Any advice on buying a car from a dealer??

[bart]

yo dude i feel ya, been up all night drinkin merlot thinking about how im gonna find a job. stressful times indeed. spring can't come soon enough. hit me up if you wanna do some scouting...

[Backbeach Jake]

The last dealership that I worked for had this philosophy. Everybody is a sucker to be played, everybody. Customers, help, nuns, it didn't matter.

[Pete_G]

Try to ignore the stress, it's part of buying a vehicle. What should be fun usually isn't...

Good luck finding a 'yota. They're good trucks. The dealers have been a little flaky for me, overall, but with a Tacoma you aren't going to be seeing them much anyway.

Hold out for used if you can, avoid the depreciation. Be sure to shop interest rates too if you're financing, it makes a big difference over the life of the loan. Sometimes used interest rates are so much higher on used vehicles that you can/should even consider new.

[JohnR]

Chef - they are getting large money from those 5 year old 100K mile trucks - $12000 for a 100,000 mile 4 cyl Tacoma is kinda stupid but that is what the market bears...

Regardless of what you get - dealer or private sale - AFTER you agree on a price and AS you are signing a purchase & sales agreement PSA, list on the PSA that the deal is subject to you're bringing the truck to a mechanic for a full checkup, This checkup will probably cost 1 - 1.5 hrs labor - $50-100 depending on the shop, but you'll know if it needs brakes, has a leaking tranny, maybe has been in an accident - etc...

I'll sell you the S-B truck for $17,500 (I'm listing it for $19500 ) http://linesiders.com/index.php?opti...id=20&Itemid=1

which has a factory warranty for another 33K miles