You're no idiot, of course. You keep your projects on budget at work, shop around to find the best prices on groceries and clothing, and even manage to sock away money for your kids' college tuition. But when it comes to wheeling and dealing to buy a car, you feel like someone else is in the driver's seat. Don't be taken for a ride! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying or Leasing a Car helps you learn the techniques you need to drive away in the car you want at the price you can afford. Feel confident about asking questions and bargaining, even when you have to say "no" to a salesperson. In this Complete Idiot's Guide, you get:
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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for idiots only,
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This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying or Leasing a Car (Paperback)
This is a good book if you have an extremely low IQ and need chapters and chapters on how to select which car model you want to buy. If that is your biggest problem when it comes to buying a car, then you are either very rich or very stupid. There are much better books around on how to deal with dealers, getting the most for your used car, not getting screwed on a lease, etc. The only adivce this book had on bargaining with dealers was "if you're not comfortabe with what's going on in the dealership, walk out." Sorry, but there's a lot more to negotiating than that.
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Everything In This Book Happened to Me!,
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This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying or Leasing a Car (Paperback)
I was a skeptic. How could everything you are warned about in this book really happen? I am sorry to say it's all true. In fact, I could write my own book about my car-buying experiences! As a single woman shopping alone for a new car, I thought this book was a reasonable investment. But it was so much more. Thanks to this book, I was prepared. I was informed. And I saved both my sanity and thousands in the end. There was a happy ending to my story thanks in large part to what I learned on those pages. Read this book if you are even considering buying a car. It's worth every single penny. I even made my fiance read it a year later -- before he bought his new car!
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Waste of Time & Money,
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This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying or Leasing a Car (Paperback)
I found this book to be over simplistic and patronizing as well as a complete waste of effort and time when compared to other books in this category. Would not reccommend.
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In a nation that can't agree on much of anything, one thing we all seem to agree on is that we love cars. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
many car buyers, annualized percentage rate, dealer invoice price, dealer personnel, discount financing, cash purchase price, current vehicle, resale time, several dealerships, dream vehicle, good resale value, acquisition fee, many dealerships, auto financing, crash testing, optional engines, lemon laws, capitalized cost, suggested list price, antilock brakes, acquisition goals Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bet You Didn't Know, Let's Talk, Consumer Reports, The Least You Need, General Motors, United States, Bat You Didn't Know, Motor Trend, Potash of Nebbishtowne, Strategic Vision, America Online, Automotive News, Chrysler Corporation, Consumer Guide, Automotive Consumer Services, Doofus Goofus, Mazda Miata, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Potash Beekeeper, Saturn Corporation New!
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In a nation that can't agree on much of anything, one thing we all seem to agree on is that we love cars. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
many car buyers, annualized percentage rate, dealer invoice price, dealer personnel, discount financing, cash purchase price, current vehicle, resale time, several dealerships, dream vehicle, good resale value, acquisition fee, many dealerships, auto financing, crash testing, optional engines, lemon laws, capitalized cost, suggested list price, antilock brakes, acquisition goals Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bet You Didn't Know, Let's Talk, Consumer Reports, The Least You Need, General Motors, United States, Bat You Didn't Know, Motor Trend, Potash of Nebbishtowne, Strategic Vision, America Online, Automotive News, Chrysler Corporation, Consumer Guide, Automotive Consumer Services, Doofus Goofus, Mazda Miata, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Potash Beekeeper, Saturn Corporation New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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