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class=\"toc-h\">Dans cet article<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<ol>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#in-short\">En bref<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#more-cars\">Plus de voitures \u00e0 vendre<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#cheap-now\">Ce qui est bon march\u00e9 maintenant<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#four-wheel-drive\">N&#039;achetez pas de 4x4 maintenant<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#storage-bill\">D&#039;o\u00f9 vient la remise<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#warm-bonnet\">Le capot chaud<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#destroy-evidence\">D\u00e9truire les preuves<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#paint-in-rain\">La peinture sous la pluie<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#winter-tyres\">Pneus hiver inclus<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#cold-and-wet\">Ce que le froid r\u00e9v\u00e8le<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#fake-deadline\">L&#039;\u00e9ch\u00e9ance invent\u00e9e<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#cheap-or-damaged\">Bon march\u00e9 ou endommag\u00e9e<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#before-you-go\">Avant de partir<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#faq\">Questions fr\u00e9quentes<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ol>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"side-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sc-h\">Pas cher en octobre\u202f? <b>D\u00e9couvrez pourquoi<\/b><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#vincheck\" data-go=\"vincheck\"><span class=\"sc-ic\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.8\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><circle cx=\"10.5\" cy=\"10.5\" r=\"7\"\/><path d=\"m7.6 10.6 2.1 2.1 3.9-4.3\"\/><path d=\"m15.6 15.6 4.4 4.4\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span>V\u00e9rifier un VIN<span class=\"sc-geo\">Plus de 30 pays, en moins d&#039;une minute<\/span><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n\n\t\t<article class=\"wrap content\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"badges\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"badge\">Guide d&#039;achat<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"badge\">Saisonnier<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">8 septembre 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dot\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"meta-extra\" id=\"mrvin-blog-readtime\">8 min de lecture<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<h1>Ce que les vendeurs font diff\u00e9remment en automne<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t<p class=\"dek\">L&#039;automne est la seule saison qui offre au vendeur une excuse parfaitement innocente pour tout ce qu&#039;il pr\u00e9f\u00e9rerait que vous ne remarquiez pas.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrvin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog\/anna-avatar.webp\" width=\"42\" height=\"42\" alt=\"\">\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"name\">Anna<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"role\">Recherche sur l&#039;historique des v\u00e9hicules<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"share\">\n\t\t\t\t<a id=\"mrvin-blog-sh-x\" href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"Partager sur X\"><svg width=\"16\" height=\"16\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"currentColor\"><path d=\"M18.244 2.25h3.308l-7.227 8.26 8.502 11.24H16.17l-5.214-6.817L4.99 21.75H1.68l7.73-8.835L1.254 2.25H8.08l4.713 6.231zm-1.161 17.52h1.833L7.084 4.126H5.117z\"\/><\/svg><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a id=\"mrvin-blog-sh-li\" href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"Partager sur LinkedIn\"><svg width=\"16\" height=\"16\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"currentColor\"><path d=\"M4.98 3.5C4.98 4.88 3.87 6 2.5 6S0 4.88 0 3.5 1.12 1 2.5 1 4.98 2.12 4.98 3.5zM0 8h5v16H0zM7.5 8h4.78v2.2h.07c.67-1.2 2.3-2.46 4.73-2.46 5.06 0 6 3.33 6 7.66V24h-5v-6.78c0-1.62-.03-3.7-2.25-3.7-2.26 0-2.6 1.76-2.6 3.58V24h-5z\"\/><\/svg><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a id=\"mrvin-blog-sh-fb\" href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" 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width=\"1376\" height=\"768\" alt=\"L&#039;ours MrVIN accroupi \u00e0 c\u00f4t\u00e9 d&#039;un break d&#039;occasion par une journ\u00e9e d&#039;automne humide, des feuilles mortes sur le bitume\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cover-cap\">Plus d&#039;annonces, plus de choix, et une saison qui joue discr\u00e8tement en faveur du vendeur.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p class=\"lead\">L&#039;automne est la p\u00e9riode la plus anim\u00e9e de l&#039;ann\u00e9e sur le march\u00e9 de l&#039;occasion. Plus d&#039;annonces, plus de choix, et des prix qui \u00e9voluent en votre faveur sur certaines voitures et contre vous sur d&#039;autres.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>C&#039;est aussi la seule saison qui offre au vendeur une excuse parfaitement innocente pour tout ce qu&#039;il pr\u00e9f\u00e9rerait que vous ne remarquiez pas.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Il a fait chauffer le moteur parce qu&#039;il fait froid dehors. Il a mont\u00e9 des pneus hiver parce que l&#039;hiver arrive. Il a fait traiter le soubassement parce que le sel arrive. Il a nettoy\u00e9 l&#039;habitacle parce qu&#039;il fait humide.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Tout cela para\u00eet raisonnable. Et chacun de ces gestes supprime exactement la preuve que vous vouliez voir.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Voici donc un guide pour bien acheter au cours des trois prochains mois, et pour rep\u00e9rer les moments o\u00f9 l&#039;automne fait discr\u00e8tement le travail du vendeur \u00e0 sa place.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<h2 id=\"in-short\">En bref<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"tldr\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"eyebrow\">Ce qu&#039;il faut retenir<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>Achetez le cabriolet maintenant. Les cabriolets, les coup\u00e9s et les grosses cylindr\u00e9es essence perdent de la valeur \u00e0 l&#039;approche de l&#039;hiver.<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>N&#039;allez pas chercher un v\u00e9hicule \u00e0 quatre roues motrices en octobre. C&#039;est le seul segment o\u00f9 la concurrence joue contre vous.<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>Si le moteur est d\u00e9j\u00e0 chaud \u00e0 votre arriv\u00e9e, vous n&#039;avez pas vu la voiture d\u00e9marrer.