Breakfast team gets the lowdown on buying a used car from our consumer commentator Troy Churton.

Watch the Episode TVNZ Breakfast: Tips for buying a used car.

CarJam got a plug too!

What secrets is the bloke selling your car not telling you? CarJam got a plug too!

Watch the Episode: “FairGo: The secret life of cars”

The advice is: never buy a vehicle without a vehicle report. And you all know CarJam is the best and cheapest!

Thanks to seeing the article, I dug deeper and found out that the car had been in an accident and had been written off.  The dealer, posing as a private vendor, continued to lie to me when I asked him if the car had been in an accident.  When I asked if I could arrange for an AA inspection he offered to organise an “inspection” through another company for me… just like the guy featured in the article.  Buying the vehicle report from your website was the best $14 I ever spent!!

I noticed that my CEOs car had a personalised plate, so I ‘carjamed’ it because I was curious about the engine displacement and then happened to notice that his WoF had expired 1 day ago.  The next day, I bumped into him in the lift and reminded him that he needed to sort his WoF out.  lol.  Then I showed him the free carjam report for his car on my phone and, being the techie that he is, he was pretty impressed with your site.
— by John

It’s also a good idea to check the WOF odometer reading the very next day in case the inspectors put in the wrong reading. It’s so much easier to come back to them the next day for an easy fix than going through a formal NZTA’s process of fixing the old records.

Stolen vehicle can now be checked for free

Previously only available for purchase this free information represents a breakthrough in crime prevention.

If you are purchasing a vehicle or worried about dodgy vehicles in your neighborhood then what could be more useful than quickly and freely determining if a vehicle is stolen as reported to the police. Only from CarJam!

Consumer Information Notice

Also available in this site upgrade when you purchase a Security Interest report a free Consumer Information Notice – mandatory if you are a dealer and very, very useful if you are selling privately to reassure your prospective buyers of the reliable facts about your car.

Odometer history and vehicle usage are now eye-candy

Odometer and usage graphs now show the basic history of a vehicle in an easy to understand visual format with any irregularities highlighted to avoid confusion.

About Lance Wiggs
Lance is an independent consultant providing management, strategy, growth and valuation consulting to industrial, media and internet based businesses. More about Lance on his blog. His blog is a great source of useful information.

Just a short note to say thank you all the CarJammers and New Zealand motorists who have helped CarJam to grow.

We hope you are looking forward to the summer break and next year as eagerly as we are.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year – Good Luck for 2010!

“Hey there awesome site, great work.” — Cheers, Joseph

“Awesome site you have!”  — Sue

and many, many more…

Thank you all