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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 5180490, member: 1414"] Yes. But it was a local place with a good reputation. They were mostly selling and servicing "luxury" brands. A lot of local people drive those care and these guys can offer a little more than the lowball wholesale they get trading them in. So had a good inventory of locally owned used cars. Some of those places just buy wholesale and the risk is that they don't check the off lease cars as closely as big dealers. In some ways I trust traded cars more than the off-lease cars. My advice from getting absolutely great used cars and lemon used cars is to drive it more than once. Drive two of the same car as well. Not just the one. Sometimes you can tell right away. I didn't trust my gut on a Lexus RX, and it sucked. Bought a BMW 328 after driving 4-5 of them at the same dealership, one stood out, no rattles, no vibrations, just rock solid. And it was for years. [/QUOTE]