Car Buying and Auto Loans: The Complete Beginner's Guide: Negotiate Smarter, Avoid Loan Traps, and Drive Away Without Overpaying (Money Guide Series Book 22)
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For most households, a car is the second-largest purchase after a home -- and one of the easiest to overpay for. Between dealer financing tricks, trade-in lowballing, and loan terms engineered to maximize interest paid, the average buyer leaves thousands of dollars on the table without ever realizing it. This guide breaks down exactly how car buying and auto financing work: the four numbers that actually determine your loan payment, why negotiating price and negotiating financing must be kept separate, how to get pre-approved before you ever set foot in a dealership, and how to protect yourself from the finance-office add-ons that quietly inflate the total cost of your deal. A simple action checklist at the end turns the whole process into something you can walk through step by step. Written by Sylvia Finance for the Money Guide Series, this is the car-buying guide for anyone who wants to walk into a dealership knowing more than the person across the desk. Read more
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Publication date : August 9, 2026
Language : English
File size : 147 KB
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 10 pages
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