[adwww]

Yeah what I hate about dealerships is that they usually have at least four ways to screw you, and it's pretty hard for a layperson to negotiate fairly on all of them.

ie. Trade in price for old car, purchase price for new car, rate of finance, cost of extended warranties.

[martin_a]

You can do three out of four things by your own. But is it easier if a dealership takes care of that for you? For sure. Will they take a share of everything then? For sure.

I don't understand all the complaining about dealerships in this thread, but maybe it's because I'm from the EU.