Buying a used car

Check for moisture out of the exhaust pipe while the car is running
- You can put a tissue paper on the exhaust pipe to check for moisture
Check for the cleanness of exhaust [engine cold]
- scrape inside the pipe with a finger and if your finger stains with black soot then engine is not in a good condition; it should be clean
The parking brake should click up about six times; more than that means the pad has been worn down
- factor in the cost for the replacement of the brake padding if worn
When opening the hood, check for the sign of unscrewing of the bolt (marks, dents, and rescrewing, etc.)
- if it was unscrewed before, then it had a significant repair job done
put a paper cup full of water on top of the engine and when engine is running it should be relatively steady and not be shaking violently
oil cap should be clean; more dreg means worse condition
- smell (more savory means worse condition)

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