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Cosmetic & Body condition- Check the condition of the body & the paint. Make sure all the lights, blinkers & windows work properly. Check the trunk & gas door releases. Make sure you know where these items are.



car shocks absorbers CV boots often wear out on older front-wheel and all-wheel drive cars. It is crucial that you replace them before they fail because they connect the drive shaft to the wheel axles. There are warning signs you can pick up on if you pay attention. Most common is a popping sound you can hear when you turn the steering wheel. If you look up under your car every so often, you can visually see the condition of the rubber boot and spot if there are cracks in the boot. If so, it's an easy and cheap repair. But if you let it go, the grease can leak out through the cracks and the CV joint can fail. Now you're looking at hundreds of dollars instead of a few.

Suspension Component Replacement. Replacing the suspension components such as the struts, shocks, control arms and bushings may seem easy to do. This kind of fixing actually needs the aid of a wheel alignment rack along with other special tools which don't have at home. So you might as well leave it to the pros to get the job done right.

2012 altima Bear in mind the complexity of the electrical and AC systems on an RV. When weighing the purchase, try to get a handle on what problems those systems might have, then weigh it against your own level of know-how in repairing them. It's one of many ways you can get in over your head on the purchase.

Suspension dampers Another way the car gets knocked about is with garbage. When taking out bulky garbage bags to the can, the car can easily get knocked. If there was a heavy object in the bag, then most likely the car will end up getting dented, even if only slightly. This little nicks and dings are unnecessary but extremely bothersome.

Naturally, when the car is covered, it is shielded from dust, birds' droppings and tree sap. All three are pure pains-in-the neck as they find their way onto the car and make it look most unsightly. The birds' muck is also terribly difficult to full remove.