JACK SONATA

As a former used car salesman, I have spent the majority of my life learning and teaching others how to make automotive savings. As you'd expect I am a big advocate for used cars rather than new ones. It is beyond me how people can justify paying over the odds for a vehicle just because it hasn't been driven previously by anyone else, when there are perfectly good used models out there which can be picked up for a fraction of the price... In my time I have probably driven hundreds of used cars, and have owned around fifteen. Of those fifteen the only real problem I had of any note was having to change the driveshaft on a Ford Escort, and to be honest it caused me very little trouble. In fairness I have been pretty lucky with my motors but I still believe that you shouldn't be worried by the reliability of a used car... Now more than ever it puzzles me that people that people would buy a model brand new, when the current economic climate of the UK is in a state of recession. Surely..