<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>Ne jugez jamais la peinture sous la pluie ou dans l&#039;obscurit\u00e9, et d\u00e8s septembre, une visite apr\u00e8s le travail r\u00e9unit les deux \u00e0 la fois.<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>Un traitement anti-corrosion r\u00e9cent, des pneus hiver neufs et un int\u00e9rieur nettoy\u00e9 donnent tous l&#039;impression d&#039;un entretien soign\u00e9. Ils effacent aussi les preuves.<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>Triez par anciennet\u00e9 d&#039;annonce avant de trier par prix.<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"jumpline\">Aller directement \u00e0\u202f: <a href=\"#vincheck\" data-go=\"vincheck\">v\u00e9rifier une voiture maintenant<\/a><span class=\"sep\"><\/span><a href=\"#before-you-go\">la liste de v\u00e9rification avant la visite<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"mbar-trigger\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Le pi\u00e8ge dont parle vraiment cet article est simple : en octobre, une voiture peut \u00eatre bon march\u00e9 \u00e0 cause de la saison ou de ce qui lui est arriv\u00e9, et <b>la saison offre une couverture parfaite pour la seconde raison.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"promo-vin pv-compact\" id=\"vincheck\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pv-head\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrvin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog\/autumn\/autumn-bear-hood.webp\" width=\"900\" height=\"486\" alt=\"L&#039;ours MrVIN inspectant un compartiment moteur \u00e0 la loupe\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pv-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>D\u00e9couvrez pourquoi elle est bon march\u00e9<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>En octobre, une voiture est bon march\u00e9 \u00e0 cause de la saison ou \u00e0 cause de ce qui lui est arriv\u00e9. 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Returns {valid:true} or {valid:false, reason, error}.\n  var VIN_TRANSLIT = {A:1,B:2,C:3,D:4,E:5,F:6,G:7,H:8,J:1,K:2,L:3,M:4,N:5,P:7,R:9,S:2,T:3,U:4,V:5,W:6,X:7,Y:8,Z:9,'0':0,'1':1,'2':2,'3':3,'4':4,'5':5,'6':6,'7':7,'8':8,'9':9};\n  var VIN_WEIGHTS = [8,7,6,5,4,3,2,10,0,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2];\n  function vinStr(k, fallback){ var s = window.mrvinCountryStrings || {}; return s[k] || fallback; }\n  function validateVin(raw){\n    var vin = String(raw || '').toUpperCase().replace(\/[^A-Z0-9]\/g, '');\n    if (vin.length !== 17) return { valid:false, reason:'length', error: vinStr('vinErrLength', 'A VIN must be exactly 17 characters.') };\n    if (\/[IOQ]\/.test(vin))  return { valid:false, reason:'chars',  error: vinStr('vinErrChars',  'A VIN cannot contain the letters I, O or Q.') };\n    if (!\/^[A-HJ-NPR-Z0-9]{17}$\/.test(vin)) return { valid:false, reason:'chars', error: vinStr('vinErrInvalid', 'This VIN doesn\\'t look right. Please double-check it.') };\n    \/\/ North-American check digit (position 9). EU \/ other VINs skip it.\n    if (\/^[1-5]\/.test(vin)) {\n      var sum = 0;\n      for (var i = 0; i < 17; i++) {\n        var val = VIN_TRANSLIT[vin.charAt(i)];\n        if (val === undefined) return { valid:false, reason:'chars', error: vinStr('vinErrInvalid', 'This VIN doesn\\'t look right. Please double-check it.') };\n        sum += val * VIN_WEIGHTS[i];\n      }\n      var rem = sum % 11, expected = rem === 10 ? 'X' : String(rem);\n      if (vin.charAt(8) !== expected) return { valid:false, reason:'check_digit', error: vinStr('vinErrInvalid', 'This VIN doesn\\'t look right. Please double-check it.') };\n    }\n    return { valid:true };\n  }\n\n  \/\/ Sanity-check a number plate. Deliberately LENIENT, and nothing here is authoritative \u2014 the\n  \/\/ caller offers a \"search anyway\" bypass exactly as the VIN path does.\n  \/\/\n  \/\/ We do NOT match the standard UK shapes (AA00AAA \/ A000AAA \/ AAA000A \/ dateless \/ NI). Cherished\n  \/\/ and personalised registrations legitimately take forms those patterns don't describe, and\n  \/\/ wrongly turning away a real customer's plate is far worse than passing a doomed lookup to the\n  \/\/ API \u2014 which costs nothing anyway, since the registry rejects a malformed term unbilled.\n  \/\/ So this only catches input that cannot be a registration at all: wrong length, or \u2014 for GB \u2014\n  \/\/ no digit anywhere. Every UK registration format issued to date contains at least one digit,\n  \/\/ which is what separates a typo like \"IIYUN\" from a genuine cherished plate.\n  function validatePlate(raw, iso){\n    var p = String(raw || '').toUpperCase().replace(\/[^A-Z0-9]\/g, '');\n    if (!p)                      return { valid:false, error: vinStr('plateErrEmpty',  'Please enter a number plate.') };\n    if (p.length < 2 || p.length > 8) return { valid:false, error: vinStr('plateErrLength', 'That number plate looks too short or too long.') };\n    if (String(iso || '').toUpperCase() === 'GB' && !\/[0-9]\/.test(p)) {\n      return { valid:false, error: vinStr('plateErrGb', 'That doesn\\'t look like a UK number plate \u2014 they normally look like AB12 CDE.') };\n    }\n    \/\/ Belgium's current series is 1-ABC-123, which compacts to the same 1+3+3 spelling a\n    \/\/ long-tail French FNI plate can take. Scoped to FR because that is the only market whose\n    \/\/ spelling collides; on IT and ES the shape means nothing, so a plain miss is already honest.\n    \/\/\n    \/\/ Belgium is not a plate market and is not one call away from becoming one: Belgian plates\n    \/\/ follow the OWNER, not the car, so the plate on a car for sale leaves with the seller and\n    \/\/ the registry is closed to us anyway. Measured 2026-08-24 over 30 days: 39 Belgian visitors\n    \/\/ typed exactly this shape into the French box and NOT ONE resolved; 0 for 31 across all\n    \/\/ traffic. Sending it costs a metered call and an ~8s wait to reach \"not found\".\n    \/\/\n    \/\/ Lenient like everything else here: the \"search anyway\" bypass still lets a genuine FNI\n    \/\/ holder through, which is why this is advice rather than a format verdict.\n    if (String(iso || '').toUpperCase() === 'FR' && \/^[0-9][A-Z]{3}[0-9]{3}$\/.test(p)) {\n      return { valid:false, error: vinStr('plateErrBe', 'This looks like a Belgian number plate. Belgian plates cannot be checked here. Please use the VIN for a more accurate report.') };\n    }\n    return { valid:true };\n  }\n\n  \/\/ Lazily build the per-box error note + \"search anyway\" bypass link (appended below the form).\n  function ensureVinUi(box){\n    if (box.__mrvinVinUi) return box.