How Much Should I Pay: 2006 Honda Civic (Updated)
This Is An Update To A Previous Question
Follow Up Comment: I talked to Private Seller on the phone before going to the house. Asked her for the VIN. As soon as I asked she revealed there was two accidents on the vehicle. So I looked up the carfax and it was CLEAN. Nothing on it. WOW! (makes future reference not to rely on carfax). She said the accidents were fender benders and it looked like she rear ended someone the first one and that cost $2000 to insurance. So I factored that in. I took it for a test drive and it drove perfectly. Check interior was great. There was a ding on the hood about an inch long.
After I got back from the drive I asked her if she was willing to negotiate the price and she asked me what I thought and I said 13,500. She said alot of people ask her that but I was the only normal one. I then asked her if she could take it to my mechanic which is only about 5 miles from her house tomorrow, and that’ll cost $127. She agreed on that and I’ll pay her for that either way. So everyone looks good on this deal so far. Thanks for all the advice. So do we go to the DMV to transfer the title, how does that part work? Taxes (is there a way around that)?
Queen of the Road: How about that? The carfax is CLEAN? LOL. Yes, only when the car is fixed at the dealership’s service dept. or well-known big-name shops will it turn up on Carfax.
Alright, when you buy the car from the private party, you’ll pay the owner and the owner should give you the title. On the title, it’ll state the amount you purchased the car for. The taxes will be on the price that they wrote on the title and you’ll pay tax and registration to the DMV when you go to transfer the car. So, you’ll pay taxes on whatever amount you wrote on the title. Let us know how everything goes! Goodluck!
