The purchase of a second­hand car is a step­by­step process; it pays to spend a moment going overt hese steps to make sure the transaction goes the way you’d like it to go. The last step is price negotiation; by some, it might seem embarrassing to even try and ask about a discount. Is it really an embarrassment, though? How to negotiate car price to make it effective?

When buying a used car from someone else than family or friend we have basically three options – searching through classifieds in print (still used by older people who are not keen on using the Internet), browsing through online classifieds (e.g. websites like motors.co.uk or gumtree.com/cars) and visiting a used car dealer. Every option has its pros and cons.