For a lot of people, buying a used car makes more sense than buying a new one right now.

And Car Gurus has continued its series of articles on buying a car with How to Buy a Used Sports Car — and Avoid Pain of Purchase. Writer J Goods gives more of his excellent advice on various aspects of used car purchase, from pre-inspection to signing on the dotted line. Check it out.

Other articles for car buyers: Trading in or Selling Off Dealing with the Dealership

The good people at Car Gurus (as opposed to the good gurus at Car People) have more good advice about those thinking of buying a used car.

In “How to Expose Hidden Problems in Used Cars,” the knowledgeable T Griffith tells us what to look for — and listen for and feel for and smell for — in a used car before handing over the money.

With the economy hitting so many people so hard, there are lots of good pre-owned vehicles offered up for sale so getting a good car at a good price is possible.

But there are also a lot of desperate people trying to push what Griffith calls “driveway-bound sheet metal” to make a quick buck. “Let the buyer beware” is more true than ever nowadays, and this article will help you do that.

Just last week, we posted Dealing with the Dealership, spotlighting two articles by J Goods at CarGurus.com about how best to deal with salespeople when negotiating your next auto purchase.

Well, that same day, The National Motorist Association posted another article along the same lines. Their columnist Eric Peters gives some excellent advice in his article “Should You Trade In Your Car Or Sell It Yourself?”

Whether to trade the old car in or sell it privately is a decision that many of us face at some point. Peters does a great job of breaking these two options down to their basics and pointing out the common pitfalls in both of them, so that you’re better prepared to avoid falling into them.

Peters even gives specific information on finding a fair price for your car and a step-by-step guide to selling your car yourself so the whole process can go more smoothly.

J Goods at CarGurus.com has given us more useful advice on dealing with car salesmen in today’s article Dealing with Car Dealers: Pros, Cons, Tips, Tactics. This time he’s giving us tips on how we can make the trade-in and purchase process work for us: trading in or selling privately, checking out factory rebates and incentive programs, etc.

This is a nice follow-up to his article from a week ago, Car Dealerships: The Inside Story, when he told us about the process from the salesman’s point of view. Actually, the author summed the article up pretty well himself: “learn how and why dealers operate as they do before you can negotiate a successful transaction.”

If you’re in the market to buy a car anytime soon — and now would seem a great time to do it, if you’ve got the money — check these articles out.