How To Buy A Car

Learn how to buy a car by reading what other people did right and wrong. Every story is broken down by an expert with tips and advice to help you learn how to buy a car.

The Editor's Car Shopping Diary: The Big Decision After ruling out the Honda Accord coupe and Nissan Altima sedan, I decided the Mazda 6 was the perfect car for me. I knew I was going to buy the car from the moment I test-drove it. It had the room I was looking for and the sporty styling I preferred. After leaving Maroone Nissan in Delray Saturday afternoon, I headed over to Delray Mazda. I purpo[...] .. Read More. The Editor's Car Shopping Diary: Second Weekend at the Dealers I began my car search several weeks ago doing lots of online research. I went to several dealerships two weeks ago to look and test drive cars. I decided not to do any car shopping or research during Labor Day weekend, so I took the weekend off to relax. All last week, my goal was to finish the rest of my research and get all my ducks in a row. So I called my insurance agent to see how much it w[...] .. Read More. The Editor's Car Shopping Diary: First Weekend Out to Look I haven’t bought a car in six years and over the weekend, I found out that absolutely nothing about buying a car has changed. The car shopping process is still as dreadful as I remember.* I recently found out that my car is going to cost more than I thought to fix. It just doesn’t make sense for me to put more money into the car. It’s been an awesome vehicle and it’s been [...] .. Read More. Car Shopper Says Buy-Here-Pay-Here Experience Was Surprisingly Enjoyable When you have bad credit and need a car, you don’t necessarily have your pick of the litter. Car shoppers with bad credit have to buy a car where they can get approved for a car loan. We talked to Dan Miller, an airline baggage handler in the West Palm Beach, Fla. area, about his recent experience buying a used vehicle from a buy-here-pay-here dealership. Dan found that the whole process wa[...] .. Read More.