7 Tips For Your Test Drive: Why You Should Always Drive It Before You Buy It

The most important part of purchasing an automobile is to participate in a thorough demonstration drive and ride of any vehicle you are considering purchasing. Many people, however, aren’t sure what a test drive should consist of or what the should actually be looking for while test driving a car. with this in mind I am going to step out of my role as auto dealer and step into the shoes of an auto consumer to tell you how tyo perform the ideal test drive that will guarantee you get in your new car purchase what you are expecting to get from your new car purchase.

Here are 7 tips for your test drive that should help to make sure you actually get to know the car before you make the purchase.

Test Drive Tip # 1

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Car Buying Myth: Dealer Financing Rates are Higher than Bank Rates

Welcome back to day four of the 5 Auto Consumer Myths post series. For five consecutive days we are focusing on things that many people believe about buying or leasing a new or used car that are actually nothing more than myths. Be sure to read all five days worth of posts and make sure you know fact from fiction when you next visit the dealer lot.

Financing through the Dealer or the Bank?

When you are in need of a new vehicle, whether it is brand new or new to you, there are so many factors to consider that it can often become very confusing. To add to the confusion it seems when you are car shopping, suddenly everyone from your brother to your uncle to the guy down the street becomes an expert on car buying. It is usually with the best of intentions, but not always with the best of results.

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Brad-Your Car Guy-New Year’s Resolutions

Guess what time of year it is? That’s right, it’s New Years time. (Actually, if you didn’t know without guessing then perhaps reading my car blog isn’t what you should be doing right now. Call your doctor.) And What is it we all do at New Year’s time that has absolutely no effect on the rest of our year? That’s right, make resolutions.

In the spirit of the season, and as your car guy, I feel I would be remiss (one of my resolutions is to try and use the word ‘remiss’ more often) if I didn’t offer a few car related suggestions for inclusion in your New Years resolution list. Read more

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