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Selling Cars Whole vs Selling for Parts

‌A friend of mine recently came home from the grocery store to find her husband had hauled the shell of boat onto their driveway. He had been given it for free from a neighbor who was about to scrap it and was just pleased for someone to take it away. It had some holes. It had 3 layers of old paint, all flaking. The benches were rotten, and the motor was dead. My friend did not look thrilled (her teenage daughter was horrified - sure, she wanted to invite her friends to come hang out on her boat, but this was far from what she had in mind). But my friend’s husband saw a project. He gave each kid a paint scraper and safely goggles, and a while his wife unloaded groceries from the car, they delved into discussing paint colors and boat names. Paint flakes chipped away. Rotten wood was ripped out. A plan was emerging for making it water-tight. One man’s junk had become another man’s gem.

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What is Actually Covered Under a Manufacturer Warranty?

‌All vehicles come with a warranty period, although this varies from manufacturer to manufacturer. A car manufacturers warranty is offered for a handful of reasons but the major being to cover any form of repairs that may come up during an agreed number of years. Warranties serve as a good selling point for car because it helps the buyer feel a lessened level of risk and a heightened level of faith in the product’s quality. 

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How to Decode a VIN

VIN stands for Vehicle Identification Number. It is simply a unique number made up of 17 characters used to describe a vehicle. Decode a VIN makes it easy to find out more about your truck or vehicle. Every vehicle since 1981 (except some imports) has VIN. Each Vehicle consists of a code of 17 digits which is surely different for every vehicle on earth.