Well of course, the answer is to ask questions. You need to ask as many questions as you can think of about the car. These will be asked to the previous owner or the car lot you are thinking of purchasing it from.

Now you may have trouble knowing what these questions should be about if you have never bought a used car before. We have listed some sample questions here to get you started. Read the questions below…

Questions to Ask When Buying a Used Car:

• You need to ask if the car has been in a flood recently, especially if you are thinking of buying from a dealer. They have sold flood-damage cars in the past. This goes for hurricanes and tornadoes too. Believe me the dealers will and know and should tell you.

• Has the car been badly damaged and repaired in the past? If so this could mean the frame is damaged. Not all damaged framework gets repaired correctly after a wreck.

• Another question to ask is how many miles the car has been driven. A high-mileage car is never a good investment in the long term. The engine could need replacing at any time.

• When was the car last serviced? This should include things like all the fluids being checked, spark plugs replaced, fan belts checked, and the air filter replaced.

• Was the car driven in a state with bad winters? This will tell you if salt has damaged the underside of the car.

• Has the car been detailed inside? You don’t want someone else’s dirt in the car as you drive it off the lot.

• How new are the tires? This might be a bargaining point to get the price down if the tires are too old.

• If you are buying from the owner you should inquire the reason they are selling it. You don’t want to wind up with a car that is on recall do to a malfunction. In fact check the car out online to make sure it isn’t.

• Ask the dealer for a full fact sheet on it. A reputable one will be able to provide you one.

• Make sure you understand which oil and gas to put in the car. Since this varies between makes and models it is good to know.

• How many miles does the car get per tank of gas? Show how much gas it will cost you to run the car.

• Always ask if you can take it for a test drive or at the least that they will take you for a ride in it. A test drive would be better though even if the dealer or owner has to ride with you.

• Ask if you can examine the interior of the car. You want to check for how much wear and tear there is. If the interior is too torn up you may not want to spend the money on the car.

• You should ask to look under the hood at the engine. If the engine has been maintain it will look cleaner than if it has been ignored.

However, do you realize there are questions you need to ask too? At the end of most interviews you usually are given an opportunity to ask any questions you may have.

Remember this is still part of your job interview. The questions you ask here can make or break the impression the interviewer has of you. What are the types of questions you should ask though?

Below are some suggestions of what to ask so you get the most out of the interview. These will not cover every type of interview you will go on though. You may have to come up with other questions on your own to fit your case. But they will give you a start to know what information to ask for.

Some Questions You Could Ask the Job Interviewer:

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1. Will this company cross train me in other jobs to insure more job security?
2. I did my research but I couldn’t find how long this company has been in business, could you please tell me?
3. Does this company respect the employee’s family rights in case a child is seriously ill and need special attention? Or is the company strict with their rules according to such circumstances?
4. Is there are company car pool for those interested in saving gas and the environment?
5. Does management have an open-door policy for employees to come talk about their concerns or ideas?
6. Does this company pay me to go back to college and get further training to do with this job?
7. Is there plenty room to pursue higher positions within this company?
8. When can I expect to hear something? It would be nice to have an idea so you can move onto another company.
9. How many sick and personal days do I get per year? Do they rollover to the nest when not taken?
10. Are there any extra duties to this job that were not covered in the interview?

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11. Is there a full-benefit package to take care of such things as health insurance?
12. As a manager, if I get this position, will I have the right to hire and fire? If not who has that power within the company?
13. Who will I directly answer to within the company?
14. What is the day-to-day dress code for this position?
15. If I am to be hired what type of introductory training do I receive?
16. How long is the probationary period for this job, 30, 60, or 90 days?
17. Is there a chance of being transferred to another city while in the employment of this company?
18. What kind of education do I need to further my position in this company?
19. Is there a break room for the employees to eat in so that I can bring my lunch with me?
20. How does the pay cycle run, once a month, every two weeks, or bi-monthly?
21. Can you do job sharing?  I want part time and so does a friend with the same qualifications.
22. Can I bring my child to work for “Bring a daughter/son to work day”?
23. Do I have to use my car for company business and if so do I get gas money?
24. Which kind of footwear is and is not allowed?
25. Do you have an on site daycare? Does it have a nurse on staff?
26. How up-to-date is your computer network?
27. Are we given hands-on training or trained on computer?
28. What are the overall goals for a person in this position?
29. How much charity work does this establishment do?
30. Is this company a green-operating one? A lot are these days and this question would show you are green in your beliefs.

