The Car Buyer's Bible: Featuring the Eight Commandments for Buying a Car

by Robin Segal

With colorful stories and universal rules to always abide by, this guidebook examines each step of the car buying process. From knowing why and where to research and how to negotiate prices to beating... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0971969744
• ISBN13: 9780971969742
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Murray Hill Books
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.6" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

How to be a savvy car shopper- brilliant behind the scenes of how a dealership operates!!

It's a fun read. All car shoppers as well as anyone facing a purchasing negotiation can benefit from this book. It offers precise tips on how to avoid common pitfalls and get the best deal possible in any car purchase or lease situation. It's also a great read and a facinating tour of how a car dealership operates. It took us forever to decide whether to buy or lease until we read this book!

A God send for a car buying rookie

I have to confess that I am someone who managed to get through the first 20 years or so of adulthood without ever having bought a car. But now that I may have to bite the bullet, I found this book indispensable. I never realized that buying a car can be such a minefield and that there so many things that a prospective buyers needs to be aware of. I thought that this book gave me some very clear principles to use when approaching a show room. I particularly liked the advice about getting financing at your own financial institution instead of falling for the financing deals that the dealerships will try to offer. I also liked the authors point about NOT trying to understand the dealer and his or her perspective - that is probably the first mistake I would have made had I not read this book. The book is written with a very witty style and I found that once I started reading I couldn't put it down and read practically all of it in one sitting!

FINALLY...THE ONE!!!

I have been buying new cars for over 40 years, and finally, after not knowing whether I was paying too much or not, I got hold of this book, and everything changed for me. Just by following the eight commandments, which are easy and straightforward, I'm finding car buying can happen without hassle or mystery, and by using the web sites listed in the appendix, I know where to look up everything I could possibly need. Finally, I feel in control, and so much more confident that I'm not spending too much money. The stories communicate how important the commandments really are. Besides being a wise investment, this book is fun to read.  

Indispensible Guide

With much anxiety, I was in the market for my first new car. Using the Car Buyer's Bible's easy to use commandments, I was able to negotiate a price $500 below invoice for a 2005 Subaru Outback XT2.5 Limited! I am so pleased with this purchase! Segal thoroughly describes the mindset of the car salesman and strategies for working with them (don't forget to bring a notebook to the dealer!). I successfully dealt with 2 different Subaru salesmen at 2 different dealerships, an ethical one and a confirmed liar (revealed by my trusty notebook!). Guess who I bought from? This book will save you hundreds, if not thousands of dollars, not to mention provide you with the long lasting satisfaction of NOT GETTING RIPPED OFF!!

Why didn't I have this before

I wish I had had this book in my hands when I walked into the showroom to buy my last car! For some reason, independent, self assured professional woman that I am, I wound up somewhat timid/intimdated at the dealership. I had followed commandments two and three on finance and model. Yes, I had purchased Car and Driver and Road and Track and surfed the web. I was downright excited about the car I wanted. Then, I might as well have been going to the dentist. Commandmants 5, 7 and 8 are key. Number Seven was humbling. As a former senior negotiator for the US government, I should have known better. Highly readable - laugh out loud - at moments. The perfect Mothers/Fathers Day or Graduation gift.