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Car Search Engines

Used Cars Advice

Smart Way To Search Used Cars


A good used car search engines site can save you a lot of time while searching for used cars online.

You can input the exact search criteria into the search box and get exactly what you looking for. In this page, we will look at three popular sites and demonstrate how to use them.

Used Car Search Engine at Vehix

Vehix.com - Search Used Cars!

Vehix Used Car site is the most user friendly search engine site designed for used cars on the Internet! To better illustrate how it works, we will take a look at Vehix Used Car site.


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Click on “Search Local Used Car Inventory” drop down menu and pick the make or manufacture name.

For example we will choose BMW, and then enter the zip code of your choice, we will put 95117. Then hit “Search Used”.

The initial search result page contains x number of cars (BMW) within X miles of your chosen zip code (95117). Notice that they are combination of both car dealers inventory as well as for sale by owner used cars.

At this point you can narrow down your search by specify your personal preference. You can search your next car by as close as 25 miles within your zip code or as far as 300 miles, the choice is yours.

Are you looking for certain trim level or model of the vehicle? How about search by price? You can do that by click on “By Price” drop down menu and pick a price range. You can choose “By Year” which allows you to pick some really old cheap used cars.

If you are sensitive about the mileage of the use car, with Vehix Used Car Search Engine you can sort vehicles by the current mileage.

Would it be under 40,000 or 100,000 miles, it’s all at your finger tips.

With higher and higher gas price those days. It’s very important that you pick a fuel efficient used vehicle.

Try to pick a car that is average 20 MPG or better, so you don't end up spend more money on the gas bill than the car itself.

FYI: White, Silver and Blue are the best selling colors of all time. Those colors tend to lead less car accidents and car insurance cost the least among all other colors. Black and Red are usually cost more.

eBay Used Car Search Engine

eBay Motors is by far the biggest used car search engine ever on the internet. The benefit of using eBay used car search engine is that you get to search for vehicles that are not available within your near by zip code.

Also, there are tons of great deals on wheels that you simply don’t see locally. You can refine your search by choosing dealer’s inventories or stick with private sellers only.

Other criteria like model year, mileage range, exterior color, price range, body type and fuel type are available for you to narrow down your search.

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One great feature that No other used car search engine offers is that you are able to search for Completed Listings on eBay to get an idea about how much is the vehicle sold for.

This information can be extremely valuable to you if you are in the business of buying and selling used cars.

In my Used Car Tutorial Page I talk about more details on how to compare used car eBay value and locale values. In essence, a used car’s eBay value is somewhere higher than trade in value and lower than retail value.

By carefully researching on eBay Motors and your local market, you can make some easy cash based on the “buy low sell high” principle.


Local Used Car Search Engine

Your local Craigslist features an easy to search used car search engine under the cars & trucks section of their site. You can choose to browse “For Sale by Owner” cars or “Cars & Trucks by Dealer” or both.

With Craigslist, you can type in the vehicle you are looking for in the search for box and hit “Search” to see the relevant results. There are 3 search criteria allow you to fine tuning search results:

  • Only Search Titles
  • Search Only Ads Contains Images
  • Search by Price Range

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Tips on Search Craigslist Used Cars

Check used car listing daily for bargain ride on Craigslist. Check the box says “Has Image” and search for “Cars & Trucks by Owner”. You can always catch someone listing their vehicles for sale below market value because they need to sell the car FAST!

Read the ad, make the phone call and be the first one to look at the car and make an offer. If you have been looking for cars on Craigslist for a while, you would see some listings are been reposted a few times.

Every time the ad is reposted, the asking price tends to get lower. This could be a problem car to own or a vehicle that is not in high demand.

If you happened to look for a car like that, get in touch with the owner on the phone and ask for more details about the vehicle. Make an offer and see how much lower it will go for.


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