Get the Lowest Price on Your Next New Car Purchase

November 5th, 2007 • Related • Filed Under • by admin

If you want to purchase a new vehicle, the last thing you want to do is go down to the local dealership. You’ll be put in the grind and become the target of every rip-off technique known to man. They’re professionals at manipulation and persuasion, walking into a dealership with a wad of cash is the last thing you want to do. Some dealers are professional and treat their customers right, but there’s just as many that would love to take you for a ride and get as much money as they possibly can out of you. Fortunately, there’s a better way to purchase new cars than by going down to a dealer.

The first thing you have to do is figure out what type of vehicle you want to purchase. A great way to test drive new cars is to rent them from one of the major automobile renting services. It’s really inexpensive to do, and then you can drive a model for two or three days to decide if you like it or not. If you can avoid it, don’t test drive at the automobile dealers, or they’ll start pitching to you then and there.

After you have a model picked out, it’s time to shop online. Check out every dealer within a reasonable driving distance, and ask for a quote by email from the dealer. If they’re stubborn and tell you they’ll only talk to you in person, just email them back. Don’t play their game. After you start getting bids in your inbox, reply to each one of the messages and telling them that their bid is a bit high and that will be taking them out of the running, and if they’d like to submit another bid today, you’d be happy to listen to it. Some dealers will drop out because they can’t lower their prices any more than what they’ve offered you, but the rest will provide you a much better deal than they were originally.

Don’t let them get your phone number until you’re ready to purchase a car through an agreed upon price. If you need to talk to a dealer, use the *67 feature on your phone to prevent them from getting your phone number. Alternatively, you can use something such as Skype so that they won’t get your real phone number. The last thing you need is a car dealer calling you up and pitching to you over the phone.

After you’ve gotten the best price from the different dealers you think you’re going to get, simply pick the best one and go purchase the automobile. If they try to mess with you and give you a less desirable deal than they first promised, just walk out and go to another dealer that won’t mess you around. Don’t do business with car dealers that perform such shady practices.