__mrvinVinUi;\n    var note = document.createElement('p');\n    note.className = 'mrvin-vin-note';\n    note.setAttribute('role', 'alert');\n    note.setAttribute('aria-live', 'polite');\n    var bypass = document.createElement('button');\n    bypass.type = 'button';\n    bypass.className = 'mrvin-vin-bypass';\n    bypass.textContent = vinStr('vinErrBypass', 'Are you sure it\\'s correct? Search anyway.');\n    bypass.addEventListener('click', function(){\n      var form = findForm(box);\n      \/\/ One button serves both modes; the submit handler only reads the flag for the mode it is\n      \/\/ in, so setting both is harmless and saves duplicating the whole note\/bypass UI.\n      box.__mrvinVinBypass = true;   \/\/ let the next submit through unvalidated\n      box.__mrvinPlateBypass = true;\n      clearVinError(box);\n      if (form) { if (typeof form.requestSubmit === 'function') form.requestSubmit(); else form.submit(); }\n    });\n    \/\/ Place the note + bypass directly below the search pill (before the example hint), so the\n    \/\/ box's own rounded\/padded layout is untouched.\n    var parent = box.parentNode;\n    if (parent) { parent.insertBefore(note, box.nextSibling); parent.insertBefore(bypass, note.nextSibling); }\n    else { box.appendChild(note); box.appendChild(bypass); }\n    box.__mrvinVinUi = { note: note, bypass: bypass };\n    return box.__mrvinVinUi;\n  }\n  function showVinError(box, msg){\n    var ui = ensureVinUi(box);\n    ui.note.textContent = msg;\n    ui.note.classList.remove('is-ok');\n    ui.note.classList.add('is-visible');\n    var inp = findInput(box); if (inp) inp.classList.add('mrvin-error');\n  }\n  \/\/ Live positive state: a complete valid VIN flips the note green while typing,\n  \/\/ so the visitor knows the search will go through before pressing the button.\n  function showVinOk(box){\n    var ui = ensureVinUi(box);\n    ui.note.textContent = vinStr('vinOk', 'VIN looks good');\n    ui.note.classList.remove('is-visible');\n    ui.note.classList.add('is-ok');\n  }\n  function showVinBypass(box){\n    var ui = ensureVinUi(box);\n    ui.bypass.textContent = vinStr('vinErrBypass', 'Are you sure it\\'s correct? Search anyway.');\n    ui.bypass.classList.add('is-visible');\n  }\n  \/\/ Same control, plate wording \u2014 the escape hatch for a cherished plate our heuristic rejects.\n  function showPlateBypass(box){\n    var ui = ensureVinUi(box);\n    ui.bypass.textContent = vinStr('plateErrBypass', 'Sure it\\'s correct? Search anyway.');\n    ui.bypass.classList.add('is-visible');\n  }\n  function clearVinError(box){\n    var ui = box.__mrvinVinUi; if (!ui) return;\n    ui.note.classList.remove('is-visible');\n    ui.note.classList.remove('is-ok');\n    ui.bypass.classList.remove('is-visible');\n    var inp = findInput(box); if (inp) inp.classList.remove('mrvin-error');\n  }\n\n  \/\/ Track the currently open instance so window-level scroll\/resize can re-anchor it.\n  var openInstance = null;\n\n  function setSelection(country, iso){\n    var c = BY_ISO[iso] || null;\n    var tile = country.querySelector('.mrvin-country-tile');\n    var code = tile.querySelector('.mrvin-country-tile-code');\n    var dd   = country.__mrvinDropdown || country.querySelector('.mrvin-country-dropdown');\n    if (dd) {\n      dd.querySelectorAll('.mrvin-country-option').forEach(function(o){\n        o.classList.toggle('is-selected', o.getAttribute('data-iso') === iso);\n      });\n    }\n    \/\/ Swap the badge flag: GB carries the Union Jack, everyone else the EU stars. The tile is\n    \/\/ rendered once server-side, so without this a visitor switching country keeps the previous\n    \/\/ country's flag. Falls back to the stars for the empty state.\n    var flagUse = tile.querySelector('.mrvin-country-tile-stars use');\n    if (flagUse) {\n      flagUse.setAttribute('href', iso === 'GB' ? '#mrvin-gb-flag' : '#mrvin-eu-stars');\n    }\n    if (c) {\n      tile.classList.remove('is-empty');\n      code.textContent = c.plate;\n      tile.setAttribute('aria-label', (window.mrvinCountryStrings.select || 'Select country') + ': ' + c.name);\n      country.dataset.iso = iso;\n    } else {\n      tile.classList.add('is-empty');\n      code.textContent = '\u2014';\n      tile.setAttribute('aria-label', window.mrvinCountryStrings.select || 'Select country');\n      country.dataset.iso = '';\n    }\n    \/\/ Sync placeholder + hidden form input + sessionStorage\n    var box = country.closest('.mrvin-search-box,.mrvin-cta-search-box');\n    if (box) {\n      var input = findInput(box);\n      var form  = findForm(box);\n      if (input && isPlateMode(box)) {\n        input.placeholder = c ? c.ph : (window.mrvinCountryStrings.genericPh || input.getAttribute('data-ph-plate') || '');\n      }\n      if (form) {\n        var hidden = findHiddenIso(form);\n        if (!hidden) {\n          hidden = document.createElement('input');\n          hidden.type = 'hidden';\n          hidden.name = 'country_iso';\n          form.appendChild(hidden);\n        }\n        hidden.value = iso || '';\n        hidden.disabled = !c || !isPlateMode(box);\n      }\n    }\n    writeStored(iso || '');\n    var err = country.querySelector('.mrvin-country-error');\n    if (err && c) err.classList.remove('is-visible');\n  }\n\n  function applyFilter(country, term){\n    var dd = country.__mrvinDropdown;\n    if (!dd) return;\n    var q = (term || '').trim().toLowerCase();\n    var visible = 0;\n    dd.querySelectorAll('.mrvin-country-option').forEach(function(opt){\n      var hay = opt.getAttribute('data-search') || '';\n      var match = !q || hay.indexOf(q) !== -1;\n      opt.classList.toggle('is-hidden', !match);\n      if (match) visible++;\n    });\n    var empty = dd.querySelector('.mrvin-country-empty');\n    if (empty) empty.classList.toggle('is-visible', visible === 0);\n  }\n\n  function positionDropdown(country){\n    var dd = country.__mrvinDropdown;\n    var tile = country.querySelector('.mrvin-country-tile');\n    if (!dd || !tile) return;\n    var r  = tile.getBoundingClientRect();\n    var vw = document.documentElement.clientWidth;\n    var vh = document.documentElement.clientHeight;\n    \/\/ Render off-screen once to measure width when first positioning.\n    var ddw = dd.offsetWidth || 260;\n    var ddh = dd.offsetHeight || 320;\n    var gap = 8;\n    var left = r.left;\n    if (left + ddw > vw - 8) left = Math.max(8, vw - ddw - 8);\n    var top = r.bottom + gap;\n    if (top + ddh > vh - 8) {\n      \/\/ Flip above the tile if there's no room below.\n      var above = r.top - gap - ddh;\n      if (above >= 8) top = above;\n      else top = Math.max(8, vh - ddh - 8);\n    }\n    dd.style.left = Math.round(left) + 'px';\n    dd.style.top  = Math.round(top)  + 'px';\n  }\n\n  function closeOpen(){\n    if (!openInstance) return;\n    var country = openInstance;\n    var dd = country.__mrvinDropdown;\n    var tile = country.querySelector('.mrvin-country-tile');\n    if (dd) {\n      dd.classList.remove('is-open');\n      dd.setAttribute('aria-hidden', 'true');\n    }\n    if (tile) tile.setAttribute('aria-expanded', 'false');\n    country.classList.remove('open');\n    openInstance = null;\n  }\n\n  function openCountry(country){\n    if (openInstance && openInstance !== country) closeOpen();\n    var dd = country.