Be careful this car purchase beginner mistakes

Thinking about buying a car? Make you to browse the mistake of the drop by much. You can use at the end of more than you expected.

"This is a great way to buy a car, accidentally," says Joe meadow fields, senior editor for cars.com. Seller will bring pressure to bear that they can, lure you to a purchase.

Everyone knows, it is important to explore a vehicle before he it white on a test drive, but not everyone, the art of the Enlightenment, which leads to get a fair deal.

Real research means to find out what type of funding for you, several possible vehicles (including those used), and the visit, some comparison shopping to exploring more than a car dealership do cheapest is.

Bottom line: Media go there in a dealer with trust, know, and one may open mind. It means also know when you removed to walk.

"More money does not necessarily mean that a car will be more durable,", says David Sargent, Vice President of automotive research for j.d power and associates. "There are some very good, very solid, inexpensive out there and not so good, not so permanent, expensive vehicles."

That's why we put together this list - you have to know when and where, before he to spend the jump. For starters, you determine whether you need a new car yet. Just because you to fill your gas tank every week are $80 issues does not mean that it financial sense to change slightly.

Availability on hybrids, for example, sunk, and UK prices will rise, so, although rather small or hybrid may save money at the pump or make you feel better about themselves, they are the cheapest option not necessarily, especially if you already have a car, which says not very fuel efficient istWiesenfelder.

"You really have the math do," he says. "More cost efficient cars today as sticker price and the resale value of your guzzler gone even lower than it was five months ago." You are [at both ends punished].

If you decide to buy a car, be vigilant above all on the negotiation for the entire purchase price, rather than monthly payments. Traders like to draw rectangular boxes, which should show how much an interested party can afford per month, but that can be deceiving his: appear if long enough, also a Bentley can stand out payments affordable.

"A car is value never more to you than if it is paid," says meadow fields. "If you pay $1,000 [for repairs] and another year out of the car, is a helluva lot less than $350 per month."

Another idea: Internet sales department, rather than the sales of guys work with the dealer to the front. The Internet team has of retail space usually different motivations than their counterparts.

"A seller a showroom floor is trying so much money from the purchase price as he can," says Philip Reed, senior consumer advice editor of the Edmunds. ", The higher he gets the Commission of the higher purchase price." "Internet Manager makes a salary and receives a bonus, based on volume."

This means, that the Internet guys are more motivated, a sale, rather than the price run. Most of them adopted a higher level of knowledge from their buyers, because they use the Internet looking for something that you need, and faster and direct can make negotiating a fair price.

Finally, note that anything that can in any kind of interaction will say and be used against you in the "official" negotiations. "I need a car" or "I love this car" mentioned only vulnerable appear – emotional reactions are commanded never to low prices. And check, keep your profession under wraps: know a dealer, you are a doctor, or he can take on a lawyer, you pay more than you want.

Most of all relax. Car buying can be time-consuming and difficult. But it must be not stressful.

"People are so fixated always the right deal and not getting screwed," says meadow fields. "" they are like"my neighbor so much paid!" But who knows if your neighbor bought, who know what equipment is car in your neighbor. "It's just not easy."

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Auto dealers rev careful engines

First came high gas prices and the housing bust. The credit crisis, rising unemployment came industry bankruptcies and massive Toyota recalls.

After a steady stream of bad news for new car dealers, it seems like there are finally up - at least for those, who made it through the downturn keeping.

This could be good news for job seekers and as traders are be forced, added staff because so many positions in the recession, according to some analysts have been eliminated.

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"The industry type return, has", said Toon van Beeck, senior analyst at IBISworld, who under which the prediction is that car dealers will have to hire new employees this year to to keep up with demand.

Others in the industry beware of these new jobs in slowly trickle could as the memory of the recent recession in many dealers heads stay fresh.

"I think many traders have learned how to get, with fewer people by", said Aaron Bragman, senior analyst at IHS global insight. "It is the same (story) we hear throughout the economy."

However, it is a glimmer of good news for an industry, flat on the back two years ago.

The National Automobile Dealers Association expects U.S. to grow new car sales 12% in 2011 to 12.9 million vehicles. This is well below peak level merchants saw years but profits would mark the second year of annual sales.

As a sales trader the same puzzles like countless other companies trying, economic recovery to negotiate faced: hire employees, too fast, and you risk hurting your bottom line. Rent too slowly and may you have not enough staff to keep growing company.

"There are some issues that can not avoid, want to when you are not caught out when the industry comes back dramatically," said Paul Taylor, an economist with the National Automobile Dealers Association.

As sales ramp up may trader concern that you could lose a sale or service job if not enough staff to calls back quickly, said Taylor.

Marc Cannon, a senior Vice President at AutoNation, one of the nation largest car dealership chains, predicts yet, that rent modest will be this year.

"We progressive growth this year compared with the previous year have, but I see no dealers..." "Fast assembly line," he said.

AutoNation an increase of 14 percent in profits last year to 226 million $, and both credited Cannon an increase of in car sales and productivity. Dealer chain lost $1.2 billion in 2008.

"I think traders have really learned how you operate in this environment," said cannon.

For those who are still in business, it is a great advantage for the downturn survived - customer turn not nearly as many competitors have, leave those who grab larger potential piece sales are still in the business.

Decreased the number of franchise dealerships that slowly shrink for years had dramatically during the recession partially due to pressure from the struggling US automaker. There were 17,698 new car dealers earlier this year, down more than 2,000 before two years according to NADA.

"Occur companies used to closed dealers is migration of existing dealers," said Taylor, the dealer trade group Economist.

How many companies struggling with the effects of the recession said Cannon car dealers who survived have eliminated or consolidated many back-office operations and increases their dependence on technology for some tasks.

He said dealers also have become much more efficient to cars by the service centers that can be a profit hub and have expanded their service hours more customers on weekends and evenings to serve.

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