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The Art to Saving Thousands on a new car
By: automan1500( 0 )
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Guide viewed: 972 times Tags: buy a car|car buying tips|invoice price
Here's the inside scoop on buying a car.  Everything you need to know is right here.  If you want to save thousands of your hard earned dollars instead of giving it to your auto dealer so he can go to Hawaii you had better pay attention.

Aren't you tired of knowing when you buy a car the dealer laughs all the way to the bank?  We thought so.  Car dealers have a reputation for a reason: they take advantage of people.  You don't want to buy a car that way do you?

The first thing you must do is to find a reputable site that has plenty of "save-on-auto" car buying tips.  You need advice on several topics: financing, trade-in appraisals, money down, varying interest rates, finance products like warranties, and most importantly car dealership selling tactics. 

If you know how and where the dealership is making money on you, you can avoid it.  If you have the right information and buy a car according to the right buying sequence you can save a lot of money.  So YOU get to go to Hawaii and not your car dealer. 

The right sequence of events:

1. Get your auto loan pre-approved.
2. Appraise your trade-in
3. Determine how much the new car is worth
4. Determine how much cash down you will need
5. Determine your TT&L accurately
6. Calculate your monthly payment based on your loan's bottom line

Go to the dealership and argue your deal with the salesman.  Just make sure you're not too far apart on all the variables.  If you need more help you can always look on the web for "save-on-auto" car buying tips. 

Guide ID: 10000000003645473Guide created: 05/28/07 (updated 10/28/07)

 
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