Used car guides: buying without nasty surprises

These guides answer the practical questions around buying, keeping and selling a used car: what temporary plates cost, how the purchased car gets home legally, which documents registration and deregistration require, how to jump start a car, where the first registration date sits, how to get paid safely and what to watch out for when changing a wheel with a jack.

• Temporary plates: costs, timing, documents (Kurzzeitkennzeichen)
• Transferring a car after purchase: options, costs, order of steps
• Registering a car: documents, costs, online registration and deadlines
• Deregistering a car: documents, costs and insurance
• eVB number: what it is, what it costs, how fast it arrives
• Warranty and guarantee on used cars: your rights
• Buying privately or from a dealer: the difference for your rights
• Cleaning and caring for a convertible top: fabric and plastic
• Jump starting a car: how to do it right
• Spotting fraud when selling a car: how to stop it
• First registration date: where to find it and what it means
• Safe payment when selling a car: the methods compared
• Changing a wheel with a jack: what to watch out for

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