End-Of-Year Car Buying Tips

Written by Jerry Reynolds | Dec 26, 2023 9:57:00 PM

If you are used to buying a new vehicle just after Christmas, trust me, you need to start now or you may not be successful.

Luckily, inventories are the best they’ve been in 3 years, but the most desirable vehicles will go first. If you want to take advantage of Tax Code 179, or just want to take advantage of amazing December incentives, START NOW.

Communicate with one of our dealers. Tell them what you want, try to be flexible if possible, and let them do what they do best: make you happy. Our process works best if you email our dealers through CarPro.com, but they will be busy. If you don’t get a reply within 2 hours, follow-up with a phone call. Just click FIND YOUR CAR PRO at the website.

Communicate with one of our dealers. Tell them what you want, try to be flexible if possible, and let them do what they do best: make you happy.

Beware The Bait and Switch Online Prices!

It is worse this time of year than any other time. Dealers putting unrealistic pricing is rampant right now. They only have one vehicle at that price and guess what? It sold this morning. They use all sorts of rebates you won’t qualify for, but you’re already three hours into the deal before you find out. Some will keep you hostage only to tell you later that it is “plus add-ons” or the price didn’t include transportation charges. Stick with my Certified Dealers to avoid this waste of time nonsense.

End-Of-Year Car Buying Tips

Here are some tips to help you make the process quicker and easier:

First, be sure to start the process by emailing our dealers as prescribed below. Tell the dealer when you are going to visit them, and what you are looking for. It is a good idea to spend some time on the dealership’s website and if you find your dream car, include the stock number or VIN number.
If you have a bank or credit union, find out the best interest rate you can get. If the dealer can match or beat that rate, you can get everything done at one time, in one visit.
If you have frozen your credit files, unfreeze them in advance if you are going to finance.
If you have a trade-in, go through the vehicle and remove all personal items. Try to have it clean and the tires dressed. Leave all service records in a folder on the front seat.
If there is money owed on your trade-in, call and get a 10-day payoff from your lender. If your trade-in is paid off, take the title with you and both sets of keys. Take your current insurance card and driver license.
If you are thinking of getting an electric vehicle, the rules on getting the $7,500 tax credit get harder on January, 1, 2024 so make sure you do something this year.

Using our system is easy, but MAKE NO MISTAKE, THIS IS A PROCESS and it needs to be followed to reap the rewards of it, and this is true more now than ever.

You can go to CarPro.com to any of our affiliates from our website, all you have to do is click FIND A CAR PRO FRIEND. Email that dealer from our website, and you’ll get a CarPro VIP Certificate right back in your email. Be sure to enter your correct email address to get the certificate. You are welcome to email as many dealers as you wish from our list. Here is a link to all our dealers coast-to-coast →

A car for most people is the second largest purchase you will ever make. It is always a good idea to “know someone” in the business. The sheer volume of business I send our dealers gives you a HUGE advantage and best of all it is FREE!

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