Car advice-

[Alex]

You may remember my description of how I shop for clothes and such. Essentially whatever is closest to the store's door is fine by me.

Pretty much the same with car buying. Lani and I decided without ever seeing or driving one (or doing any real research) what we wanted. We found a dealer that had one. We said "how much?" They said "This much." We said "ok" and left with the car. I'm sure the salesman was ecstatic and I was happy that the whole ordeal took less than two hours (ignoring the eight hours of driving since we had to go to LA to get it).

I highly recommend this method of car shopping.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Originally Posted by Nephythys

hmm, may be getting the '08 after all. The underwriter seems willing to get me more at an even LOWER rate.

That's how our car-buying deal went. We got prequalified at the credit union, negotiated the price of the car, and presented the letter of prequal to the dealer. We got a better rate than even the credit union was offering.

How did it go????? As far as my car-owning experience goes, I had a really good experience with my last Toyota, and with my current Honda. I drive a CR-V and couldn't be happier with it. I'm at 80,000 miles and all I've paid for is routine maintenance. There have been two recalls and two warranty repairs. There is one wierdness with the transmission on some occasions, but it doesn't get in my way and is not reliable enough to try and explain to a mechanic.