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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying or Leasing a Car

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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.

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!

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.

It was difficult finding things and confusing but overall it was a fine and dandy book.

I found this book easy-to-read and easy-to-understand. Some books like this over-promise, but when you get to the dealership their techniques don't work. The advice I got from this book got the job done, and I feel I got a good deal.

Obviously written by a guy who was in the car business more than 15 years ago. If you want more up to date information you can find it ANYPLACE else. If you are not comfortable with whats going on walk out? serisouly? is that the best you have to offer? I currently use the pages in this book to start my BBQ.

I was never sure about the Idiot's and Dummies titles until I picked this book up. It's wonderfully written, engaging and very informative.

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This is a funny, concise book that will help the novice and the pro alike get the best deal on any vehicle. It's already saved a friend who read it a bundle and, best of all, this one is actually fun to read, unlike other car books that have the prose quality of a white pages

I had never bought a car before I read this book and I can tell you, after that, no seller could pull ANY magic or hypnotic trick on me. It gave me all the information and references that I needed to buy my first car at a bargain price. I had the confidence of a real pro-buyer! If you're willing to do your homework, you will easily save AT LEAST $1000.