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The Inforium

A Master Class on Buying a Car – Part 1 (Ep. 69)

The Inforium

Thomas Frank and Martin Boehme

Work Smart, Career, Class, Productivity, Lifehacking, Learning, Business, College, Education, Lifestyle Design, Personal Branding, 101, University

4.8998 Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2015

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Buying a car can seem like a minefield. What model do you get? What's reliable, and what's gonna fall apart? How do you keep the salesman from fleecing you? In these episodes, Todd and Paul from Everyday Driver school me on all these questions. Full show notes Things mentioned in this episode: Everyday Driver on YouTube Listen to the Everyday Driver Car Debate Podcast AutoTrader CarGurus Kelley Blue Book CarFax Consumer Reports Commute Times Map Checklist of things to look for on a used car How to negotiate with a dealer Want more cool stuff? You can find all sorts of great tools at my Resources page. You can also get a free copy of my book, 10 Steps to Earning Awesome Grades (While Studying Less), by staying up to date with the College Info Geek newsletter. If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to the podcast on iTunes! It's easy, you'll get new episodes automatically, and it also helps the show gain exposure :) You can also leave a review! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:34.0

Hello everybody and welcome to the college info geek

0:41.0

podcast. My name is Thomas Frank and this is a show that helps

0:44.5

you become a more effective student, whether that's learning how to study more effectively,

0:48.8

manage your money, or get the job you really want after graduation. And speaking of after graduation, hopefully the topic of today's

0:55.6

episode is something that you won't have to deal with until after graduation. But even if that's the case,

1:01.2

I think you should learn about it as soon as possible.

1:03.2

And that is how to buy a car, how to get a good deal, how to know exactly what brand you want to buy,

1:08.1

how to make sure you get something reliable that you like. And this episode actually ends up being two episodes. It was one of the

1:14.8

longest interviews I've ever done, one of the most info-packed ones I've ever done,

1:19.1

and I figured that it would be better split into two episodes. So you listen to this one, which is a full hour,

1:24.3

and then next week will be about another full hour of content.

1:27.4

And between those two episodes,

1:29.0

you'll get a veritable masterclass on how to buy a car,

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