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Vehicle finances are worked out and I have a short list of vehicles to look at on Wednesday. Hopefully number 1 on my list will be ok (and still available) and I don't have to keep looking. I don't really enjoy looking at cars. Don't tell the salesmen, but I'll probably pay more just so I can get it over and done with.
The one I am looking at is just out of warranty period and is sold through a Ford dealership that offers a three year mechanical warranty on the used cars. Would it make sense for me to skip the vehicle inspection in this case?
I can't answer you re the warranty question, no idea if third party warranties are any good (I steer away from them for consumer appliances). But I totally relate to you paying a bit more to get it over and done with. I think the seller for the car I ended up buying sensed that as well, I probably could've knocked another $500 off at least but I was so over it at that point. Slim pickings in the sub $8k range that I was willing to deal with.
If I can get the trade in for near the top of the range on RedBook (its very low mileage, so I should) plus $500 off the advertised price I'll be happy, but I'm going to try for a bit lower. I don't know that my negotiation skills are up to that, but guess I'll find out.