Buying A New Car? Go Armed With A Couple of Tips.

the tips are ok, but not great. how about this if you go get a car dont say you have a trade in. once the price is set tell them you have one. or find a friend, family member etc that works for a car manufacturer and use their friends and family discount. my neighbor works for chrysler and he got us the family discount it saved us thousands.

My one piece of advice I wish more people would pay attention to has to be, don't buy new! The level of depreciation is simply staggering, and it is almost always in your best interests to buy 'new-used'.

I don't do anything special to make sure that I am getting a good deal because I am not aware of these techniques. I do thank you for all of these tips that you shared. I will definitely keep these in mind the next time I am shopping for a large ticket item product. These are very good tips to know.

i normally would get a car during one of those big sales that goes on during a holidy or something. not much of a difference in prices since we aren't talking about shaving off a few thousand, but it helps some. when i went shopping for my new car, i did some reasearch on consumer reports as well as read up on some reviews from car junkies. then when visiting the dealership, be armed with questions and a price range you are willing to hit. if they do not fall in the means, i won't buy it. i am there to buy a car to get me from point a to b with out causing me more headahes in the future, not for the looks.

Always have your own mechanic look over the car before you purchase it. The worst thing is if you have a car for only 2 weeks and the transmission goes out or you run out of gas in the middle of nowhere because the gas gauge is wrong. Also, get the Carfax for a vehicle before buying.Then you will know the history of the car and how many accidents it has been in.

Go car shopping with a copy of your available budget written down. That tends to keep you more honest and realistic about what is affordable.

I heard buying a car at the end of the month is a good time. Dealers are trying to meet their quotas.

Be prepared for anything! Get EVERYTHING in writing. Look the car over well, especially if you're in signing the papers and it's gone to the detail shop before they hand over the keys and you drive it off the lot, make sure it has everything on it that it did when you test drove it. Also make sure you have all the "we owes" in writing. Most of all, be prepared to just walk away no matter how much you love the car.