Because I hate shopping for vehicles I tend to put a great deal of miles on the car I own. I take good care of my cars making sure they have regular maintenance, but there comes a time when they simply wear out. I found myself once again in the market for a vehicle and this time I wanted to buy a new one. I was telling a friend about not wanting to go into a dealership alone because I am quite naive when it comes to the cost of cars. He suggested I look up the car dealer invoice of the vehicles that I was interested in purchasing. He told me that most manufactures publish the car dealer invoice so people will not be over charged. I thought this sounded like a great idea.
I did some searching and soon found the car dealer invoice for the vehicle I was the most interested in. The invoice outlined what accessories came standard with the car and what things cost extra. The suggested retail prices for the extras were listed. I made copies of the different invoices and went looking for a car.
One car dealer was advertising that the cars were on sale for one dollar over the dealers invoice. This was an inventory reduction sale. I had my copy of the invoice and went to the car dealer to see how honest their advertising was. I explained to the sales person what type of car I wanted and what accessories were important to me. He had one on the lot and suggested that I test drive it. The car had everything I wanted and I liked the way it handled.