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When is the Best Time to Buy a Car and More…

by Toni Herrbach

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We are unexpectedly shopping for a car. I really dislike car shopping, but I’m doing my research so we can find the best deal. While looking for car buying tips I found this great chart on Savings.com.

The best to time buy a car – September and October.

  • Bedding – January
  • Electronics (particularly TVs) – February
  • Grilling materials (avoid spikes in prices for the upcoming summer) – March
  • Lawnmowers – April
  • Furniture or small kitchen appliances – May
  • Gym equipment – June
  • End of season clothing – July
  • School supplies –  August
  • Appliances (Labor Day Sale) – September
  • Candy (after Halloween sale) – October
  • Electronics (Black Friday and Cyber Monday) – November
  • Toys (after Christmas) – December

There are even best days to buy certain items, like Tuesday for airline tickets, and best times to buy, like early morning for an oil change.

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  1. Molly says

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    Oh, car shopping can be so miserable – I feel for you!

  2. dgsandbjsmom says

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    We bought ours last year about this time off of a family at church, $1800 cash.

  3. kriswithmany says

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    We found that Nov and Dec can be good for buying cars as well. Especially when the economy is down, and dealers are having a hard time selling last year’s model. Bad weather is actually a good thing – few want to wander a car lot in the rain. I noticed that they said used cars in April. I wonder why that would be?

  4. Nora@ The Dollar Hollering Homemaker says

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    Good luck! Car shopping is a pain!

  5. dgsandbjsmom says

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    That may be when the rental companies change over their lot. My Mom saved $10,000 by buying a program car with only 20,000 miles on it. Of course, she paid cash and was able to haggle off some of the paperwork fees, etc. I tend to buy from people we know. Our best deal was a $2,350 police car that we sold 5.5 years later for $1400. Put one set of breaks and a water pump on the car in that 5 years. Overall before insurance and tags the car cost us $26 per month!

  6. Sybil says

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    ooooo, would love to read about any other car shopping tips you’ve got. We will be getting a new car within the next few months and although I am excited about a new car, I am dreading the purchasing of the car part.

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