Can you afford to give away $5,000?
That’s the difference between what savvy and not-so-savvy buyers recently paid for the exact same Nissan Altima in Southern California.
Those who paid too much, up to $25,800 for the popular family sedan, probably bought their cars the old-fashioned way: by walking into a dealership blind, with no research, and buying the car after a brief test-drive. (They may have also cost themselves thousands more in unnecessary warranties, service plans or accessories.)
http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-how-to-buy-a-car-20140713-story.html#page=1