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31. Is any animal testing done by this facility? Only ask this question if it fits the type of business it is though.
32. Is smoking allowed in the building or is this a no-smoking building?
33. What is the chain of command? This is always important to understand.
34. What are some of the challenges I may have to overcome to be a success at this job?
35. Do I get a discount when shopping here? Of course you would only ask this one if it were a retail job.
36. Can I wear my hair in any ethnic hairstyle I choose?
37. What is the employee turnover rate for the company?

Spend some time getting to know who the other one is. Participate in activities together. Meet each other’s friends and families. Have long talks with each other. Discuss job and personal goals so you know what each of you want in life.

There is so much information you should know before getting married. Too much to just accidently find it out about your partner. You will have to resort to asking questions to learn some of it. Asking these questions can be fun if you do it the right way.

Just throw a few questions in every so many minutes throughout your conversations. Make this flow natural in what you are talking about though. Then your partner will not feel put on the spot.

Come up with questions that give you the answers you need though. You don’t want frivolous fun questions here. The questions you want to ask get to the heart of who your partner is. Below are just some of the questions to ask your partner to see if he is the right marriage partner for you…

Questions to Ask Before Marriage:

1. Have you had a physical lately to make sure you are totally healthy? You may not think this is important but it is.

2. What do you think of prenuptial agreements? Are you for or against them?

3. Will you want to make a family with me after we have been married for a while? If so how many children would you like to have? These are two questions you need to be in sync with.

4. What is your financial situation at present? Where do you plan for it to be in 10 years? You need to know if your partner has any bad debts because you will be sharing in the problem after you are married.

5. Who do you think should handle the checkbook in our marriage? You could also add that you think it should be jointly handled so your partner knows your side of this.

6. Do you want to get a bigger place after we get married? This is especially important if your partner’s place and yours is small.

7. Do you feel comfortable sharing a closet with me? Some people have strange closet habits.

8. Will you feel comfortable with a large wedding ceremony and elaborate reception? Your partner may want a small affair while you want a big one, compromise is the key here.

9. You bed or mine, which one will we sleep in? The other can of course be kept in the guest room if you have one?

10. Do you snore, if so, how loud? You may have to buy some earplugs!

11. How do you physically make love? Sex is bound to come up sooner or later you might as well discuss it and see what the other one thinks about it.

12. Are you close with your family like I am with mine? (Or if you are estranged from your family, ask that instead of your partner.) You will need to know how much you will need to interact with each other’s family. That is part of marriage too.

13. Do you believe in us even cleaning the house together? The woman needs to know if the man is willing to do his part with the household chores.

14. Are you a heavy drinker, smoker, or drug user (prescription or illegal)? Hopefully your partner should be honest about this. You should have spent enough time together to know the answer to this question already though.

15. How deeply do you actually love me? Love is important, but even more important is the question, do you like me?

16. What do you like to do when you are not working? Do you like to be active or just stay home? These answers could be important to how you spend leisure time together.

See what important facts you can find out before you get married. Some of the answers to these questions could make you change your mind all together. Then again they could also reaffirm your decision to get marries is the right one. Surely you will find some other things you want to know to make questions on too.

Some questions that people will ask though are not fun. They are serious and boring. These types of questions no one has fun answering. Others can be rather stupid or fun to ask. The answers can be entertaining for the whole crowd.

What you can’t think of any stupid questions? You are in luck because below are some examples of them. Feel free to have fun with these the next time you get together with your crowd or other people.

Stupid Questions to Ask:

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1.  Why are ants so little and elephants so very large?
2. Why is a question mark shaped the way it is?
3. Why is water wet instead of dry?
4. Why do humans walk on their feet instead of their hands?
5. Why is the world round instead of square?
6. What is the square root of 999,999,999,999?
7. How many nose hairs have you pulled out in a month?
8. Are your elbows rough like mine or are they more like Harvey’s?
9. How can you have hard and soft water, it is all liquid?
10. If the light from the sun is called sunshine, why isn’t the light from the moon called moonshine?

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11. Why do strawberries have their name, do they bloom on straw?
12. Have you ever traveled the next galaxy? If so how is the scenery?
13. Is there a question that has not been asked in the world somewhere?
14. What would happen if the world started spinning backwards?
15. Does the universe really give us what we order?
16. Why are three strikes in a row, in bowling, called a turkey?
17. Do male fish have dry dreams?
18. Are you awake?
19. Do you really think it is fun to answer stupid questions?
20. What have you forgot to remember over the years?

