Buying cars (10 replies)

I know it's a dumb question and I have seen this subject raised before but where do people buy cars from these days? I haven't bought one properly for around 11 years. I did buy my ex-company about 6 years ago for my wife to use but I knew the car inside out so the risk was minimal. I also got it for bottom book price so it was nothing like going car shopping.

The only place for private sales seems to be ebay and I don't fancy that route. Every car dealer on the internet has got brilliant reviews, probably because somebody's looking after the review account. Not to mention dealers one top dollar.

Any reputable used car dealers around? I'm not that bothered if they're not local, I'll travel a couple of hours for the right car. Who to go to, who to stay away from?