Automobile Aerobics: Exercise Your Right to Trim Thousands Off the Price of Your Next Automobile and Make the Dealership Sweat! (Paperback)

by Daniel J. Levy (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal
Levy's theory is that to save money on an automobile you must minimize the price paid and maximize the resale price. Therefore, he recommends purchasing a new car that will have high resale value and replacing it in a few years before the resale value drops significantly. Levy, who has bought, sold, and leased more than 3000 cars over the last 16 years, includes a chart that rates the resale value of brands and models. He also outlines the advantages and disadvantages of paying cash, financing, and leasing and explains exactly how to negotiate by dealing directly with the fleet manager. The section on leasing is very good. Brief chapters on selling/trading your automobile and car-safety care are included. All in all, this is straightforward talk that would be useful to first-time buyers. For public libraries.
Judith Nixon, Purdue Univ. Lib., West Lafeyette, Ind.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Booklist
There are few more daunting exercises than purchasing an automobile. The fact that it is an "exercise," with planned routines set up by dealerships, provides Levy's inspiration. He seeks to arm you with enough information and insight to make negotiations with auto dealers a fair contest. Insight into a retail auto sales staff's routine for getting a higher price for a given car should demystify the process and give you greater negotiating leverage, so Levy describes the act. "The salesperson may ask you how much you would pay for the car right now," then tell you the offer is not high enough and that "I need something more to bring to my manager--help me out here," thereby creating the illusion that the salesperson is trying to help you get the car at the lowest possible price, of course--not! Once you understand this, real negotiations may begin. Besides buying a car, Levy also covers selling, trading, and leasing. Good reading in an area of vital interest to a great many. Mike Tribby --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Tennyson Publishing Company; 2nd edition (February 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0963762893
• ISBN-13: 978-0963762894
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #7,638,710 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The best automobile how-to book I've read!, April 13, 1997

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This review is from: Automobile Aerobics: Exercise Your Right to Trim Thousands Off the Price of Your Next Automobile and Make the Dealership Sweat (Hardcover)

Automobile Aerobics has been read by thousands of people across the country who are searching for the best values in buying, leasing or selling new or used cars. Reviews have come back from many of these people saying this is the best automible how-to book I've read as it gives me the ins and outs of the business. In fact, the author Daniel Levy, who personally consults with people searching for the best deals, sometimes lends the book to them himself and they always learn from it and always thank him for writing it