| This article will show you the best way to buy a car | | | | days in negotiations before I drove away in my new |
| - not to be confused with the best way to choose a | | | | car with the payment I was looking for. Luckily, I |
| car. You buy a car when you pay for it. Choosing a | | | | wasn't in any rush because I knew this game was |
| car is something different. When choosing a car there | | | | about to be played and I was going to win, but for |
| are many variables that you must consider including | | | | three days it was a pain in the neck. |
| make, model, style, color, options, tires, etc. It is | | | | That was several years ago. Since then, I have |
| after you have chosen the car that you must | | | | learned how buy a car - how to walk into a car |
| contend with the thing that stands between you | | | | dealership and drive out with the car I want within a |
| wanting it and you owning it - the price. Once you | | | | couple of hours. The best way to buy a car is to |
| have chosen a car, you have to buy (pay for) the | | | | have your financing approved ahead of time. Car |
| car. | | | | salespeople have a lot of tricks they use to build |
| The best way to buy a car is with cash in hand or | | | | fees and commissions into the price of your car. If |
| your car loan already in order. This is the only way to | | | | you tell them where you want your monthly |
| ensure that you will not be oversold or | | | | payment to be, they may try to tack on a few |
| out-negotiated on the auto sales floor. Most times, | | | | extra dollars each month by adding to your principal |
| people go looking for a vehicle before they look for | | | | amount. The money that is added to your principal is |
| the loan and they get their financing through the | | | | all dealership commissions. That few extra dollars you |
| dealership. As common as this is, it is actually the | | | | are paying each month could amount to thousands of |
| opposite of what you should be doing in order to get | | | | dollars in commissions. The problem is, as soon as you |
| the best deal. | | | | drive off of the lot, your car is worth thousands less |
| Have you ever gone to a dealership and been asked | | | | than your loan amount. |
| what monthly payment you are looking for? I have... | | | | So the best way to buy a car is to get your car loan |
| and then I had to play hardball to actually get that | | | | before you go around kicking tires. This way you |
| payment. The salesperson kept going in back and | | | | know exactly what you are working with, exactly |
| "talking to his manager" and coming back with | | | | how much your monthly payment will be, and you |
| payments that were just a little above the payment | | | | can use your energy to pick out the best car instead |
| I was looking for. The payments weren't too much | | | | of playing the "negotiating game". |
| above, but high enough to make me say "try again". | | | | Ken S. |
| To make a long story short, I spent the next three | | | | |