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Where do people search for used cars?
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Fb marketplace.
Craigslist
As someone that just bought two cars:
Autotempest.com
It's an aggregator for used car sites such as Cars.com, autotrader.com, ebay.com and a couple of others. It has a pretty decent set of filters that works on all the aggregated sites.
This is the best answer. They don’t have a couple major sites on their, but really good!
On their what
Your quest has begun
Somewhat dependent on budget, but don’t forget about FB marketplace. It’s pretty much the only reason I still go to that godforsaken place.
Same. They got me with it. I hate it so much
They also keep enworsening the fucking thing, which is infuriating.
All of fb is maliciously coded to force you into using their malware app.
At the side of the road with a FOR SALE sign that's got a hand-written phone number on it.
Not sure where you're at, but this is a US based answer.
I like Carfax. Sure they have some sponsored crap on there, but the added value of having the Carfax data right up front is helpful for me. Other than that, I also like truecar because it gives you geographic pricing comparisons based on previously sold vehicles.
US answer is perfect. thanks for the info.
Sure thing, happy hunting!
FB marketplace or a classifieds site is where you will find the best deals, it's the only reason I still have an account with meta. It's almost always a better deal for both parties buying and selling person to person. Most people will be more honest about the condition of the car than any used dealers and they will also make more selling it directly than trading in or selling to a dealer. Buyers also save by cutting out the middle men. I'm into cars as a hobby so I'm fairly constantly buying and selling them, marketplace is where I do almost all of my transactions ever since Craigslist died.
I buy certified pre-owned from the dealership. Got a pretty good deal on my Audi and it came with a warranty. I think I saw the listing on Autotrader.
Dealers resell the best tradeins. If they have any issues or high mileage, they go down a pecking order of used car sales. The bottom of the barrel are those lots with the plastic triangle flags -any car there is a piece of shit.
Autotrader has a decent filter system. Although, you'll mostly get dealer listed used cars not private sellers.
Craigslist.
Cargurus.com
I used cars.com to search other listings. After narrowing down the vehicle I wanted after doing test drives at local dealers, searching on cars.com directed me to a local dealer that I hadn't known before that had a great deal on the car model I was looking for.
Check out local dealer's websites they often try to compete to keep their Internet listings lower than the "other guys".
I just found visor.vin a few days ago from a story about a cheap Ionic 6 SEL.
If you have a CarMax nearby, their lots will let you check inside their various vehicles without a salesman hovering over you. CarMax prices are high but they are no-haggle.
High price and no bargaining doesn't seem like a good thing.
They don't put junk on the lot and are good if you hate haggling, but you pay for that. They seem to inspect their vehicles fairly well and there are a few good deals to be had. They have a 30-day warranty, plus of course whatever is remaining of the factory warranty.
People still think they get deals with bargaining with dealers? Pretty naive. if you think you got a "deal", you didn't or you got a lemon.
this post was submitted on 12 Feb 2026
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