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Buy a car

A ready-made journey for anyone who wants to buy a car: 8 steps, about 5.6 hours in all, in an order that works — work steps of 30 minutes or less, with real-world sessions kept whole.

Opens in Nextep with a two-minute first step lit. Free, and no account needed to begin.

When it's useful

When you have decided to buy a car but the first move is fuzzy. Nextep shows one step at a time, keeps the rest in order, and never calls anything overdue — a day that slips simply becomes today.

The steps

1. 1Set the budget including insurance and running costs45 min
2. 2Write what it has to do: seats, range, boot20 min
3. 3Shortlist 3 models and check reliability45 min
4. 4Arrange finance or confirm the cash budget45 min
5. 5Test drive the top twotime block · 60 min
6. 6Get a history check and an inspection45 min
7. 7Negotiate the price30 min
8. 8Sort insurance, tax and registration45 min

Work steps over 30 minutes are split into parts when you start, so they fit somewhere in a day; sessions — a run, an appointment, a call — stay whole.