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Buying a car privately

Most modified cars will be for sale privately as dealers don’t tend to get involved with them. This means you will have to be more careful when buying a ride as private sales don’t have as many comebacks as buying from a dealer.

There are always going to be risks with buying privately but try to avoid letting this put you off. As long as you follow this guide carefully and use your initiative you will hopefully be the proud owner of a new ride very soon.


Here are a few things to be aware of:

  • You probably will not get a warranty with your new ride so make sure you thoroughly check the ride you are looking to buy.


  • When it comes to legal come backs there is not a lot you can do. Most of the time once you have bought the ride that’s it unless the ride is found out to be unroad worthy or stolen. You can take legal action against your seller but there is a high risk that you may still end up out of pocket in the long run.


  • Part exchanges are becoming more common nowadays but always bear in mind that a private seller normally sells their ride because they have found another ride elsewhere. This means you will have to deal with selling your own ride yourself.


  • A dealer normally gives a vehicle a full check and by law has a standard they must live up to. When buying a ride privately this is not the case and normally the vehicle wont come with any form of checks or inspection other than the sellers own personal checks.


  • As long as you taken the relevant precautious checks and possibly an independent vehicle check if you feel it is necessary you will come away with a good new ride and you will have probably saved yourself a fortune by not going down the dealer route.