>>26364 >If you don't buy it from second hand dealers but from the owners directly you can see who they are. Ask questions about maintenance and watch their reaction. For example if they are hasty to assure you it were cared for very much then probably was less. Ofc there are many good liars out there.
I don't really like arguing and bargaining, so it wouldn't end well, but maybe I'll try. Big second hand dealers here have some advantages though, like paying with debit card (I don't really want to move around city with thousand of dollars in cash), less amount of danger (same thing with cash) and some diagnostics of car. Trusting them would be stupid, but at least they may give some documents for easier registration in traffic police (diagnostic card etc).
Although buying from owner is cheaper, and dealers have less cars in stock.
>Create a repair fund way before you purchase the car and save money for that
I already decided to spend only half of my savings on car, maybe even less, because this country stays in constant crisis with rising prices and stalled wages. Spending more will be too stupid in this situation.