Frequently Asked Questions
Find answers to common questions about Second Hand Buyers Club
General Questions
What is Second Hand Buyers Club?
A.k.a SHBC is the Buyer's Guide heaven for car enthusiasts! These Guides focus on availability and pricing information for spare parts so you can get a clear picture if a car is something worth buying.
What is the point of all the parts & pricing information?
Wouldn't it be nice to know if parts were actually available and priced decently before you purchased your next enthusiast car?In addition we will also re-visit these guides maybe once a year with an update! This way we can get historical data on how pricing and availability status evolves.
Can I Compare multiple cars?
You can select up to four cars and compare them side by side!
Which cars are you working on?
We have started with cool European cars but we will create guides for all sorts of enthusiasts cars in due time. Do subscribe to our newsletter to be notified when you guides are published and ask for your favorite car to be featured!
Can you do my favorite car?
We are working to create a big library of buyers guides. You can influence the pecking order by requesting your favorite car (or brand) by subscribing to our newsletter and letting us know.
Why should I subscribe to be notified about new content?
You will get an e-mail when new guides are published. You may also ask for a specific car to be featured. You may also limit the notifications to your favorite brand or model.
What is CarRepairGuide.com?
SHBC is part of a website called CarRepairGuide.com which will have other features and functions in the future. SHBC is the first to go online in 2025!
Technical FAQ - Questions about the parts and information
What is SHBC Rating?
After all the research is done on one car model the SHBC staff gives it a SHBC rating. This tells you how easy and cheap the car is to own and maintain. Higher the score the cheaper the parts and better availability said parts have!Examples
A 1990's BMW M-car might get a decent rating for abundance of OE and aftermarket parts.
A 1960's exotic car from Italy with horrible availability for parts and used ones are super expensive. This would amount to a very low SHBC rating.
What is Parts Availability Rating?
When the SHBC rating is about the whole ownership Parts Availability states an average rating of just availability (also by staff). If price is not a problem, then this is your metric of the day!
Are you talking about Original or Modified cars?
These guides are always talking about original versions of any given car. For instance an engine rebuild is assuming to mostly original status not modified with big turbos and extra power.
What is Pricing Date?
The pricing date on an article states when the information was gathered and article published. Data will not change until a big update is made. This means that the information is frozen in time. In there future there will be updates on data and we can see how parts availability and pricing has changed on any given car.
