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[A104]A Type Of Car

by Neil Teasdale, Nei

Some dealerships refuse to haggle over the cost of a car. Once you make your opening offer you should never accept anything higher than that, as far as costs go. If the dealership that you go to doesn't haggle, don't sweat it, some other dealership will. Be prepared to shop around and make the deal you want or as close to it as possible. The reason some dealerships refuse to haggle is because they want to add extra fees to the MSRP.

You will need to decide what kind of buyer you are in order to get a negotiating stance. You do not want to set yourself up as a monthly payment buyer either because that is a guaranteed way for you to get a higher payment fee. This almost always raises the monthly cost to way more than you had planned. They will offer to take a little bit off of the MSRP. Then they will ask you what you are looking to pay each month; this is where the extra money comes in.

Cash buyers are generally asked, "Are willing to pay each month?" hoping to pop them for additional or higher payments. Inform them it doesn't matter because you are looking for an even division on the cost of the car, not to argue over the monthly cost. Let them know that you are looking to haggle over the cost of the car, not the monthly payments. This is often used for cash buyers.

If a finance manager tries to get you to report your payment method before you have decided upon purchasing the car, don't get sucked into it. Get the price before working out the details. The method of payment doesn't matter unless you are deciding upon purchasing the car. Finance managers ask so that they can best decide how to screw you over. Those are the facts, there's no nicer way to put it.

Some dealers will offer to give you a better deal if you finance your car through them. I can guarantee that this will not be the case.

Of course the worst thing that you could be an impulse buyer, dealers smell this immediately and make sure you pay for your impatience. An impulse buyer is just another word for "victim." Impulse buyers can often get sucked into the "hot" car of the moment and usually get taken for as much as $10,000. A dealer can see this buyer coming from a mile away.

If a dealer approaches you about the "hot" car tell him that you are not interested because it will not be worth the money next year as the new "hot" car will be out by then. Stick to your plan and the models that you're interested in and have done your homework on.

You don't want to buy a car that is in demand because it is the easiest way for a dealership to mark up the prices. The MSRP always looks low, but it is the extras and monthly payments that will lose you money.

Remember the resale value of the car doesn't change no matter how much money you bought the car for. All cars still depreciate in value at the same rate from the factory invoice.

The only thing out there more important than making sure your car is properly insured is making sure your home is properly insured, and since local government isn't handing out fines (yet) for not carrying insurance on your home that's debatable! The problem is, it isn't enough just to know that you need car insurance. You also have to know what, and how much, you need to insure your car against! Here's a sneak peek at the main types of car insurance being offered by today's insurance companies and how much you really need.

Liability Insurance-Just about any car insurance explanation that you're going to find is going to start with a look at your liability insurance coverage. Why? Because that's the stuff the state says you have to have! See, every time you cause an accident you're going to be considered responsible for the damages that follow. Makes sense, right? Not that big a deal-until you start thinking about how much it's going to cost to pay for emergency car for five or six people, plus vehicle repairs, plus…

You see where we're going with this.

Liability car insurance will take care of property damage and bodily injury (medical bills) resulting from an accident you caused. Each state has their own minimum when it comes to liability, but the bare minimum usually isn't enough. Most experts recommend you carry at least $100,000 in bodily injury per person, $300,000 in bodily injury per accident and $100,000 in property damage-just be safe.

Collision Insurance-Liability insurance will pay to fix everyone else's cars, but who's going to pay to fix yours? That's where you need collision insurance. Even if your car wasn't extremely expensive ($5,000 rather than $50,000, for example) that's still a large investment you probably don't want to have to make again anytime soon. Collision insurance will take care of repairs to your car after an accident and replace the car (at its depreciated value) if it can't be saved.

Comprehensive Insurance-Whether you believe in a God or not, it's impossible to deny the amount of havoc an "Act of God" like a hurricane, mudslide, earthquake, hailstorm or ice storm can wreck on your car. Comprehensive insurance will take care of the costs associated with helping you repair and/or replace your car after Mother Nature has a go at it so you don't have to pay the entire thing out of pocket. Like collision insurance, the amount of this reimbursement is going to be determined by what the car insurance companies say your car is currently worth.

Uninsured Motorist Insurance-There's no getting around the fact that we're currently sitting in the middle of a global recession-or that that recession has had a huge impact on the ability of Americans to afford car insurance coverage. Experts estimate that by 2010 the number of drivers running around without insurance is going to be at an all time high-the highest anyone has ever seen it. When you're in an accident with an uninsured driver you could spend years in court trying to nickel and dime your reparation costs out of them.

Uninsured motorist insurance lets your own insurance pick up the slack and get you back on the road as quickly as possible.

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