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How to Check If a Car Has Been in an Accident
Three checks from Elso’s inspection video, a practical bodywork guide and the limits of accident-history reports.
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Straightforward buying and selling guides, practical checks and videos from our team in Strand.
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Selling Your Car
Should You Trade In or Sell Your Car Privately?
Compare the money you keep, the work involved and the handover risk, with a worked rand example for financed and paid-off cars.
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What Car Should I Buy? Choose for Your Life and Budget
Build a practical shortlist around your daily journeys, passengers, full ownership budget and the condition of each car.
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Used-Car Inspection Checklist for South African Buyers
A viewing sequence for documents, service history, bodywork, tyres, equipment and the test drive, with questions to resolve before paying.
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7 Warning Signs When Buying a Used Car
Know when to pause a purchase: conflicting records, unexplained repairs, unsafe symptoms, unclear cover and pressure to pay.
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Practical checks, ownership advice and a few stories from our team. Vehicle walkarounds are archive videos; browse the showroom for current availability.
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Just found this Petrol slip in a clients car from 2004! Very well preserved.👀 Look at the Fuel price in 2004!R4.06 per LitreR166.84 for 41.10Lvs R29.44 per Litre today.Those where the days!!
