While one often has the unwitting tendency to think of a used car as being one that has passed through several owners and is now in a somewhat deplorable condition, used car can in fact are any vehicles that are not brand new.  Therefore, if a new car has been recently bought and resold within a few months of its initial purchase date, it would no longer be considered as a new car but in fact as a used car.  Regardless the used car still carries a valid manufacturer’s warranty or if it carries the regular used car warranty, the warranty is the used car owner’s best ally for as long as it is valid.  This is simply because the warranty provides a guarantee against defects that the used car owner may find in his car after the fact of the purchase.  And considering that the used car is in fact a used one, one would assume that it is highly more likely to be in need of repairs very often – whether it is because the former owner was careless in his or her maintenance of the vehicle, or simply because of the breakdown repairs on the used car.