__mrvinDropdown;\n    var tile = country.querySelector('.mrvin-country-tile');\n    if (!dd || !tile) return;\n    \/\/ Reset filter every open\n    var search = dd.querySelector('.mrvin-country-search');\n    if (search) search.value = '';\n    applyFilter(country, '');\n    country.classList.add('open');\n    dd.classList.add('is-open');\n    dd.setAttribute('aria-hidden', 'false');\n    tile.setAttribute('aria-expanded', 'true');\n    positionDropdown(country);\n    openInstance = country;\n    \/\/ Defer focus until after the open transition starts (avoids iOS keyboard popping unexpectedly on tap).\n    if (search && window.matchMedia && !window.matchMedia('(max-width:767px)').matches) {\n      setTimeout(function(){ try { search.focus({preventScroll:true}); } catch(e){ search.focus(); } }, 60);\n    }\n  }\n\n  function initCountry(country){\n    if (country.__mrvinCountryInit) return;\n    country.__mrvinCountryInit = true;\n\n    var dd = country.querySelector('.mrvin-country-dropdown');\n    if (dd) {\n      \/\/ Portal the dropdown to <body> so no clipped\/transformed ancestor can hide it.\n      document.body.appendChild(dd);\n      country.__mrvinDropdown = dd;\n    }\n\n    var serverIso = country.dataset.defaultIso || '';\n    var stored    = readStored();\n    \/\/ A remembered choice wins only when it is actually usable in THIS market. Otherwise a visitor\n    \/\/ who once picked LV would land on \/en-gb\/ pre-set to a country with no GB data and get an\n    \/\/ \"unsupported\" popup on a page where GB works fine. The server default is language-derived,\n    \/\/ so it is already the right country for the market being viewed.\n    var initial   = (BY_ISO[stored] && isPlateCountryActive(stored)) ? stored\n                  : ((BY_ISO[serverIso] && serverIso) || (BY_ISO[stored] && stored) || '');\n    setSelection(country, initial);\n\n    var tile = country.querySelector('.mrvin-country-tile');\n\n    tile.addEventListener('click', function(e){\n      e.stopPropagation();\n      if (openInstance === country) closeOpen();\n      else openCountry(country);\n    });\n\n    if (dd) {\n      dd.addEventListener('click', function(e){ e.stopPropagation(); });\n\n      var search = dd.querySelector('.mrvin-country-search');\n      if (search) {\n        search.addEventListener('input', function(){ applyFilter(country, search.value); });\n        search.addEventListener('keydown', function(e){\n          if (e.key === 'Enter') {\n            e.preventDefault();\n            var first = dd.querySelector('.mrvin-country-option:not(.is-hidden)');\n            if (first) first.click();\n          } else if (e.key === 'Escape') {\n            e.preventDefault();\n            closeOpen();\n          }\n        });\n      }\n\n      dd.querySelectorAll('.mrvin-country-option').forEach(function(opt){\n        opt.addEventListener('click', function(){\n          var iso = opt.getAttribute('data-iso');\n          setSelection(country, iso);\n          closeOpen();\n          \/\/ Track which country the visitor tried (demand signal \u2014 incl. not-yet-enabled ones).\n          if (iso) trackPlateIntent(iso);\n          \/\/ Picking a country with no active plate data source \u2192 tell the user to use the VIN.\n          if (iso && !isPlateCountryActive(iso)) showPlateUnsupported(iso, country.closest('.mrvin-search-box,.mrvin-cta-search-box'));\n        });\n      });\n    }\n  }\n\n  function initBox(box){\n    var country = box.querySelector('.mrvin-country');\n    if (!country) return;\n    initCountry(country);\n    \/\/ Visibility tracks plate mode\n    var sync = function(){\n      var on = isPlateMode(box);\n      country.classList.toggle('is-active', on);\n      if (on && country.dataset.iso) {\n        var c = BY_ISO[country.dataset.iso];\n        var inp = findInput(box);\n        if (c && inp) inp.placeholder = c.ph;\n      }\n      var form = findForm(box);\n      var hidden = findHiddenIso(form);\n      if (hidden) hidden.disabled = !on || !country.dataset.iso;\n    };\n    sync();\n    box.querySelectorAll('[data-mode]').forEach(function(t){\n      t.addEventListener('click', function(){\n        setTimeout(sync, 0);\n        clearVinError(box);   \/\/ a VIN note (red or green) makes no sense in plate mode\n        \/\/ Track when a visitor switches to the licence-plate option.\n        if (t.getAttribute('data-mode') === 'plate') trackPlateIntent('__PLATE_MODE__');\n      });\n    });\n    \/\/ Form-submit guard: VIN mode validates the VIN; plate mode requires a supported country.\n    var form = findForm(box);\n    if (form) {\n      form.addEventListener('submit', function(e){\n        if (!isPlateMode(box)) {\n          \/\/ VIN mode \u2014 block the GET navigation unless the VIN is valid (or the user bypassed).\n          if (box.__mrvinVinBypass) { box.__mrvinVinBypass = false; return; }\n          var inp = findInput(box);\n          var raw = inp ? (inp.value || '').trim() : '';\n          if (!raw) { e.preventDefault(); showVinError(box, vinStr('vinErrEmpty', 'Please enter a VIN.')); return; }\n          var res = validateVin(raw);\n          if (!res.valid) {\n            e.preventDefault();\n            showVinError(box, res.error);\n            \/\/ Repeated identical failures \u2192 offer a manual bypass (mirrors vinscreener), so a\n            \/\/ genuinely-valid VIN that trips the check digit isn't permanently blocked.\n            var up = raw.toUpperCase();\n            if (up === box.__mrvinLastBad) { box.__mrvinBadStreak = (box.__mrvinBadStreak || 1) + 1; }\n            else { box.__mrvinBadStreak = 1; box.__mrvinLastBad = up; }\n            if (box.__mrvinBadStreak >= 2) showVinBypass(box);\n          }\n          return;\n        }\n        if (!country.dataset.iso) {\n          e.preventDefault();\n          var err = country.querySelector('.mrvin-country-error');\n          if (err) err.classList.add('is-visible');\n          openCountry(country);\n          return;\n        }\n        \/\/ Block submit for a country without an active plate data source; steer to the VIN.\n        if (!isPlateCountryActive(country.dataset.iso)) {\n          e.preventDefault();\n          showPlateUnsupported(country.dataset.iso, box);\n          return;\n        }\n        \/\/ A country we serve, but not for the series that was typed. Blocked like an inactive\n        \/\/ country rather than like a failed sanity check, and that difference is the point: this\n        \/\/ sits ABOVE the bypass below, so the \"search anyway\" link can never push a refused series\n        \/\/ through. The server would refuse it anyway, so a bypass here would spend a metered call\n        \/\/ to show the visitor a failure.\n        var sInp = findInput(box);\n        var sRaw = sInp ? (sInp.value || '').trim() : '';\n        if (sRaw && !seriesSupported(country.dataset.iso, sRaw)) {\n          e.preventDefault();\n          \/\/ Distinct from the plain country key, so the hub can show how much demand the\n          \/\/ restriction actually turns away rather than folding it into \"PT was requested\".