Car Shopping vs House Hunting- Negotiating

Our purchase did not go as expected. Despite our experience in negotiating home prices, our ideas and strategies didn’t really translate to the auto world all that well. As Amy has pointed out in past posts, cars are different than houses. Different dealers can carry the exact same car (or at least nearly the same – close enough). So once a buyer decides which car they want, they can get it anywhere. We picked out

Car Shopping vs. House Hunting- Uncle

Our car shopping adventure is done. I (Amy) called “Uncle” after test driving just one car. The thought of going to three additional dealerships to test drive cars I was only lukewarm about made me cringe. I just couldn’t do it. My time is valuable. Car shopping stinks. It took us 2.5 hours to test drive and sit with the salesperson at Dealership #1. I didn’t have 7.5+ more hours to spend doing this. Plus

Car Shopping vs. House Hunting- Day One

Yesterday was our first day out on the car shopping adventure. Kyle and I were both pleasantly surprised with the experience so far. Based on the initial research we did, we’ve decided there are 4 car makes that we find acceptable for our needs. So before we start price negotiations we’ll need to visit at least 4 dealerships. We went to Dealership #1 where we asked to test drive two cars. The salesperson was helpful

Car Shopping vs. House Hunting

This week Kyle and I begin the arduous task of car shopping. In general, we are not what you would call strong shoppers. By that I mean, we don’t have much shopping endurance. We’re the type of people that make a list, go to the store to get what is on the list and return home. We don’t browse. We don’t window shop. If it’s not on the list, it doesn’t get purchased. I’m kind