Everything we've learned, written down.
Practical guides on price, fees, financing, trade-ins and leases. Written for buyers, not clicks.
How to negotiate an out-the-door price
The only number that matters when you buy a car. Here's how to demand it, verify it, and use it as your entire negotiation.
Read guide →Dealership fees you should not pay
A field guide to the junk fees, add-ons and market adjustments dealers slip into the contract — and which ones you can remove.
Read guide →How much below MSRP should you offer?
There isn't one answer — it depends on invoice, incentives, supply and where the car sits on the lot. Here's the framework.
Read guide →Should you finance through the dealership?
Sometimes yes, usually no. How to tell the difference and how to negotiate the rate you're actually offered.
Read guide →How to compare two car offers
Selling price, fees, financing, trade-in and add-ons all move at once. Here's the apples-to-apples comparison that actually works.
Read guide →How to negotiate a trade-in separately
Why rolling your trade-in into the new-car payment usually costs you money, and how to keep the two numbers apart.
Read guide →Lease negotiation mistakes to avoid
Cap cost, money factor, residual, drive-off — leases are four negotiations, not one. Here are the mistakes that quietly inflate your payment.
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