“A car is not a luxury, but a means of transportation,” wrote the classics of Russian literature Ilf and Petrov. Your car allows you to be more mobile, facilitates the task of transporting goods, protects against problems of public transport. If buying a new car is not affordable, you can get a used car.
Russian bulletin boards
On the popular bulletin board (Avito, Olx) in the "Transport" section, you can find hundreds of announcements from sellers of inexpensive cars. Select your city on the service.
Each bulletin board has a price cap. Choose to sort "by price", from cheapest to most expensive car. Now you can evaluate the technical specifications and photos of cheap cars. The announcement also contains the most important information for the buyer - price, contacts of the owner. If you are satisfied with a specific option, you can call the seller. Introduce yourself, say that you are from Avito / Olx about buying a car. Ask for details of why the car is selling so cheaply. If the price does not suit you, you can bargain. You can also postpone bargaining until you see the car, which can also be negotiated by phone.
Drom portal
Millions of car enthusiasts are registered on the Drom portal. On the Drom website, you can find not only thousands of review articles and comparisons, blogs of motorists, but also an impressive number of ads for sale.
eBay
EBay is one of the most successful services in the world. It is a popular trading platform with a huge turnover. Sold on eBay and used cars.
To buy a used car on eBay, you need an amount of money in your PayPal wallet. It should be noted that if you make a purchase through the eBay "auction" service, then the system acts as a guarantor of the transaction, and you do not risk anything.
Since you can buy a cheap foreign car overseas, there may be a transportation problem when buying on eBay. It is advisable to deliver the insured used car to one of the Russian ports (St. Petersburg, Vladivostok). Please note that the car will need to be cleared through customs, and you will have to pay tax for it when crossing the border.
Bailiffs auction
The Russian law enforcement system has “fines” for traffic offenders. A car can only be picked up for a serious offense in which the driver is deprived of his driver's license: crossing a double continuous line, drunk driving, a violation that led to an accident.
You have to pay for the car's stay in the parking lot - if the driver does not do this for some reason, the bailiffs have the right to confiscate this property. A used car can also get to the bailiffs in case of non-payment of a loan, mortgage, etc.
The bailiff auction sells used cars to legal entities and individuals. The starting price for such a property is quite low.
