Survival Tips: Car buying strategies
Living in North America, especially in Canada, without a car is like walking without one leg. Unless you are living in one of those big cities where street cars, trains, buses and subways are all well connected, you would be quite limited to how fast you could get around town.
Buying a car here can be very tricky. Incentives and rebates have been part of the car-buying landscape for several years. Now, along comes a new twist, "employee discount programs" trumpeting once-in-a-lifetime deals. Is this the real deal? Or just more advertising hype?
The answer isn't a simple yes or no. Instead, we have to say that the employee discount programs seem to offer better deals for more people. What we mean is this: most buyers hate negotiating. Under the employee discount programs, they can get a good deal with less haggling. In most cases, they can look up the price on the Internet before they go near a dealership, and be confident they can get the car for that amount.
Buying a car here can be very tricky. Incentives and rebates have been part of the car-buying landscape for several years. Now, along comes a new twist, "employee discount programs" trumpeting once-in-a-lifetime deals. Is this the real deal? Or just more advertising hype?
The answer isn't a simple yes or no. Instead, we have to say that the employee discount programs seem to offer better deals for more people. What we mean is this: most buyers hate negotiating. Under the employee discount programs, they can get a good deal with less haggling. In most cases, they can look up the price on the Internet before they go near a dealership, and be confident they can get the car for that amount.
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