Well, I'm also looking at the same car in Kansas with 5600 miles
on it. It has the EXACT SAME features as this untitled car I will
be test driving on Thursday; same engine, same size wheels, same
everything. The only difference is the color and it's listed for
$41,399; the one I will be gazing at has 11 miles on it and it's
listed for $53,800. No way, no how, will I pay $53,800.
There's two or three others on AutoTrader that have caught my eye
and I've looked at the Carfax report for all of them.


Look carefully at all the history of a used car - make sure that it
isn't an insurance write-off or previous daily rental.
Here in Canada, the unscrupulous dealers will hide the cars history
by border-crossing - out-of-province or out-of-country is a red
flag.
The discount off those new 50 grand vehicles will be much more than
my 20 grand econo hatchback. I've heard of 10 grand discounts on
fancy pick-up trucks - to clear out last model year for brand new
ones or demo units.
John T.