Auto Trader

My old friend, the Autotrader.
After being continually embarrassed and let down by my old scrapper, I decided to treat myself to something a bit more up to date, so I worked myself out a budget, and turned to the Auto Trader to see what sort of a car I could get for my money.
Cars on offer are either trade or private, but sometimes you take a bit of a gamble as to how honest people are being when they say trade… My first experience was one of these, when the gentleman said the car was in perfect order, only for me to meet him at the agreed place to see that it had clearly been in an accident…
Second time lucky, I got my current car for a great price, and hope to get a good few more years of happy motoring out of it.
I do agree with Nick S above, however, with the likes of Gumtree, where one can advertise their car for free, it will remain to be seen in the likes of the Auto Trader will suffer from this, but it was good while it lasted!

Every young boy at some point gets bored and has read an Auto Trader from cover to cover… Don’t we? To be honest I looked at the majority of the pictures and decided there and then if they were worth my Dad showing any interest. Turned out he didn’t want to buy a car, nor did he want my opinion. Insert sad face.
The Auto Trader is the biggest selling car magazine in all of the country and when you buy it you can see why. It is choc-​a-​block with any number of cars, lorries, quad bikes etc. All used. All Northern Irish.
The internet, as Nick rightly said, is having a much more exciting time with buying and selling cars than it used to so the future of Auto Trader may not be as secure as it used to be.
However, from working in a part-​time job in which we sold this magazine, there was rarely a time any magazines were returned to the supplier. It has everything you need as well as information about the vehicles and a contact number in case you are interested.
Perhaps this time next year magazines will be something of a distant memory like VHS, yo-​yos and Destiny’s Child. But for now Auto Trader is a great magazine and is definitely worth a look if you are interested in buying or selling any vehicles.

Auto Trader is Northern Ireland’s biggest and best used car directory. It comes out every Thursday and is reasonably priced at £2.20!
Unlike something like the ads for free, where I think the print version is made redundant by its online counterpart, I feel for the Auto Trader both sections are valid and complement each other well.
The magazine provides an extensive rage range of every type of vehicle under the sun that will come at a wide variety of ages and prices. The magazine is good be\cause if you get it first thing on a Thursdday morning when it comes out you can hopefully beat off the competition to any bargains.
The layout is clear and good, and there is always a great variety on display. Unfortunately the paper can attract a lot of tyre-​kickers as my father who regularly advertises in this magazine will profess! Advertising rates are reasonable and the photography teams will come out to you and take pictures of your cars if you don’t have the time which is good for a busy bee like my dad!