Please share your trusted references to help purchasing a car!
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We bought an EV from Luis at CR electricos in Grecia. He has cars on site and also imports cars from China. We paid for an import and he loaned us a car to drive. We ended up buying the loaner car because we loved it so much, and got a good deal compared to the sticker price because it wasn't new. The car we ordered will be sold to someone else. His cars can come with a maintenance package from EV one and if your car needs to be at the mechanic for repairs you can get it into your contract that you get a loaner car, so that you're not without wheels and you don't have to pay for gas. https://crelectricos.com/
So as not to repeat the information already out there, take a look here for the basics:
https://www.twoweeksincostarica.com/buying-a-car-in-costa-rica/
If you want to avoid doing the process yourself, there are services out there that will handle everything for you. They deal with reputable dealers and you reduce your chances of getting a lemon. This is especially important in used cars market, because you will almost always have some sort of issues with used cars, the only question is the magnitude of those issues.
Here is one such service: https://wheelscr.com/
You tell them your budget and the type of car you're looking for, they do the search, then you spend a day with them driving around dealerships and looking at options, hopefully by the end of the day you find the car for you, they will walk you through the process and handle everything.
You usually can pay for the car by doing an international wire transfer from your local-country bank.
