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Before you buy, check out used car.
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Sep. 17–Five months ago, Mary G. Greene of Raleigh bought a used 2001 Chevy Malibu. Since then, she said, the car has broken down so many times that she has exhausted her “four free tows a year offer” from AAA. Greene is worried that she paid $8,000 for a lemon. After listening to her, I had one question: Did she have the car checked by a mechanic before she bought it? “I didn’t,” Greene said, “but you bet that the next time, I will.” Greene certainly isn’t the first person to buy a used car without having it inspected by a professional mechanic. Billy Teakell, a manager at Quality Car on Capital Boulevard in Raleigh, said that… |
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