Car Buying Advice: When a Dealer Gives You Lemons…Ring His Neck

Car buying advice, like all advice, comes in many forms. There are an infinite amount of tips to heed when purchasing such a large investment, but some of the primary concerns are financing, warranty coverage, and making sure that you haven’t bought a lemon.

I’m convinced that cursing was invented concurrently with the automobile. Never have I seen people become as verbally frustrated and irate as when dealing with a broken-down car—especially, one just bought. And while purchasing a new or used automobile unavoidably entertains an aura of danger, fortunately for buyers, states have enacted lemon laws to protect consumers from cursing themselves to death. However, these laws, while essential, do not cover all realms of automobile purchasing. Here’s some other car buying advice:   

After sealing the deal on the purchase of a new car, buyers drive away with a factory warranty guaranteeing the reliability of their investment for 3-years or 36,000 miles. Standard issue on brand-new vehicles, factory warranties—a direct result of state lemon laws—are routinely exclusionary bumper-to-bumper plans; meaning that everything on the car is covered, from the door locks to the engine, as long as it is not explicitly excluded in the signed written agreement.