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Before the use of computerized automotive sensors, fixing a car was way easier.

In the old days, it was a lot different. For instance, either moving a distributor, or adjusting a screw on a carburetor, might be all you had to do.

If you had fuel, spark and you were close to correct in your ignition timing, your engine would run. As a result, problems in these mechanical systems, were relatively easy to solve.

Today, we have electronic automotive sensors, that monitor various aspects of the vehicle. And, send information to the driver or (ECU PCM). Then, the (ECU PCM) automatically makes adjustments to a particular component, based on the information it received from the sensor.

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Carvana is just a used car dealer

Thinking of buying a used car? Avoid all used car dealers specially CARVANA. I was in used care industry for 40 years. I learned so much and how dishonest the entire business of used car is. The cars you see in used car dealerships, regardless of where the dealer is or what the name is, all come from a few sources, cars traded at new car dealerships when someone buys a new car, lease returns, car rental companies, and some repossessed cars from banks and financial companies. 90% of these cars have major problems. The reason is, most of the time you trade in your car for a new car because it is causing you problem and expensive to maintain. As for lease returns, most people don’t care to maintain these cars because in reality a leased car is just rented car for longer period of time, say 2-3 years. With that said you can imagine the condition of short term rental cars. No one cares when it is not their own car specially when it is a rent a car they are driving. Then we come to repossessed cars. If someone is not paying for their car, they are in difficult financial situation, therefore they don’t maintain their car either, so what the bank gets back is neglected car with bunch of repair bills. Bank and finance companies are not in business of repairing cars, so they sell these cars to Auto Action.

Now lets see what happens to the cars that are traded to the new car dealers. The new car dealers screens these cars traded to them for existing problems and how much is cost to fix these problems. If the repair bill is small, and the car is in good condition, they repair it and put it for sale in their used cars section of the dealership. This is the only place you can get a relatively half way decent used cars, since their dealership name and reputation is on line!, they make sure yo sell a car that dose not have major problem. The rest of the trad ins with problems and high repair cost, would be sold to Car auction houses all over the country. All the other used cars from the rental companies leasing companies, bank repos and insurance companies, also are sold through car auction houses.

This is where all used car dealerships get 99% of their cars. Used cars that no one els wanted, ends up in the used car dealers all over the city. The worst part is that because of major problems these cars have and the high cost of repairing them( the very reason your trade in was send to auction by the new car dealer) the used car dealer make them look nice and shiny and put them up for sale without repairing them. The other scam these used car dealers use is to sell you high cost warranty, high interest financing and add bunch of other junk fee to the contract that you would not notice until it is too late. My advise to you is not to buy a used car and if you really want to buy a used car, buy it from a local new car dealership with good reputation or from a private party!

Buy the way CARVAN is created by a used car dealer owner who was convicted of fraud and was found guilty and sentenced to 3 years of probation. His son is now the CEO OF CARVANA and the father owns near 20 billion dollars worth of the stocks of the company and just in past few months sold almost 4 billion dollars worth of shares of Carvana. Not a good sign.

How and where to buy best used cars

I’m a DIY’er and love working on cars and our farm and learning more about them. Don’t want to give up my career as an Airline Pilot to become a car mechanic. But my career presents a problem, I may be off 14-17 per month, but it’s never on the same days. Looking for recommendations for a reputable distance learning programs in the Louisville, Kentucky or Southern Indiana area.