How do I deal with car dealerships in buying a car and negotiating repairs?

[lord100jack]

Boy, do I hate dealing with car dealerships. I don't like to play cards and I get this uneasy feeling when I walk into a car dealership to buy a car or get my car repaired. I feel like a little boy walking into a saloon with a poker game going. Sit down boy, and throw yer cards on the table. They are such crooks. I just don't see why the set up is such that it is not the same price for every body. You have to negotiate with them. What should take about 15 minutes winds up taking 2-3 hours. Because if you agree to pay whatever price they want out of you, then they try to get even more money out of you. What once was a $15K deal turns into a $20K deal and then Bozo the Clown begins working on ways he can finagle his kids college tuition with my car deal. And the same is true in the garage. Karl Marx with a screw driver. Workers of the world unite around -my wallet. Those brakes are gonna cost ya- yeah how much are the baloney skinned shims from China that cost you fifty cents five years ago gonna cost me today? Then it seems like when I go in to repair one thing, all of a sudden something else mysteriously goes wrong. Like Karl Marx and Groutcho Marx are under the hood trying to tip the scales from my hard working wallet into their greasy, greedy fat-fingered hands.
I am trying to survive this winter with my 2003 Hyundai Accent and just maintain it through the winter and get a 2009 Toyota Corolla in the spring. The warranty on the car has expired.
How do I deal with the dealership mechanics until I am ready to trade in my car? How do I deal with car salesmen when I am ready to trade in my old car for a new one? I don't know whether to bring a lawyer along or just a thug from a local gang to straight them all out. Maybe if Guido breaks a few fingers, I can get a hundred bucks knocked off my next brake job. Is that the only way to deal with these crooks?

 

[QuestionX]

Take my Mother-In-Law with u and when she gets through with them U will have more than a hundred bucks knocked off. make sure U tell them u r gona bring her back with u when u negociate purchasing that New Car.. have a good day.