Car Secrets Revealed: Tips on Car Buying, Leasing, Repairs, Insurance, and More/with IBM and MAC software (Paperback)

by Corey Rudl (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 198 pages
• Publisher: Car Secrets; 3rd edition (March 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0969808321
• ISBN-13: 978-0969808329
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,254,428 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars car secrets revealed:tips..., November 3, 2002

By	"nomoon40" (Henderson,NV USA) - See all my reviews

This book was very thorough but slow reading. It made me very wary of dealers and negative on the whole idea buying a new car and doing battle at the dealership. Some of the ideas are dated and many of the "tips" are repeated in CR and other books. If you are considering this book you should consider getting the book; The Complete Internet Car Buying Guide, for 2003. (its' cheaper too.)

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WORTH EVERY PENNY!, February 28, 2001

By A Customer

Not only did I buy this book. I made notes of each piece of advice and used them to buy two cars - one a Chrysler New Yorker and the other a Mercedes Benz. Both times I saved thousands of dollars! I started off getting outrageous info from all the salesmen I spoke with. When they finally saw the downloaded info from the websites referred to in this book, their quotes and info changed radically!

Five out of the six salesmen I spoke with called me back within two days to meet the price I was willing to pay. (This included dealers from other brands that I didn't buy). Both times I paid less than the $3000.00 over the DEALER cost as advised! Both cars were fully loaded.

Be prepared to tough it out as described in the book and you will pay less then you can believe for the car of your dreams! But I admit that the info on insurance and tickets did not help me. The advice on how to buy was more than enough to make the price of the book well worth while. I have since passed this book on to two other friends who got almost the same savings as I did.

16 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars BOGUS information on automobile repairs, purchases, etc., November 11, 1998

By	[e-mail] (Indiana) - See all my reviews

Worthless information written by someone who thinks he is an expert. I would NOT recommend this book to anyone, unless they want to throw their money away. It is quite obvious that this book is written by someone with the typical "used car salesman" mentality. His "insight" to the world of automobiles is totally out of this world. Most of what is written is just plain WRONG, especially the parts of getting out of traffic tickets and representing yourself in Court. Advice like this can COST you thousands of dollars! I could not find one article in this book that would save anyone any money, except the author.