (VSTAG), we’re heading the fight against buyers scams and dishonest trading.
To find out more about what we do – and the advice we offer – click on the links below:
Watch Quentin Willson's and motors.co.uk's video explaining how to keep safe when buying
Download your FREE car buyers' guide here
Download car buying advice from VSTAG
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