Buying a Car for Dummies

by Deanna Sclar

Book Overview

Buying a car is never easy. Besides spending a sizeable amount ofmoney on this investment, your liveliness probably relies on thisvehicle. You need to know that your car will get you from point Ato point B in a timely and safe manner--so buying a lemon isnot something you can afford to do. Buying A Car For Dummies is for you if you need to findout how to buy, sell, insure, drive, protect, or rent a vehicle. Itdoesn't matter how old you are (as long...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764550918
• ISBN13: 9780764550911
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: For Dummies
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.5" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Excellent book for buying a new car

This is an excellent book to read prior to buying a car. This book helped me to research the car I wanted to buy before going to the dealership by giving me helpful internet sites to find the invoice price on my car and other facts. It also instructed me on negotiating strategies to use when I sat down with the car salesman. True to the books description the salesman used the same tricks the book predicted he would. Highballing the initial price, stalling, stating he was going to lose money on the sale, bringing his boss in, etc. Reading this book allowed me not to be to eager and to be willing to leave if the salesman being cooperative on the price. This resulted in my purchasing a 2007 Honda Civic Hybrid for $11 over the invoice price. I also bought my car insurance using one of the websites suggested by the book.

This text offers excellent information

This text offers information about buying a car from start to finish, from thinking about what you want, to insurance, to checking your car, to financing, to negotiating with dealers, and refers you to other great online and text sources for more information. Excellent and well worth it, even for the most knowledgeable car buyers. Everyone will learn at least ten great things from this book.

a good refernce book for making a car purchase decision

a good reference book for making a car purchase decision. we utilized a non-profit organization listed in this book to guide us through a safe car purchase

It helped me

I read this entire book and when it was time to go and buy my first car it helped me a tonm it was defanitly worth every cent that i payed for it.BUY IT!