Buying a Car for Dummies
Buying a Car for Dummies (Paperback)
by Deanna Sclar (Author)
From Library Journal
For many, the experience of buying a car is as unpleasant as a root canal, and author Sclar (Auto Repair for Dummies) provides just the right medication. A well-known consumer advocate and expert repair consultant, she presents numerous tips on first deciding whether to buy a new or used car and, the best part, the truth about auto financing. With this handy and briskly narrated advice, listeners can now feel more confident as they steer their way through negotiating a fair price, getting insurance, establishing an affordable maintenance plan, picking cherries and avoiding lemons, determining what options are really needed, and calculating how much a car actually costs. Highly informative, this guide is recommended for all public libraries.ADale Farris, Groves, TX
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Book Description
Buying a car is never easy. Besides spending a sizeable amount of money on this investment, your liveliness probably relies on this vehicle. You need to know that your car will get you from point A to point B in a timely and safe manner—so buying a lemon is not something you can afford to do.
Buying A Car For Dummies is for you if you need to find out how to buy, sell, insure, drive, protect, or rent a vehicle. It doesn’t matter how old you are (as long as you can legally drive and have a license), this book can make your experience with cars a smooth ride.
Buying A Car For Dummies can help you save a truckload of money over the life of your vehicle as you find out all you need to know about new and used car ownership in this entertaining and informative reference guide. This dependable book covers all avenues of buying and owning a car, from negotiating a fair price to finding reliable insurance to saving money on routine servicing. You’ll stay in the driver’s seat as you discover how to:
* Calculate how much you current car really costs you
* Weigh the pros and cons of buying new or used
* Get the best trade-in, resale, or donation value for your vehicle
* Pick out a cherry and avoid lemons—expert advice for buying a reliable used car
* Determine what features and options you really need in a new car
* Get the straight scoop on financing or leasing your car
* Find an insurance policy and company you can trust
* Protect your automotive assets—from steering wheel locks to full-blown security systems
With Buying A Car For Dummies as your guide, you can park you fears, frustrations, and anxieties as you discover how to decide between buying or leasing new wheels, how to negotiate with car dealers, how to foil car thieves and carjackers, how to protect yourself in a breakdown or accident, and how to protect your automotive assets with insurance, warranties, and service contracts. Plus, the book features a list of ten great automotive Web sites for pricing information, ratings, industry news, diagnostic troubleshooting, and more.
Used Car Buying Guide 2007
Used Car Buying Guide 2007 (Consumer Reports Used Car Buying Guide) (Paperback)
Product Details
* Paperback: 240 pages
* Publisher: Consumer Reports (January 9, 2007)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1933524065
* ISBN-13: 978-1933524061
* Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.4 x 0.6 inches
Book Description
Buying a car can be a smart idea - a car loses the lion’s share of its value when it is driven off the new car lot, so why let someone else take that loss? But buyer beware: A used car is likely to need more repairs and may come with a short warranty or none at all. In addition, used cars may lack the latest safety features. That is why it is so important for consumers to do extensive research so they can avoid all of the potential pitfalls of buying a used car.
The auto experts at Consumer Reports have done the work for you and have compiled their extensive research and report their findings into the 2007 edition of USED CAR BUYING GUIDE. This fabulous tool will help steer any consumer who is in the market for a used car towards the better-performing and more reliable used car models and away from those models with a troubled past or substandard performance. Before consumers set foot on a used car lot, they should read all the valuable information provided in this book so they can be armed with as much information as possible and the knowledge to make an educated choice.
Consumer Reports knows cars and offers the most detailed and revealing used car reliability information available anywhere including:
# Unbiased reviews of every major model from 1999 - 2006
# Lists of the best and worst used vehicles and how to avoid a lemon
# A checklist of what to look for when inspecting a used car
# Best used cars for gas mileage
# Tips on negotiating the best priceReliability, recalls and crash test information
# Making sense of safety information
# How to get the most money when trading in your current car.
The majority of this book is devoted to the profiles of 264 cars, minivans, SUVs and trucks, presenting all major 1999-2006 models. Each profile contains a photo from the representative year, a write-up of the vehicle, reliability history, crash-test data, and the model years when key safety gear was added and when a major redesign was made.