| You can buy a real dream vehicle at a government | | | | stolen. |
| seized auto auction, but you can also purchase | | | | 6. If your vehicle history report shows that the auto |
| onehuge nightmare of a lemon monster. These tips | | | | has a rebuilt title, deduct 30%. |
| will steer you in the right direction. | | | | 7. Check the odometer against your vehicle history |
| 1. Biggest tip: Get to the government auto auction | | | | report. An alternate method is to lookat the brake |
| early. You have got to pick out the cars you | | | | pedals and see if the wear is congruent with the |
| areinterested in and inspect the cars thoroughly. If | | | | odometer. If the brake pedalslook excessively worn |
| you don't want to have a sour lemony taste inyour | | | | compared to what the odometer reads, the |
| mouth later, run a vehicle history report! Have | | | | odometer may have been tamperedwith. |
| someone standing by that you can call on yourcell | | | | 8. Deduct for excessive mileage. The US Department |
| and run a Carfax report. | | | | of Transportation reports that the averagecar is |
| 2. Bring your Kelly Blue Book and do not pay over | | | | driven 13,500 miles per year. Deduct roughly 15 cents |
| the blue book price, there will be folks that haveno | | | | per mile over that average. |
| clue, they will run up the bid price because they have | | | | 9. Learn the government auto auction process, go to |
| no idea what the auto is worth. | | | | the auctions a few times and just observeand ask |
| 3. Find out what the buyers premium is for that | | | | questions. This will prevent you from making costly |
| particular government auto auction and remember | | | | mistakes on your first live auction. |
| tofactor that into the equation, it is typically 5% to | | | | 10. Follow your gut! If a car, truck, or boat does not |
| 10% of the winning bid. Most first timecar auction | | | | feel right, don't buy it. You will be rightmore times |
| buyers do not even know about the buyers | | | | than not. |
| premium. | | | | If you follow these 10 guidelines as well as |
| 4. Bring a vehicle inspection check off list with you. It | | | | performing a thorough vehicle inspection, you can |
| is very easy to forget some crucialinspections. This is | | | | getsome real bargains at a government seized auto |
| key, as you will be buying the seized auto AS IS! | | | | auction. Whether you are buying for yourself or |
| 5. Mismatched VIN tags, doors, trunk, hood, and | | | | toretail on the market remember to never fall in love |
| dashboard should all match. Mismatched VIN | | | | with any one auto. There will always be another. |
| tagsusually means the vehicle has been wrecked or | | | | |