\n          trackPlateIntent(String(country.dataset.iso || '').toUpperCase() + '_SERIES_UNSUPPORTED');\n          showPlateUnsupported(country.dataset.iso, box, seriesMessage(country.dataset.iso));\n          return;\n        }\n        \/\/ Plate sanity check. Mirrors the VIN path deliberately, bypass included: a cherished\n        \/\/ registration that our heuristic doesn't recognise must never be permanently blocked,\n        \/\/ so two identical rejections surface a \"search anyway\" link.\n        if (box.__mrvinPlateBypass) { box.__mrvinPlateBypass = false; return; }\n        var pInp = findInput(box);\n        var pRaw = pInp ? (pInp.value || '').trim() : '';\n        var pRes = validatePlate(pRaw, country.dataset.iso);\n        if (!pRes.valid) {\n          e.preventDefault();\n          showVinError(box, pRes.error);\n          var pUp = pRaw.toUpperCase();\n          if (pUp === box.__mrvinLastBadPlate) { box.__mrvinPlateStreak = (box.__mrvinPlateStreak || 1) + 1; }\n          else { box.__mrvinPlateStreak = 1; box.__mrvinLastBadPlate = pUp; }\n          if (box.__mrvinPlateStreak >= 2) showPlateBypass(box);\n        }\n      });\n    }\n    \/\/ On-the-fly input filter: plate mode keeps A-Z 0-9 space hyphen; VIN mode strips to\n    \/\/ A-Z 0-9 so spaces can never eat maxlength slots and silently truncate the VIN \u2014 the bug\n    \/\/ behind the missing order #749 (\"WDD 205066 1F 221\" was a 17-char VIN cut to 14).\n    var input = findInput(box);\n    if (input) {\n      input.addEventListener('input', function(){\n        if (isPlateMode(box)) {\n          var p = 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class=\"mrvin-country-error\" role=\"alert\" aria-live=\"polite\">Veuillez d&#039;abord s\u00e9lectionner un pays<\/p>\n<\/div>\n        \t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" class=\"mrvin-search-input\" name=\"plate\"\n\t\t\t\t\tplaceholder=\"Saisissez la plaque d&#039;immatriculation\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"VIN ou plaque d&#039;immatriculation\"\n\t\t\t\t\tmaxlength=\"15\" autocomplete=\"off\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-ph-vin=\"Saisissez le VIN \u00e0 17 caract\u00e8res\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-ph-plate=\"Saisissez la plaque d&#039;immatriculation\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-btn-vin=\"V\u00e9rifier le VIN\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-btn-plate=\"V\u00e9rifier la plaque\">\n\t\t\t\t<button type=\"submit\" class=\"mrvin-search-btn\"><span>V\u00e9rifier la plaque<\/span><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M5 12h13\"\/><path d=\"m12.5 6.4 6 5.6-6 5.6\"\/><\/svg><\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/form>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mrvin-search-hint\" style=\"display:none\">Exemple\u202f: <code>WBA3A5G59DNP26082<\/code><span class=\"sep\"><\/span>Aper\u00e7u gratuit inclus<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"pv-trust\">\n\t\t\t\t<li><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.8\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><circle cx=\"12\" cy=\"12\" r=\"8.5\"\/><path d=\"M3.5 12h17\"\/><path d=\"M12 3.5c2.3 2.4 3.4 5.3 3.4 8.5s-1.1 6.1-3.4 8.5c-2.3-2.4-3.4-5.3-3.4-8.5S9.7 5.9 12 3.5Z\"\/><\/svg><span>Plus de 30 pays<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.8\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><circle cx=\"12\" cy=\"12\" r=\"8.5\"\/><path d=\"M12 7v5.3l3.4 2\"\/><\/svg><span>R\u00e9sultat en moins d&#039;une minute<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.8\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M13.5 3.5h-6a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v13a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h9a2 2 0 0 0 2-2V8.5Z\"\/><path d=\"M13.5 3.5V8.5h5\"\/><path d=\"M9 13.4h6M9 16.4h4\"\/><\/svg><span>Rapport PDF complet<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h2 id=\"more-cars\">Il y a plus de voitures \u00e0 vendre en ce moment, et cela joue dans les deux sens<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<p>En automne, le march\u00e9 se remplit. Les voitures d&#039;\u00e9t\u00e9 changent de mains, les vacances sont finies, et ceux qui ont pass\u00e9 tout le mois d&#039;ao\u00fbt \u00e0 penser \u00e0 changer de voiture mettent enfin l&#039;ancienne en vente.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Une offre plus large vous avantage. Elle rend aussi les acheteurs moins attentifs. Quand on a vingt onglets ouverts, on avance vite et on pose moins de questions.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>C&#039;est exactement la situation dont une mauvaise voiture a besoin.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Prenez ce choix plus large comme une raison de ralentir, pas d&#039;acc\u00e9l\u00e9rer.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<h2 id=\"cheap-now\">Les cabriolets et les sportives sont bon march\u00e9 en ce moment<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<p>En automne, les voitures qui perdent de la valeur sont celles que personne ne veut garder pendant l&#039;hiver :<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t<li>Cabriolets, roadsters, toits targa<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li>Coup\u00e9s \u00e0 propulsion et voitures de sport<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li>Grosses cylindr\u00e9es essence<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li>Tout ce qui est mont\u00e9 en pneus \u00e9t\u00e9 sans deuxi\u00e8me train<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Si vous comptiez acheter ce genre de voiture au printemps, l&#039;acheter maintenant sera la n\u00e9gociation la moins ch\u00e8re de votre vie, parce que vous n&#039;avez rien \u00e0 dire.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>C&#039;est le calendrier qui n\u00e9gocie pour vous.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrvin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog\/autumn\/autumn-cabrio.webp\" width=\"1376\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"L&#039;ours MrVIN debout \u00e0 c\u00f4t\u00e9 d&#039;un cabriolet gris fonc\u00e9 d\u00e9capot\u00e9, des feuilles mortes au sol\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cover-cap\">Personne ne veut d&#039;un cabriolet en octobre. C&#039;est toute la remise.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<h2 id=\"four-wheel-drive\">N&#039;allez pas chercher une transmission int\u00e9grale en octobre<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Pour les voitures d&#039;hiver, c&#039;est l&#039;inverse. Transmission int\u00e9grale, quatre roues motrices, SUV, compactes fiables et bon march\u00e9 avec contr\u00f4le technique frais, tout ce qui a un attelage.