Buying & Selling | Parkside Motors

How to Sell Your Car

Here is a simple 4-step guide to selling your car: how to prepare your vehicle for sale, paperwork you need, marketing advice, and closing the deal.

Used-Car Checklist

Are you in the market? Buying a used car can be intimidating - no one wants a lemon. Here is a checklist to help you navigate your next new car purchase.

Should You Buy New or Used?

The first question anyone on the car market needs to ask themselves is: new or used? Here is a guide to help you figure out what's best for you.

When Should You Buy a Car?

When it's time to buy a new (or new-to-you) vehicle, timing is everything. Here is a follow-up to last week's post where we tell you when to buy.

When Should You Not Buy a Car?

It turns out that the used car market has predictable fluctuations throughout the year. In this article, we've identified the worst times to buy.

Vehicle History Reports

When you are buying a used car there are two steps to take before sealing the deal. Number 1 is to look into the vehicle history reports, and number 2 is have a pre-purchase inspection.

A good vehicle dealer can create either a satisfying experience or a painful process that ends with you walking out the door, no keys in hand. Most customers can bear to spend at most two hours at a dealership before they call it a day, so read the following tips on how to select a dealership that you’ll not only tolerate long enough to buy a vehicle from, but want to build a relationship with.

Apple CarPlay vs. Android Auto vs. MirrorLink

Over the last few weeks we have been going through the latest connectivity options available today for your vehicle's entertainment system. In each review we found the same general PROs and CONs. Namely that having a connected infotainment system keeps your eyes on the road, and that they are proprietary so each one is only suited to people in that ecosystem. Below we round-up each of our articles and point you towards the info you need to make an informed choice.

Get to Know: MirrorLink

Over the last few weeks we have been looking at 3rd party, aftermarket options for connecting your digital life to your vehicle. While Android Auto and Apple CarPlay are wonderful options, they are also proprietary. For this reason, we thought we should take a moment and outline MirrorLink, a completely open source option.

Get to Know: Apple CarPlay

Our new vehicles have great screens, but do they have an intuitive user interface? Not really. This is where Silicon Valley comes into the picture. Let's look at Apple's take on a handsfree UI and see how it fits the bill.

Get to Know: Android Auto

Car manufacturers knew they should put beautiful screens in our new cars, but making an intuitive interface was not really their speciality. This is where Silicon Valley comes into the picture. Let's look at Google's take on a handsfree UI and see how it fits the bill.

Frankfurt Motor Show 2015

Some of the coolest concepts and production vehicles to be unveiled at the Frankfurt Auto Show this week. Quite a stunning collection. See them all right here.