Should You Buy a Car with Cash?
Money Guy Show
Brian Preston, CPA, CFP®, PFS and Bo Hanson, CFA, CFP® | Fee-Only Fiduciary Advisors
4.7 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 March 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | We're going to start it off with Joe's question. |
| 0:10.0 | He says, I have enough cash on hand to pay for my new car and full, but the dealership |
| 0:15.7 | is offering me a much better price if I finance. |
| 0:20.2 | Is there a catch here? |
| 0:21.4 | Or are there any other things to consider before I dive in and make this decision? |
| 0:25.8 | Yeah, it's really interesting, Brian. |
| 0:27.7 | One of the things, conventional wisdom used to always behave. |
| 0:30.6 | If I show up to a dealership or if I show up to purchase a car, if I have just like |
| 0:35.6 | an envelope full of cash, I can do my best wheeling and dealing. |
| 0:39.4 | If I come in and pay cash, I know that I can kind of like talk them down and negotiate, |
| 0:45.1 | but the world's changed a little bit. |
| 0:46.4 | I'm going off member here. |
| 0:47.4 | I think you had an experience. |
| 0:49.4 | It was almost the exact same as Joe's. |
| 0:51.0 | We're like, it was a very similar, hey, if you do this, then we'll do this. |
| 0:55.4 | Yeah, I mean, the world changes fast. |
| 0:57.7 | I mean, this is why when people say, why don't you just do one time plannings and other |
| 1:02.5 | things? |
| 1:03.5 | I'm like, have you looked around? |
| 1:04.8 | I mean, with innovation, technology and the world, it's moving so fast. |
| 1:09.5 | You need somebody at all times. |
| 1:12.0 | And this, the auto industry is a big example. |
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