Is buying a used car from a car rental company cheaper than buying it from a dealer?

Question

i am a first time buyer and need advice on getting a good,durable car without paying so much.i'll appreciate any advice.

Answer 1

you should look up www.enterprize.com they have lots of good cars and good financing or if your bank deals with them you could get a better rate but over all you are better of getting it from them good prices and you can buy a warranty with the vehicle.

Answer 2

here are some search results.Good Luck.

http://www.yabloog.com/buy_used_car.html

Answer 3

Be Careful someone may sell you a lemon.

Answer 4

The rental company would sale it to you cheaper then the dealer would, the dealer is going to try to make more money off of the car where the rental company just wants to get it off of the lot.asap. The dealer is also going to clean it upand not tell you every little thing about the car.

Answer 5

You will absolutely pay a lot more for buying from a rental agency. Work out the payments. BUT sometimes you have no choice for credit reasons. It is usually really easy to walk onto a rental lot and drive off with a car, a dealership isnt always as easy and much more stressful. You will pay more, but it depends on your situation. And you have to watch out about the cars there. My sister got one from a rental company and has but thousands of dollars into it so far. Make sure you check it out. It is worth the 50-75 bucks, whatever the dealership near you charges, to run diagnostics on a vehicle that you are looking at buying. It might just save you thousands or give you a clean bill of health! And try to run a carfax on it as well. When you are making a purchase as big as a vehicle sometimes you ahve to put a little into it up front as an insuracne policy. It is not worth it to purchase something cause it looks pretty and stylish and have it break down on your constantly. And you might just find out something is wrong with it that is easy to fix, and get them to drop the price! Its a big purchase. Take it sesriously!

Answer 6

     I have bought my last 2 cars from rental companies (Hertz and Enterprise ) and have been very satisfied. The prices are very competitive and fixed so there is no need to haggle. The enterprise guy said they only resell their best cars, the others they sell to dealers.

        So both times I got fairly low milage cars (about 25,000 )that I ran the wheels off. You can look on line and check their local inventory. The only thing I will do next time is decline their extended warranty, kinda pricy and I never used it. Plus you can buy warranty from 3rd party. Good luck

      

Answer 7

auction much cheaper

or people who donate the car to some inc and you can buy them for few hundred

Answer 8

dont buy from a car rental company..abuse galore.

Buy from a dealer  for an opposite brand..and you may pay less. LIKE a Toyota at a Cadillac dealership.. They know the value of their won model..maybe less so with Toyota.

or trader dealer//

Answer 9

Do not buy from a rental company. The cars will be used by all sorts of people and in no due respect to the machine.

You can get better deals directly from the dealer and the added warranty that you get is a bonus.

However, the best option would be to look out for individuals who would sell their car, as for some people car is like part of the family, so they take care of it very well. And if you are really lucky, you might end up having a really good car.

Answer 10

I'd recommend against buying an ex-rental car.   You've had 100's of different people drive that car all different types of hard.    There is risk with any used car, but that's much riskier.

The cheapest way to buy a used car is from another person.  Pick up the local newspaper or look at Craigslist.com or Ebay Motors.   Just know the value before you go in, and never take the sticker price......always offer $500 or 1000 less.

Answer 11

You should stay away from rental cars. Since the renters don't actually own the car, they tend to abuse them. You're better off going to a car auction where you can get a car for way cheaper than what a dealership would charge you.