In Case I Need to Buy a Car

Car Buying Mistakes cites 10 common car-buying mistakes from Consumer Reports. He also suggests CarFax.

There's also Buying a New Car which advocates

soliciting bids from all dealerships within about two hours of here. What follows is an example of the sort of message that I send. You should either direct it to the sales manager, or send it via e-mail to their internet sales person.

Somewhere along the line I was directed to the scams discussed at CarBuyingTips.com and Fighting Chance.

My current favorites are the Pontiac Vibe, the Volkswagen Jetta wagon, and the Subaru Impreza Wagon, but it looks as if they've stopped making the Jetta as a wagon. I used Intellichoice & Edmunds.com to come up with this list.