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Money Saving Tips When Buying a Car
When buying a car there are a few tips that you can take on board to save money. These tips are vital bits of information that you can't get from anywhere else, not even from your driving lessons Leeds!
Most situations, when looking to buy a car, start with the buyer walking into a car dealership. This is where you will have to use these money-saving tips to make sure you get the best bargain around!
You will find one of the first questions the sales rep will ask you is your budget, closely followed by what you want for that price. This is so they can find out the price you want to pay and sell you a lower spec car for that price! Whatever you do don't tell them what your budget is. If they ask for a budget tell them what you are looking for and ask what is the cheapest offer they can give you on this type of car.
Giving the dealers a budget allows them to manipulate you to think that the budget you have isn't sufficient enough to get what you want, therefore making you stretch a little further! Telling the dealer what you are looking for and asking for their best price makes them competitive in their first offer as they think you may have been offered it cheaper from elsewhere.
Then next rule for saving money is to bargain the first offer down as far as possible. When you get to what they say is their 'bottom price', go further! Driving lessons in Leeds are to teach you how to drive, not how to save money when you pass your test and move to the next stage of buying a car. This makes these tips even more important, when you think you have bargained them down as far as they will go tell them if they knock £50 off that then you have a sale, for £50 it's not worth the dealership losing a sale and they will do it!
A great tip for bargaining is to start low, even if you know that it is a ridiculously low price. There are some things that you can’t bargain for such as shopping in a supermarket, or even your driving lessons Leeds prices, but buying a car is one of the biggest bargaining trades on the market and sellers expect you to do this, especially second-hand car dealerships!
So after walking in, not letting on what your budget is, telling the dealer what you want and bargaining, all that's left is to try for extras just before you sign the papers. For example if they aren't going any lower in price, such as the above£50 that was mentioned, ask for something extra that will equate to that £50, such as a tank or fuel. Some have been known to even get a free air freshener! As small as this is it's something more for you money!
Taking on board these money-saving tips will save you a lot of money when buying cars throughout your driving life. I'm sure at some point the car you take driving lessons Leeds in has been bargained for, and your instructor probably used the above money saving tips when buying it!
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