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Notes for used car dealers.

Paperwork, buying, pricing, ageing stock and running the lot — written by people who have done it, for people still doing it.

Maruti Swift VXi
Paperwork · 6 min read · 4 February 2026

The used car document checklist every dealer should keep

Deals rarely collapse over price. They collapse over a missing NOC, a lapsed policy, or a transfer form nobody signed. Here is the full set, what each one does, and when to chase it.

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Tata Nexon EV
Inventory · 5 min read

What ageing stock actually costs a small dealer

Every dealer knows the car that has been there too long. Fewer can put a number on it, which is exactly why it stays. Four costs, and the point at which selling beats waiting.

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Hyundai Creta SX
Selling · 4 min read

How to share a vehicle with a buyer without giving away your margin

Forwarding the original photos leaks three things you would never say aloud: what you paid, who you bought it from, and their phone number. What belongs in a listing, and what never should.

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Honda City ZX
Pricing · 7 min read

How to price a used car in India without guessing

Portal estimates do not know what you paid, what you spent putting the car right, or how long you can afford to hold it. Price from your own numbers first, then check the market.

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Mahindra XUV300 W8
Paperwork · 6 min read

Buying a car from another state: the NOC and RTO checklist

An out-of-state car is often the better buy, right up until the transfer. What to verify before you pay, what takes longest, and how to keep re-registration from eating a month of margin.

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Maruti Baleno Zeta
Buying · 7 min read

A 20-minute inspection that catches most expensive surprises

You will not strip a car down in somebody’s driveway. You can still find the faults that turn a good buy into a loss, in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

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Maruti Ciaz Alpha
Selling · 5 min read

Photographing a used car so it sells: a phone, ten minutes, no studio

Buyers decide from photographs long before they decide from the car. The set that works is short, boring and consistent, and it costs nothing but the ten minutes.

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Paperwork · 5 min read

Buying a financed car: closing the loan and removing hypothecation

Roughly every second car you are offered has had a loan against it. The sequence is not complicated, but doing it in the wrong order is how dealers end up holding a car they cannot transfer.

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Kia Seltos HTK+
Inventory · 6 min read

What to stock: reading your own sales instead of the market

Every dealer has an opinion about what sells. Your own record of what actually moved, and how fast, is a better guide than any of them.

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Operations · 6 min read

From register to phone: moving a small lot onto software without losing a week

Most dealers do not resist software. They resist the weekend of data entry they imagine it needs. Here is the version that takes an afternoon and survives contact with a busy lot.

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