Used Car Supermarkets - Everything But the Vegetables
This summers must have drink in my household is pear cider. It comfortably alleviates the fizz that accompanies a traditional brew and yet is still refreshing and tastes like pear drops. In fact I can think of no more pleasant an experience that sitting in the sunshine outside my local watering hole supping pear cider.
This then was the scene last Saturday when my idyllic afternoon turned into a heated debate where I feared for my cider. Throughout the afternoon a few of us had been putting the world to rights, ranging from politics to football to why pirates wear eye patches. Then the subject of buying a used car cropped up and I happened to mention that a used car supermarket is the place to go. Cue uproar and verbal jostling. The state of our economy or that Manchester United were going to win the Champions league paled in comparison to the used car supermarket debate.
It appears that a lot of people have a problem with supermarkets per se claiming they strangle local businesses and I guess there’s some truth in the argument. Where for example do you buy your fruit and vegetables frome I know it’s going to take twice as long to go the butchers and greengrocers than it is to walk down adjacent aisles and pick up my weekly 5-a-day supplies. In fact my life is bought from supermarkets - hence why they’re ’super’ presumably. Petrol, CDs, home wares and food all come from the same source, because it’s not only convenient but a darn sight cheaper than going to a dedicated music shop or petrol station.
It’d be nice to use a local shop but time just doesn’t allow. Buying a used car is also a time-consuming and expensive exercise, hence my declaration that a used car supermarket will do for your car buying what a regular supermarket does for your home. The first thing to consider is the price of your used car and how much more metal you can usually get at a used car supermarket.
A main dealer is always the most expensive option, with a warranty and nicely valeted selection of nearly-new cars awaiting you. A private sale is the cheapest option but you obviously have no warranty and the worry that the police will be knocking your door, advising not to buy a stolen car in future and then taking your
