If there's one area of shopping that the Internet has really revolutionized, it's car shopping. So many studies have shown that women especially hate buying cars. They hate the salesmen. They hate the haggling. They hate being pressured. But it's now possible to buy a car online and never interact with a human at all.
For those that don't mind going to the showroom, the Internet still provides the easiest way to do research on makes, models, pricing and safety ratings so that you are well-informed when you get to the dealership. If you're in the market for a used car, it's especially important that you get some good advice. One site we like is
CarMax.com, which has recently revamped its website to make it more user-friendly (Carmax is the nation's largest retailer of used cars). If you don't even know what kind of used car you want to buy, you can use the new used car online recommendation tool. You answer a series of questions about your preferences, then you get a list of recommended cars (click on Research Tools on the website). You can also find safety ratings, customer reviews, gas mileage estimates and payment calculators.
If there's one area of shopping that the Internet has really revolutionized, it's car shopping. So many studies have shown that women especially hate buying cars. They hate the salesmen. They hate the haggling. They hate being pressured. But it's now possible to buy a car online and never interact with a human at all.
