http://www.classicmilitaryautomotive.com/2009/08/the-first-step-do-the-research/ Everything you ever wanted to know about military vehicles, from Ford GPW to Willys MB, Dodge, and more... Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:36:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.classicmilitaryautomotive.com/2009/08/the-first-step-do-the-research/#comment-9 Classic Military Automotive » Blog Archive » Step Three: Making Your Purchase Decision Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:54:43 +0000 http://blog.classicmilitaryautomotive.com/?p=8#comment-9 [...] Sellers often use extreme comparable sales data to justify asking a higher price. Many of the jeeps in this price range turn over, and will run down the road; however, after further investigation, one will find that many short cuts were used in past maintenance attempts. What were the previous owner’s driving and maintenance habits. If you have to tear the whole vehicle apart to repair shoddy repairs to essential components, the cost could nearly negate the purchase price. This is where you need to do your research. Be very familiar with bad performance issues. A good resource for how a Jeep should perform is to ask a neutral third party who has a fully restored jeep or will let you test-drive a “good driver.” (See step #1) [...] […] Sellers often use extreme comparable sales data to justify asking a higher price. Many of the jeeps in this price range turn over, and will run down the road; however, after further investigation, one will find that many short cuts were used in past maintenance attempts. What were the previous owner’s driving and maintenance habits. If you have to tear the whole vehicle apart to repair shoddy repairs to essential components, the cost could nearly negate the purchase price. This is where you need to do your research. Be very familiar with bad performance issues. A good resource for how a Jeep should perform is to ask a neutral third party who has a fully restored jeep or will let you test-drive a “good driver.” (See step #1) […]

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