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21. What is the longest word in the English language? Can you spell it backwards?
22. How many words can be spelled the same way backwards as forwards?
23. Where do fairies come from?
24. How many different ringtones are there in existence right now?
25. How many models of cell phones can you name?
26. Why do people ask if how you are? They never really want the honest answer!
27. What is the most abnormal normal thing you have done?
28. Nac uoy dear sith? Yes this is typed the way I meant it.
29. Is there a permanent cure for writer’s block?
30. What is green and yellow and walks backwards? I don’t know either!

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31. How many things out there just a dollar these days after tax?
32. How many words can be legally played on a scrabble game board?
33. How many Internet gaming sites are there?
34. How many stupid questions to ask people can you think of?
35. Why are you asking me questions?
36. Why have fish not evolved to walk on the earth yet?
37. Can you solve the Rubik’s cube?
38. Why when you have a problem do you say you are in a jam?
39. Why do we say the refrigerator is running?
40. Why women tend to talk all at the same time? Are they listening to each other?

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41. Why do men have problems multi-tasking?
42. Why don’t humans have all the same eye or hair color?
43. Is gun powder made from ground up guns?
44. Where does dirt come from?
45. Why when we are in a bad mood it is called “Being out of sorts”?
46. Why don’t all poems rhyme?
47. When was the first chair ever made? What was it made from?
48. Why doing women get made when men are playing games with them, aren’t games fun?
49. When was toilet paper invented?
50. How many uses actually exist for Duct Tape?

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51. Have you ever really met yourself coming and going?
52. How many items does QVC sell in a year?
53. Why does corn grows in ears?
54. Why is the White House white instead of another color?

You and your crowd can just howl at the answers, or have fun figuring out the answers to these questions. These are just a few of the questions that can be asked. Many more can be thought of by you and your friends. The number is limitless. Get together with your buddies and each one of you make a list of stupid questions and then ask away.

So you two just got married? Are you now looking for a house to buy? There are many questions you will need to know the answers to before proceeding with a purchase.

Both of you want to make sure you understand every aspect of buying a home before jumping into homeownership.

You two newlyweds want to make a good first house purchase after all. The following questions will give you some kind of idea of the things you should educate yourself on.

Questions to Ask When Buying a House:

1. Ask yourselves first how much you can actually afford to pay for a house? You should not spend more than one third of your income on the house payments. It is really best to come under the one third if you can. This way your budget will be easier to handle.

2. Also you two will have to ponder how much room you will need to be comfortable. So will 1,000 square feet be enough or do you need more room than that? While considering the size you will also need to ask yourself how many bedrooms, bathrooms, and other rooms you will be looking for.

3. Can you get the size of house you need, for the money you can afford to pay? You will find this out by asking a real estate agent or looking online at the houses for sale.

4. When you start physically looking at the houses then you will need to ask if there are any problems. Ask if the house is in a flood zone for one thing. This could be very important, due to the fact that special flood insurance has to be bought to cover any house from flooding.

5. Ask if the house can be re-carpeted if you don’t like the color or condition of it at no cost to you. This is a point many people forget to ask. Simply state the inquiry as “Can the carpet be replaced?“

6. What age are the appliances and which ones are being left with the house? Everyone does not leave the refrigerator but they usually leave the stove. So this is something that needs to be known.

7. How much acreage is the house on? Of course this will probably be told to you, but just in case it is not, you will now know to ask. Make sure the drainage is good on this acreage too, you don’t want the water in your yard running into the neighbor’s yard and causing damage.

8. How old is the roof on the house? This is especially important with an older house. Even with a new house make sure to examine it for leaks though.

9. Does the foundation have any cracks in it? In fact don’t just ask go look at this where you can. Look for cracks in the walls too. This is a sign of settling, which may mean there is a problem with the dirt under the house.

10. What is the crime rate in the area? You might have to check with the local police department to get a good answer on this though.

11. Is the house in a good school district? You might be planning on staying in the house long enough to have kids so this will be important one day.

12. How close is the fire department to your house? If you are out from the city a bit in a more rural area, you want to be sure that the firemen can arrive in time.

13. What date will the house be available to move into? This will depend of course on your final walk through and closing date on the house. The final walk through is to approve any changes you wanted to the house has been done. The closing is when you sign the legal papers for ownership and get your keys to the house. If a house has been occupied by someone, you may have to give them a period of time to move out upon closing, or set the closing to after they have already moved out.

14. Will you have some time after you have lived in the house to have problems fixed? Most new houses have this built into the contract, not so much with older houses.

If you educate yourself enough, then when the happy day comes you two can celebrate life in your new house. Happy house hunting!