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>L&#039;effet m\u00e9rite d&#039;\u00eatre compris avec pr\u00e9cision, car il n&#039;est pas tout \u00e0 fait celui qu&#039;on d\u00e9crit.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Les prix de l&#039;occasion dans leur ensemble ont tendance \u00e0 fl\u00e9chir au dernier trimestre de l&#039;ann\u00e9e. L&#039;op\u00e9rateur d&#039;ench\u00e8res nordique Kvdbil, qui publie un rapport de march\u00e9 r\u00e9gulier, a enregistr\u00e9 ces derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es des baisses de prix au quatri\u00e8me trimestre comprises entre 1,6 et 5,3 pour cent par rapport au troisi\u00e8me, avant un redressement en janvier.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Dans le m\u00eame temps Blocket, le plus grand site d&#039;annonces de Su\u00e8de, indique que la demande de transmission int\u00e9grale passe au-dessus de sa moyenne annuelle \u00e0 l&#039;approche de l&#039;hiver, et que plus d&#039;un tiers de ces voitures vendues par des particuliers partent en une semaine.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>La voiture d&#039;hiver ne devient donc pas n\u00e9cessairement plus ch\u00e8re. Elle cesse simplement de baisser pendant que tout autour continue de baisser, et elle se vend avant que vous ayez fini de r\u00e9fl\u00e9chir.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Dans les deux cas, c&#039;est vous qui n&#039;avez aucun levier.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Quiconque a essay\u00e9 d&#039;acheter un vieux quatre roues motrices pas cher en novembre sait ce que cela donne. La voiture dont personne ne voulait en juillet a soudain quatre personnes qui posent des questions.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Il n&#039;existe aucun chiffre publi\u00e9 pour ce segment et nous n&#039;allons pas en inventer un, mais le sch\u00e9ma est assez constant pour que vous l&#039;int\u00e9griez \u00e0 vos plans.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Si vous voulez une voiture d&#039;hiver, vous la vouliez en ao\u00fbt.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<h2 id=\"storage-bill\">La remise, c&#039;est en r\u00e9alit\u00e9 la facture de stockage du vendeur<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Il est utile de comprendre d&#039;o\u00f9 vient une remise d&#039;automne, car cela vous dit jusqu&#039;o\u00f9 elle peut aller.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Celui qui vend un cabriolet en octobre a devant lui cinq mois d&#039;assurance, de taxe, de garage ou de cour, et presque aucun acheteur.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Chaque semaine o\u00f9 il le garde, la voiture vieillit et vaut un peu moins. Ce co\u00fbt de d\u00e9tention, c&#039;est la remise. C&#039;est de l&#039;arithm\u00e9tique, pas du sentiment.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>C&#039;est pourquoi c&#039;est l&#039;annonce en ligne depuis deux mois qui bouge, et pas la fra\u00eeche.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p><b>Triez par anciennet\u00e9 d'annonce avant de trier par prix.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h2 id=\"warm-bonnet\">Si le capot est chaud \u00e0 votre arriv\u00e9e, vous n&#039;avez pas vu la voiture d\u00e9marrer<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<p>C&#039;est le point essentiel, et en tant que ruse il est presque invisible, parce qu&#039;il ressemble \u00e0 de la simple courtoisie.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>En juillet, faire chauffer une voiture avant une visite ne cache rien. En octobre, cela cache les bougies de pr\u00e9chauffage, la fum\u00e9e au d\u00e9marrage, le cliquetis des trois premi\u00e8res secondes, la batterie qui ne fait pas tourner le moteur par un matin froid, et la cha\u00eene de distribution qui ne se plaint que tant que l&#039;huile n&#039;est pas mont\u00e9e.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Dites au vendeur \u00e0 l&#039;avance que vous voulez voir un d\u00e9marrage \u00e0 froid.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Si vous arrivez et que le moteur est chaud, ce n&#039;est pas la fin du monde. Mais c&#039;est la fin de cette visite. Convenez de revenir t\u00f4t le matin.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"takeaway\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Un vendeur qui refuse a d\u00e9j\u00e0 r\u00e9pondu \u00e0 votre question.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<h2 id=\"destroy-evidence\">L&#039;automne donne au vendeur une raison innocente de d\u00e9truire les preuves<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Une fois que vous avez rep\u00e9r\u00e9 le sch\u00e9ma, vous ne pouvez plus l&#039;ignorer. Chacun des gestes suivants est parfaitement normal avant l&#039;hiver. Et chacun efface quelque chose que vous deviez inspecter :<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<table class=\"dtable\">\n\t\t\t\t<thead>\n\t\t\t\t\t<tr><th>Ce qu&#039;il a fait<\/th><th>Pourquoi cela semble plausible<\/th><th>Ce que cela a effac\u00e9<\/th><\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<\/thead>\n\t\t\t\t<tbody>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr><td>Traitement anti-corrosion r\u00e9cent<\/td><td>Prot\u00e8ge contre le sel de d\u00e9neigement<\/td><td>Les bas de caisse, les soudures et la corrosion<\/td><\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr class=\"hi\"><td>Pneus hiver neufs<\/td><td>Bient\u00f4t obligatoires<\/td><td>L&#039;usure qui r\u00e9v\u00e8le une suspension fauss\u00e9e<\/td><\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr><td>Int\u00e9rieur nettoy\u00e9<\/td><td>C&#039;est humide \u00e0 cette p\u00e9riode de l&#039;ann\u00e9e<\/td><td>L&#039;odeur qui trahit une infiltration d&#039;eau<\/td><\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr class=\"hi\"><td>Chauffage allum\u00e9 \u00e0 l&#039;arriv\u00e9e<\/td><td>Pour vous mettre \u00e0 l&#039;aise<\/td><td>Un chauffage qui ne fonctionne qu&#039;\u00e0 moiti\u00e9<\/td><\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr><td>Un long trajet au pr\u00e9alable<\/td><td>Faire chauffer le moteur \u00e0 fond<\/td><td>L&#039;alerte du filtre \u00e0 particules diesel<\/td><\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tbody>\n\t\t\t<\/table>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Aucun de ces \u00e9l\u00e9ments ne prouve quoi que ce soit isol\u00e9ment. Plusieurs ensemble, sur une voiture vendue dans l&#039;urgence, forment une image qui m\u00e9rite d&#039;\u00eatre remarqu\u00e9e.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Demandez \u00e0 quoi ressemblait le dessous de caisse avant le traitement. La r\u00e9ponse, et la facilit\u00e9 avec laquelle elle vient, vous en apprend plus que le dessous de caisse lui-m\u00eame.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<h2 id=\"paint-in-rain\">Ne jugez jamais une peinture sous la pluie ou dans le noir<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<p>La peinture mouill\u00e9e embellit tout. Elle cache les micro-rayures, le bord d&#039;un repeint, une teinte qui ne correspond pas tout \u00e0 fait \u00e0 l&#039;aile voisine, et un vernis devenu terne.