Smart car buying tips

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Smart car buying tips

Women influence the purchase of 80 percent of vehicles sold in this country, but most women who actually buy the car themselves end up paying more for their car.

Juli Bacon loves her new car, but dreaded the car-buying process. She says, "Just the whole idea of going into a dealership it just makes me nervous." Bacon was so nervous she hired someone else to do the work for her, a vehicle consultant.

Vehicle consultant Brenda Renrick knows a lot about buying cars and the mistakes women make at dealerships. "I can't tell you how many people come to me and they don't know what type of car they want to buy," Renrick says. According to Cars.com, that's one of the top five car-buying mistakes women make. It's critical to know what you want before you go to the dealership.