| Every county has local vehicle auctions listed on web | | | | Further down the sale guide you'll find vehicles without |
| sites and in yellow pages. At such auctions you've got | | | | such a good background (maybe repossessed |
| choices from every conceivable vehicle type, from | | | | following failure by someone to keep up finance) but |
| industrial trucks to family saloons, from pickups to | | | | with astute inspection by a mechanic you can still find |
| scooters and mopeds, from bikes to boats and light | | | | great bargains if you know what you're doing. At most |
| aircraft. The halls and parking lots ring with the noise of | | | | auctions you are allowed to thoroughly inspect a |
| auctioneers tripping swiftly from one lot to the next, | | | | vehicle, even turn over the engine, though a test drive |
| rolling the dollar figures on the bids and scanning the | | | | is usually beyond the remit at such sales. It is possible |
| onlookers for a swift and efficient sale. It can be an | | | | to pick up a bargain at these sales and take |
| exhilarating and chancy experience, driven along by | | | | advantage of the misfortunes of the economic |
| the urgency of these masters of auction patter and | | | | downturn. Repossessions are a great way to find |
| the anguish of a tense and expectant crowd. Auctions | | | | vehicles at the very lowest prices. |
| are not serene and are no place for the timid. | | | | There are used car price guides that give a summary |
| Each month thousands of vehicles are pushed through | | | | of the worth of cars by model, year and mileage. It's |
| the auction sales. Usually good quality cars are ones | | | | always a good idea to research the cars within your |
| that have been acquired by a dealer in a | | | | price budget. Combine this tactic with access to |
| part-exchange deal or recycled fleet cars that have | | | | someone with a mechanical background and you are |
| been maintained in great condition or government | | | | halfway to being successful at the auctions. Local |
| owned vehicles that can be listed at a minimum of | | | | vehicle auctions provide all the facilities for a great day |
| their original price. The price tag on such well-kept cars | | | | if you like the smell of exhaust and oil mixed in with |
| can be high; according to some recent reports, higher | | | | strong coffee and hamburgers. Everything is to hand |
| than their new model equivalent, but still remain | | | | to keep customers and cars rolling through the auction |
| cheaper than the same showroom model. | | | | gates and the higher the tensions the better the sales. |