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Le vendeur n&#039;a m\u00eame pas besoin d&#039;organiser cela. L&#039;automne et l&#039;horloge s&#039;en chargent.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>\u00c0 partir de septembre, une visite apr\u00e8s le travail est une visite de nuit.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Allez-y \u00e0 la lumi\u00e8re du jour, par temps sec, ou acceptez que vous n&#039;avez pas encore regard\u00e9 la carrosserie.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<h2 id=\"winter-tyres\">&quot;Pneus hiver inclus&quot; est une phrase, pas un fait<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Quelque part entre d\u00e9but novembre et d\u00e9but d\u00e9cembre, les pneus hiver deviennent obligatoires dans la r\u00e9gion. Cela donne au deuxi\u00e8me train une vraie valeur, et c&#039;est pourquoi il appara\u00eet dans tant d&#039;annonces d&#039;automne.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Allez les regarder avant de d\u00e9cider ce qu&#039;ils valent :<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>Le code DOT sur le flanc donne la semaine et l&#039;ann\u00e9e de fabrication. La gomme durcit avec l&#039;\u00e2ge quelle que soit la sculpture.<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>Quatre pneus identiques, ou quatre diff\u00e9rents ramass\u00e9s par quelqu&#039;un.<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>La bonne dimension pour la voiture.<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>Une vraie gomme hiver, pas des pneus toutes saisons pr\u00e9sent\u00e9s \u00e0 la l\u00e9g\u00e8re comme hiver.<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>Une sculpture r\u00e9ellement utilisable, pas seulement au-dessus du minimum l\u00e9gal.<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Si le train est vieux, d\u00e9pareill\u00e9 ou presque us\u00e9, vous achetez une voiture sans pneus hiver. Un remplacement correct co\u00fbte au moins quelques centaines d&#039;euros, et davantage sur de grandes jantes.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"takeaway\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>C&#039;est un argument de prix que le vendeur ne peut pas contester, parce qu&#039;il a une date attach\u00e9e.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h2 id=\"cold-and-wet\">Le froid et l&#039;humidit\u00e9 font la moiti\u00e9 de l&#039;inspection \u00e0 votre place<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Cette partie joue en votre faveur, et c&#039;est la meilleure raison d&#039;acheter maintenant plut\u00f4t qu&#039;en mai.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Au printemps, une voiture peut cacher pendant des mois un chauffage mort, une batterie fatigu\u00e9e et un joint de porte qui prend l&#039;eau, parce que rien ne lui demande le contraire.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>En octobre, c&#039;est la m\u00e9t\u00e9o qui le demande.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Le chauffage chauffe ou ne chauffe pas. La batterie red\u00e9marre la voiture apr\u00e8s l&#039;essai ou ne la red\u00e9marre pas. Les vitres se d\u00e9gagent ou restent embu\u00e9es pendant que le vendeur explique que ce n&#039;est que l&#039;humidit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrvin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog\/autumn\/autumn-fogged-window.webp\" width=\"1376\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"L&#039;ours MrVIN essuyant un arc d\u00e9gag\u00e9 dans la bu\u00e9e sur la vitre d&#039;une voiture pour regarder \u00e0 l&#039;int\u00e9rieur\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cover-cap\">Une voiture qui s&#039;embue et ne se d\u00e9sembue pas vous indique par o\u00f9 l&#039;eau s&#039;infiltre.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Les voitures \u00e9lectriques y gagnent le plus. L&#039;autonomie hivernale est le chiffre qui inqui\u00e8te tous les acheteurs et que presque personne n&#039;a l&#039;occasion de v\u00e9rifier, parce que la plupart ach\u00e8tent au printemps. En octobre, vous pouvez regarder la consommation grimper sous vos yeux et d\u00e9couvrir si le pr\u00e9chauffage fonctionne vraiment.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<h2 id=\"fake-deadline\">&quot;Il faut qu&#039;elle parte avant l&#039;hiver&quot; est une \u00e9ch\u00e9ance qu&#039;il a invent\u00e9e<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<p>L&#039;automne fait sonner une fausse \u00e9ch\u00e9ance comme une vraie.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Il faut qu&#039;elle parte avant la neige. Quand le temps tournera, le prix montera. Mon assurance expire la semaine prochaine.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Une partie de tout cela est m\u00eame vraie. Rien de tout cela n&#039;est votre probl\u00e8me, et rien de tout cela n&#039;est une raison de sauter un d\u00e9marrage \u00e0 froid ou un examen de la peinture en plein jour.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Si une voiture est la bonne, elle sera encore la bonne samedi.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<h2 id=\"cheap-or-damaged\">L&#039;une de ces voitures est bon march\u00e9 parce qu&#039;on est en octobre. L&#039;autre l&#039;est parce qu&#039;elle est accident\u00e9e<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<p>C&#039;est le pi\u00e8ge qui attrape les bons acheteurs plut\u00f4t que les n\u00e9gligents.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>En octobre, vous trouverez deux voitures : m\u00eame mod\u00e8le, m\u00eame ann\u00e9e, toutes deux environ vingt pour cent sous le prix demand\u00e9 au printemps.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>L&#039;une est bon march\u00e9 \u00e0 cause de la saison. L&#039;autre l&#039;est \u00e0 cause de ce qui lui est arriv\u00e9, et la saison est une couverture parfaite.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>L&#039;acheteur qui se trouve malin sur le calendrier est exactement celui qui arr\u00eate de demander pourquoi c&#039;est bon march\u00e9. Il s&#039;est d\u00e9j\u00e0 expliqu\u00e9 la remise \u00e0 lui-m\u00eame.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Et au moment o\u00f9 vous vous tenez devant elle, tout ce que vous auriez normalement regard\u00e9 a \u00e9t\u00e9 trait\u00e9. Le soubassement est pulv\u00e9ris\u00e9. Les pneus sont neufs. L&#039;habitacle est propre. Le moteur est chaud.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p>Ce qui reste, c&#039;est l&#039;historique de la voiture : o\u00f9 elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 immatricul\u00e9e, quels dommages ont \u00e9t\u00e9 pay\u00e9s, et ce que disait le compteur la derni\u00e8re fois que quelqu&#039;un l&#039;a not\u00e9 officiellement.