Buying Vehicles From Public Car Auctions Versus From Used Car Dealerships

There are many places available to buy cars from. Public car auctions offer some advantages while used car dealers offer different advantages. We will examine both in an attempt to explain the main differences.

Public Car Auctions
Many people do not even know about public car auctions because they are a relatively new thing. There are many car auctions that are limited to wholesalers and dealers but a few are available to the average customers. These limited public auctions often open two days a week only with limited hours.

They owners of the auctions get their cars from a variety of ways; some from rental companies dumping their older fleet, some from the government seizing vehicles from people for their back taxes, some from insurance companies with cars deemed as totaled, while others get their cars from used car dealers going out of business. Some even get their vehicles from car owners wanting to sell their cars fast. Since the cars come from different ways, their condition also varies greatly.