Shopping for a new car can turn off the most determined consumer. After all, have you seen the size of dealership lots? You can get lost in a maze of vehicles for hours on end. The car buying grind just gets started after you find the vehicle of your dreams. You still … Read more
Consumers that are in the market for a new vehicle have more than one option to shop for the best deal. This is especially true for car buyers who want to customize a new vehicle. Although you still have to work with a dealership, the car you buy comes uniquely designed straight … Read more
You might assume a new car would have zero mileage, yet in practice this is rarely the case – leading to the question, how many miles are acceptable on a vehicle you’re buying new? A smart car buyer finds out the odometer reading on an offered vehicle during the process of closing … Read more
When you purchase new cars, you will hear phrases or terms such as MSRP, sticker price, and dealer invoice. If you are new to buying new cars, it’s likely that you’re not yet familiar with these car pricing terms. Car buying has a language of its own and it’s important to learn … Read more
The Internet has transformed the business of buying a car, new or used, just as it has brought massive changes to many other facets of life. You can now potentially research, customize, and purchase a vehicle on the Web without seeing the physical automobile itself until you drive to the dealership to … Read more
A well-maintained car remains useful well beyond 100,000 miles and may have some life left in it for local driving even at 200,000 miles. Buying a used car with high mileage can give you a great deal on price, but is also a tricky matter. A car of relatively recent manufacture that’s … Read more
While signing the purchase documents and handing over your financing information or cashier’s check, and receiving the keys to your brand new car, is an exciting moment after weeks or months of research and negotiation, there’s still one task to be done before you’re fully ready to hit the road in your … Read more
Buying a car up front with one lump sum payment – known as buying a car with cash, even though a cashier’s check is usually used rather than a briefcase full of greenbacks – enables bypassing a loan. This eliminates the interest payments that add to the car’s final cost to you. … Read more
Most buyers of a new car have the goal of negotiating a price on a new car that is well below the sticker price or MSRP. But there is also a more attractive objective to try which is the dealer invoice cost. In theory, the dealer invoice is the price a car … Read more
Your “baby” has passed the 100,000 miles milestone. Although the car still performs admirably, you know now is the best time to trade in the vehicle, as the value of the car will never be higher than it is now. The same principle applies to selling the vehicle on the open market … Read more
Buying a car should not raise your blood pressure by 30 points. Yet, some car salesmen have the uncanny ability to get under the skins of their customers. Why is purchasing a new or used vehicle consistently rated as one of the worst consumer experiences? It’s because of the games car salesmen … Read more
Buying a car can turn into an overwhelming process that leaves consumers asking, “What just happened. Inundated with sales pitch terms such as rebates, incentives, bonus cash back, and the ambiguous special APR financing, it is not a surprise that many consumers prefer to hang on to a used car for another … Read more