Tips on buying a car in LA?

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If you’re willing to go to Cerritos Auto Square, the selection and availability is a bit better. (I went all the way out to Fontana for Chevy). Look up price before on KBB to know the negotiating window.

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Nice. I live in Cerritos.

If you're going new, Be comfortable with markups cars and play the dealers against each other.

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Chrysler, Jeep, Buick have the most new cars available right now.

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Not sure if your budget, but if looking for new, compare the luxury brands to what the mainstream brands are charging post mark-up. You’d be surprised but often a Toyota or Kia (certain models and trims) after mark up is as much as a BMW, Mercedes, Audi without a markup. Not saying which is better, just a note on pricing. The avg. new car sale is about 50k currently

Know how much you want to pay, then go to a bank for a pre-approval. That way you’ll only see your credit score hit for a few points. Let the dealership do it and they’ll use every lender and you’ll end up seeing a 40+ point hit to your score as every lender would’ve done a hard credit check.

Basically ruining your score if you wanted to go elsewhere.

Dealerships will

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