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"takeaway\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>C&#039;est la seule partie de la voiture que personne ne peut pr\u00e9parer pour l&#039;hiver.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<h2 id=\"before-you-go\">Avant d&#039;aller voir quoi que ce soit<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<ol>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>Triez par anciennet\u00e9 d&#039;annonce, pas seulement par prix.<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>Demandez un d\u00e9marrage \u00e0 froid, le matin, avant m\u00eame de fixer l&#039;heure.<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>Allez-y \u00e0 la lumi\u00e8re du jour et de pr\u00e9f\u00e9rence au sec.<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\u00c0 votre arriv\u00e9e, posez la main sur le capot.<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>Soulevez le plancher du coffre et t\u00e2tez le logement de roue de secours.<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>Relevez un coin du tapis.<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>Lisez les dates DOT sur les pneus hiver.<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>Demandez \u00e0 quoi ressemblait le soubassement avant la pulv\u00e9risation.<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>Mettez en route le chauffage et la climatisation, les deux.<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>V\u00e9rifiez l&#039;historique avant de tomber amoureux du prix.<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ol>\n\n\t\t\t<p><i>Les tendances saisonni\u00e8res des prix sont habituelles plut\u00f4t que garanties et varient selon le march\u00e9, le mod\u00e8le et le vendeur. Les obligations relatives aux pneus hiver et leurs dates de d\u00e9but diff\u00e8rent selon les pays. Les co\u00fbts de remplacement des pneus sont indicatifs.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"promo promo-xl\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"promo-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"promo-main\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"promo-ic\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.8\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><circle cx=\"10.5\" cy=\"10.5\" r=\"7\"\/><path d=\"m7.6 10.6 2.1 2.1 3.9-4.3\"\/><path d=\"m15.6 15.6 4.4 4.4\"\/><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"promo-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"promo-eyebrow\">Avant de convenir d&#039;un prix<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"promo-h\">La seule chose qu&#039;il n&#039;a pas pu pr\u00e9parer<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"promo-sub\">Kilom\u00e9trage dans le temps, dommages, financement et ant\u00e9c\u00e9dents d&#039;importation dans plus de 30 pays, en un seul rapport, en moins d&#039;une minute.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"promo-trust\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.8\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><circle cx=\"12\" cy=\"12\" r=\"8.5\"\/><path d=\"M3.5 12h17\"\/><path d=\"M12 3.5c2.3 2.4 3.4 5.3 3.4 8.5s-1.1 6.1-3.4 8.5c-2.3-2.4-3.4-5.3-3.4-8.5S9.7 5.9 12 3.5Z\"\/><\/svg><span>Plus de 30 pays<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.8\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><circle cx=\"12\" cy=\"12\" r=\"8.5\"\/><path d=\"M12 7v5.3l3.4 2\"\/><\/svg><span>En moins d&#039;une minute<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.8\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M13.5 3.5h-6a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v13a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h9a2 2 0 0 0 2-2V8.5Z\"\/><path d=\"M13.5 3.5V8.5h5\"\/><path d=\"M9 13.4h6M9 16.4h4\"\/><\/svg><span>Rapport PDF complet<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"promo-btn\" href=\"#vincheck\" data-go=\"vincheck\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.8\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M3.5 17v-4.1l1.7-4.2a2 2 0 0 1 1.9-1.2h9.8a2 2 0 0 1 1.9 1.2l1.7 4.2V17\"\/><path d=\"M4 12.9h16\"\/><circle cx=\"7.6\" cy=\"17\" r=\"1.7\"\/><circle cx=\"16.4\" cy=\"17\" r=\"1.7\"\/><\/svg><span>V\u00e9rifier un VIN<\/span><svg class=\"pb-arrow\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M5 12h13\"\/><path d=\"m12.5 6.4 6 5.6-6 5.6\"\/><\/svg><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<p class=\"promo-alt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrvin.com\/fr\/exemple-de-rapport-sur-un-vehicule\/\"><span>Pas encore s\u00fbr\u202f? D\u00e9couvrez d&#039;abord \u00e0 quoi ressemble un rapport complet<\/span><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M5 12h13\"\/><path d=\"m12.5 6.4 6 5.6-6 5.6\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<section class=\"faq\" id=\"faq\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Questions fr\u00e9quentes<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"faq-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"faq-q\">Quel est le moment le moins cher de l&#039;ann\u00e9e pour acheter une voiture d&#039;occasion\u202f?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"faq-a\">Pour les cabriolets, les voitures de sport et les grosses cylindr\u00e9es essence, c&#039;est l&#039;automne. Les prix de l&#039;occasion dans leur ensemble tendent \u00e0 fl\u00e9chir au quatri\u00e8me trimestre, et les voitures que personne ne veut poss\u00e9der pendant l&#039;hiver chutent le plus. Les voitures d&#039;hiver font exception\u202f: leurs prix se maintiennent pendant que tout le reste baisse.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"faq-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"faq-q\">Dois-je attendre le printemps pour acheter un v\u00e9hicule \u00e0 quatre roues motrices\u202f?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"faq-a\">Si vous le pouvez. La demande de v\u00e9hicules \u00e0 quatre roues motrices d\u00e9passe sa moyenne annuelle \u00e0 l&#039;approche de l&#039;hiver, si bien que l&#039;automne est la saison o\u00f9 vous \u00eates en concurrence avec le plus d&#039;autres acheteurs pour en obtenir un. Les mois les moins chers pour une voiture d&#039;hiver sont la fin du printemps et l&#039;\u00e9t\u00e9.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"faq-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"faq-q\">Pourquoi un d\u00e9marrage \u00e0 froid est-il important lors de la visite d&#039;une voiture d&#039;occasion\u202f?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"faq-a\">Un moteur chaud masque des bougies de pr\u00e9chauffage faibles, de la fum\u00e9e au d\u00e9marrage, un cliquetis dans les premi\u00e8res secondes, et une batterie qui peine par une matin\u00e9e froide. Demandez une visite le matin et posez la main sur le capot \u00e0 votre arriv\u00e9e. 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