Welcome to Car Buying 101, PoliceAuctions.com’s handy guide of tips for buying a new or used vehicle. In this tutorial, we will discuss three primary methods of buying a car, which are 1, buying a vehicle through a dealer, 2, buying a vehicle via auction, government or otherwise, and 3, buying a vehicle from private party classifieds.

These are tips meant to increase your overall knowledge of the car market and to help you avoid some of the pitfalls associated with buying a car. This tutorial reflects the opinions of the PoliceAuctions.com staff, based on car industry experience, but we have no way to guarantee results using these tips, so do not substitute what you read here for your own judgment. It is our view that this information can only help you, and that a more informed buyer is more likely to make a purchase that is more beneficial to them than that of an uninformed buyer. Part of being informed buyer means doing due diligence and we will describe this more in detail as we go on.