How to buy a car (for the first time buyer).

[dabrian]

Ty very much for creating this thread.  You have posted tons of great information here that any potential car buyer should read.

Please Mods sticky this thread.

[supersam101]

You guys need to check out this website. www.truecar.com/
My aunt used it before and the dealer beat the websites price.

[SamsungHDTV]

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@supersam101 wrote:
You guys need to check out this website. www.truecar.com/
My aunt used it before and the dealer beat the websites price.

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Well once the dealer beats the website price, always have another dealer beat the first dealer. And then you have them beating themselves until one drops out.

[Volpes]

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nice thread though

[Dustink]

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@SamsungHDTV wrote:

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@supersam101 wrote:
You guys need to check out this website. www.truecar.com/
My aunt used it before and the dealer beat the websites price.

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Well once the dealer beats the website price, always have another dealer beat the first dealer. And then you have them beating themselves until one drops out.

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Haha, that is what I did with like 10 dealers. Ended up with the dealer nearest my house being able to offer the best deal. Likely because they think I will go to them for service.

Negotiating the trade online can be difficult. A salesperson will tell you anything to get you in, but they are generally not the one who values the trade.

[GetTheFico]

Great post, bookmarked!

This will come in handy early next year.

[m3rge]

SamsungHDTV, excellent post! I'm starting to plan my first purchase of a car and this post helps alot for first time buyers!

[Siopao]

Thanks SamsunHDTV!

Very informative post.  I'm actually shopping for a car.  I already emailed about 5 dealerships.  I've only been in contact with 2 out of those 5.  It seems the other 2 had some auto response email basically telling me to call.  I tried to reply to those, but no go.  The 5th just called.

The car I was looking at is the Kia Optima SXL which MSRP's for about 35k.  I got one dealership down to $29,305 + TTL.  But that also included some incentives ($1500 competivie car and $500 Kia financing).  I searched around and found that this is pretty close to the lowest I've found others buying this particular trim.  

My question is, how do I get the dealer to give me this quote in an email so I don't get shafted when I get there?  

[Dustink]

That looks like a good quote.

Tell the dealer you are comparing quotes and you want a break down of it in an email.

[Siopao]

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@Dustink wrote:

That looks like a good quote.

Tell the dealer you are comparing quotes and you want a break down of it in an email.

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Thanks Dustink!

I will give it a shot.  It seems like the two others that have responded to me won't even get near that price.  So either something fishy is going on with that dealer, or it's just a smokin' deal.