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By half four in November, most used-car viewings are happening under floodlights — and that's no bad thing. A deliberate after-dark inspection exposes headlight aim, dash faults, condensation and lock behaviour that daylight quietly hides. Here's how to set one up properly and what to look at once the sun's gone.
A lit-up dashboard can sink a used-car deal or save you thousands — it depends which bulb is glowing. Here's how Hyde Motors sorts the harmless from the hideous, what to say when a seller shrugs and blames a sensor, and how to get the fault written down before you shake hands.
A lap round the block tells you almost nothing. Here is a 20-mile route plan that puts a used car through cold starts, town traffic, roundabouts, a motorway slip road and a hill start — plus the noises, feelings and post-drive checks that should make you walk away.