Practical Caravan

SHOULD YOU BUY YOUR NEXT TOW CAR ONLINE?

DURING THE PAST couple of years, we’ve become ever more willing to shop online. From having groceries delivered to our door, to buying white goods at knock-down prices, the combination of convenience and Covid-19 restrictions has encouraged more and more online spending.

The weekly shop is one thing, but buying a car is something else altogether. Would you really spend thousands, perhaps tens of thousands, on a vehicle you had never sat in, let alone test driven? Well, plenty of people do. Should you join them?

A new breed of online retailers

Internet vehicle sales are, in fact, nothing new. Virgin Cars was one of the pioneers, launching to much fanfare in 2000’s Quentin Willson.

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