Buying a New Car: Is it For You?

Car buying is full of fact and fiction. This article may not help, but at least you'll laugh about it.
Note: Aaron Spetner is neither an automobile salesman, nor a professional attorney, and can therefore be trusted with (but not held accountable for) any advice he may appear to be giving in this column.

For the past few weeks now, I have been looking to buy a car. Buying a car is not an easy task. It is not like, for example, grocery shopping, where you just walk through the store with a shopping list given to you by whomever conned you into going shopping. No, car shopping is different, for several reasons. Firstly, you have no list when you go car shopping; you just know you want a car. Secondly, when you walk into a car dealership, you are greeted by a salesman who will let you test-drive different vehicles. When you go grocery shopping, you cannot taste all the avocados until you find one that you like. At least not where I shop