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New Car Checklist

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New Car Checklist

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Personal Automotive Buying Guide

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Shopping and Comparing
- Gather general new vehicle buying information.
- Decide the budget for your new car.
- Learn about a vehicles' fuel efficiency.
- Check to see what incentives and rebates are available on the car you want to buy.
- If you are financing the car, use the payment calculators to determine the monthly payment for the car you want to buy.
- Visit dealerships.
- Test-drive all the cars you are considering buying.
- Call the salesman to negotiate the best price of the car you want to buy.
- Once you've reached a good price, get a worksheet showing all the prices, taxes and fees.
- Bring your worksheet with you to the dealership so you can compare these numbers to the figures on the contract.
Test Drive
- Prior to test drive, make a list of the trade-offs you may be willing to make.
- Make an appointment with a salesman to make sure they have at least one car model that you want to test on the lot.
- Make sure you have photocopies of your driver's license and proof of insurance.
- Never surrender your driver's license - give a photocopy if you're asked.
- Always try to test-drive a version that is as close to what you want as possible.
- Ask the salesman to demonstrate the vehicle's features before the drive.
- Check the size of the trunk.
- Sit in every seating position.
- Enter and exit the vehicle, ensuring that you can do so easily.
- Test the car in the same environments in which you will drive it.
- Concentrate on the smoothness of the ride.
- From the driver's seat, check visibility.
- Check if the steering is responsive.
- Hit the brakes.
- After the drive ask for the salesman's card -if you do decide to return and negotiate, it should be with him.
Buying a Car
- Negotiate terms.
- Be familiar with your rights and responsibilities when leaving a deposit and signing a bill of sale or offer to purchase.
- Be familiar with all costs associated with the purchase.
- Read and understand the contract completely before signing.
- Inspect the car for dents, dings and scratches before taking final delivery.
- Know the extra fees you don?t have to pay when buying a new car.

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