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Check out http://www.edmunds.com for Edmund's Auto Buying
guide.  There is also a free Auto-By-Tel service that you
can use.  I have not used this service as I am not QUITE
ready to buy a car yet, but if you use it I would be very
interested in how it goes.  Basically you e-mail answers to
various questions about what car/options you are interested
in, where you are and when you want to buy.  They then have
a dealer in this area contact you and give you a quote over
the phone, keeping in mind that with Edmund's you know the
invoice price of the car.

As to DC dealers to avoid, I haven't heard good stories about
any of the usuals.  Rosenthal and Koons have been blasted here
in the past, and from my experiences test driving at Rosenthal
I certainly won't buy directly from them.

Good luck,

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S. K. Bhaskar <bhaskar@umiacs.umd.edu> wrote:
>Does anyone have any tips for someone going to
>buy their first new car? I already know (or think
>I do!) the make and the model of the car that I
>want. I would like to know how to obtain a fair
>and reasonable price.
>
>I scanned all previous articles available here,
>looking for either a general FAQ, or for articles
>talking about new-car-buying, but was not successful
>in finding anything. I apologize in advance if I am
>violating netiquette for this group by posting this
>request.
>
>If there is a good book that one can buy, that talks 
>about how to buy a new car, I would like to hear
>recommendations.
>
>Finally, are there any dealers in the Washington, DC 
>area that one should go to or even avoid, if one is 
>interested in a Toyota?
>
>Thanks in advance for suggestions. Please email them
>if possible. I will post a summary after a decent period.