Some Things to Consider when Buying a Vehicle

This post should take three minutes to five minutes to read from start to finish. This post is similar to Some Things to Consider When Buying a House post. This post focuses on our experiences (my experience and Jacob''s experience) when we were considering about purchasing our current family vehicle and prior to making the full commitment of buying our family vehicle. Also the process it took for us to legally claim for us to legally own the vehicles from our parents. After sharing our experience with you, let me share with you some questions for you to ask yourself either as you read this post or in your own time.

Jacob's parents has purchased a truck during Jacob's full-time mission. Prior to meeting Jacob and into the first year of our marriage; he was paying off his truck to his parents. Once he finished paying off the truck to his parents, he was able to get his name transferred to the truck as new ownership. By then he can legally claimed that the truck once his parents to him. 

To my surprise; Jacob still owns the truck to this day. Jacob does a great job for taking care of his vehicle by doing oil change all by himself, changing the batteries all by himself, and other important things. However he seems to only go to the mechanics for getting new tyres (tires), balancing and rotating tyres (tires) for his truck. 

Prior to meeting Jacob online; I've gone through almost three different vehicles but I did go through three vehicles prior to meeting each other in person. First vehicle was originally what my parents (I think it was mostly claimed by my Dad) owned, and I gone ahead of going to mechanics to pay for the repairs to get the vehicle roadworthy. After that, I went ahead and paid for either six months registration or yearly registration to the vehicle. I also had to fill out the paperwork for transferring ownerships of the vehicle. By then, I was able to legally claim the vehicle is mine. 

The second vehicle, I honestly didn't think about any considerations. I was nineteen years old at the time when I've purchased a second vehicle. I just saw a cheap car that was on for sale on Facebook Marketplace. I kept wishing that I've thought about some considerations prior to purchasing that vehicle. That vehicle has lasted me most of my temporarily stay in Perth. 

The third vehicle, I didn't think about too many considerations. I've always looked around for a vehicle that I can afford and buy it upfront. I was hoping that I didn't experience any issues after purchasing the vehicle. I've considered about how many seats does the car have, for the car to be cheap to run on fuel (gas) - less than $75 a week preferably depending on how much driving that I do, does the air con/heater works in the car, and would I be able to have friends or relatives in the car with me to feel comfortable in sitting in the car. 

Let me share with you some things for you to consider when buying a car. Follow by, let me share with you some questions to ask yourself either now or in your own time. 

Think about the current condition of the car (inside the car and outside the car). Think about the car smell. he current condition of the car. The age of the car. The number of times of the car to be regular serviced. Any owners of the vehicle prior to you buying the car and owning it. The number of seats and rows does the car have. The car have any mechanical issues. 

Do I see myself driving in that car for short-term?

Do I see myself driving in that car for long-term?

What’s the purpose of having that car?

What specifications do I like that car have?

Do I know how many seats does the car have?

Do I know how many rows does the car have?

Does the car include a spare tire? 

Does the car include a spare key? 

When Jacob and I was car hunting for a family vehicle, we've considered a lot of things. Let me share with some things that we've considered prior to making a commitment and do a down payment of the car.

We've considered about the condition of the car. We've considered the age of the car (how old is it?)  We've considered about how many seats does the car have including how many rows does the car have. We've considered about how many mileage has the car been driven prior to us. We've considered and we both done a test drive. We've checked if the car has been regular serviced and maintained when the car was under the previous owner/s before us. We've considered about what are several top specifications do we like about the car have. 

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