The Right Way to Buy a Car Over a decade ago, my wife decided to buy a new car. She wanted a Honda Civic but didn’t care much about anything else. Together, we drafted a letter that read something like this: Dear Car Dealer: We’re in the market for a new Honda Civic. We don’t care what color it is, but it needs to have features X, Y, and Z. We have $5,000 for a down payment and would like to drive the car home on Saturday afternoon. We’re sending this letter to all the Honda dealers in the area. If you give us the lowest price, we’ll buy from you. We faxed the letter to a dozen Honda dealers
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