# Used Car Buying - How much work should a used car need?

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**Category:** Buying/Selling\
**Created:** [August 1, 2017, 12:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/used-car-buying-how-much-work-should-a-used-car-need/106459 "2017-08-01T00:03:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![wentwest](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wentwest/32/6073_2.png) [@wentwest](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wentwest)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/used-car-buying-how-much-work-should-a-used-car-need/106459/9 "2017-08-01T03:15:24Z")

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If you weren’t cynical about dealers before, you will be now. So far as I can tell, every car is perfect, nothing bad has ever happened to any of them, and reports that repairs are needed is treated with shock.

Dealers selling used cars generally know nothing about the car, except it is beautiful, you look great in it, and “what can we do to make it yours this afternoon.”

Good luck.

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