The Intricacies of Buying a Car
Buying a car is always a little more complicated than the ads and the salesmen make it seem.
For instance, a car may start at $14,000, but then with add-ons the price may go up to $18,000. Now, it’s obvious that anything additional will cost money, but some of these additions are things that seem relatively standard, like electronic locks, windows and mirrors, cruise control, floor mats.
It’s not so much that these things aren’t standard, but a lot of times you have no choice but to get them because the average lot doesn’t have every possible combination. That is to say if you want just one of those additions and want to buy the car that day in a certain color, then chances are that you will have to eat the charge on some of those other additions as well. For instance, you may want a black Ford Ranger with just cruise control and electric locks and windows, but the only truck they have with that combination also has a tonneau cover, a back rack, and Catch All floor mats. Unless you want to wait for them to special order a truck with your preferred combination, which may cost money in itself, you have to eat the cost of the cover and rack even though you don’t really want them.
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