Car Shopping Made Easy: Buying or Leasing, New or Used: How to Get the Car You Want at the Price You Want to Pay

by Jerry Edgerton

Overview

With the average paid price for a new car up nearly 30% since 1990, readers will find out how to calculate the true value of a chosen vehicle in order to negotiate the best sale, and much more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780446677646
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date:	10/01/2001
Series:	Money America's Financial Advisor Series
Edition description:	REVISED
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.56(d)

Table of Contents

	Introduction: Answering Crucial Car Questions	1
Part 1	Choosing the Right Vehicle for Your Life and Your Budget	5
Chapter 1	The Car You Want, the Car You Need: Getting It Right	7
Chapter 2	Your Auto-Biography: The Right Car or Truck for the Job	20
Chapter 3	Staying Safe, Saving Money	30
Chapter 4	Your Answers, Your Deal	43
Chapter 5	What Can You Afford? Don't Kid Yourself	53
Chapter 6	Targeting Your Price: The Internet Gives You the Lowdown	64
Chapter 7	Buying Right on the Internet	75
Chapter 8	Shopping for Money	80
Part 2	Shopping for the Best Deal	89
Chapter 9	Hate Haggling? Then Hire Help	91
Chapter 10	One Price but Not the Highest Price	101
Chapter 11	Leasing: Through the Looking Glass	107
Chapter 12	Scoping Out Service: Finding the Right Dealer to Work on Your Car	120
Chapter 13	Getting Down to the Deal: How to Negotiate with Confidence and Get the Best Price	127
Chapter 14	Closing the Deal: Making Sure You Don't Sign Away the Savings You Just Negotiated	137
Chapter 15	Buying a Used Car: Getting the Most Car for the Least	142
Chapter 16	Got a Lemon? Don't Let It Squeeze You	158
Chapter 17	Down the Road: Mechanical Maintenance and Financial Planning	163
Chapter 18	Summing Up: Step by Step to a Great Deal	166
	Glossary	169
Appendix A	Insurance Costs: How Cars, Trucks, Vans and Utilities Stack Up	173
Appendix B	Record of Injuries	183
Appendix C	Rating the Crash Tests	195
Appendix D	How Much Loan for the Payments	201
	Index	205

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